Gmayinaam, Vincent Uwumboriyhie
Nortey, Abraham Norman
Sedode, Saviour
Apedo, Samuel Kwasi
Kye-Duodu, Gideon
Kwabla, Pearl
Osei, Eric
Ananga, Mark Kwame
Article History
Received: 12 December 2023
Accepted: 12 August 2024
First Online: 20 August 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was sought from the of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Ethical Review Committee (GIMPA-ERC) and the University of Health and Allied Sciences Review Ethics Committee (UHAS-REC) for both HTH and VRH respectively. The protocol identification number GIMPA-REC A. [013] 21–22 and UHAS-REC A.9[75] 20–21. Furthermore, informed consent was acquired from each study participant before the commencement of work, with a guarantee of confidentiality and anonymity of the data, by ethical norms for medical research involving human subjects. The principal investigator enrolled 248 subjects and invited them to participate willingly with the option to withdraw at any time. Our research was carried out in conformity with the Helsinki Declaration’s ethical criteria [].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.