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Article History

Received: 12 November 2024

Accepted: 6 January 2025

First Online: 13 January 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance of accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee at University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, and School of Medicine. A letter of support was provided by the Departments of Internal Medicine in each Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after detailed explanation of the purpose of the study. Written informed consent was approved by the ethical review committee at University of Gondar, and the ethical approval number was 622/2023. All included participants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study at any time during the interview. No risk was taken for the selected study participants. Confidentiality was maintained by not using personal identifiers in the data collection tools and by password-protecting the data on a computer. Patients diagnosed with cataract were linked to ophthalmologists for further evaluation and management.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: All authors declared that there is no conflict of interest in this research work.

: AOR- Adjusted Odds Ration, COR- Crude Odds Ration, and CI- Confidence Interval.