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Article History

Received: 14 October 2024

Accepted: 22 September 2026

First Online: 8 October 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University (Approval No: 788/2023). A written legal permission to conduct the study was also granted by the same institution. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants prior to data collection in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Confidentiality was strictly maintained throughout the study, and no personal identifiers such as names were used during data collection or analysis.

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Clinical trial number: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.