Makoah, Nigel Aminake
Litabe, Matefo Millicent
Simo, Fredy Brice Nemg
Maboho, Katlego Keith
Burt, Felicity Jane
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council (Self-Initiated Research Grant)
National Research Foundation Thuthuka (129875)
South African Research Chairs initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation (98346)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2023
Accepted: 14 August 2024
First Online: 27 August 2024
Declarations
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: All the participants provided written informed consent prior to the study. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the University of Free State’s Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee. Ethics reference numbers: HSREC 95/2016.
: All the participants in the study provided written informed consent which includes consenting to research data obtained from the study may be published anonymously in a scientific journal.
: The authors declare no competing interests.