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Article History

Received: 2 June 2024

Accepted: 11 December 2024

First Online: 27 December 2024

Declarations

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: All the methods and procedures in this study were carried out by the Declaration of Helsinki and ethical clearance was obtained from the school of medicine Ethical Review committee, University of Gondar (ref.no SOM1250/01/2022). After ethical clearance was received, all participants were informed about the purpose of the study and participated voluntarily.

: was obtained verbally from each participant and for those aged below 16years, assent was secured from a parent or a legal guardian whichever is applicable. Name or any identifier of the participants was omitted from the questionnaire and only medical record number and code given to the participant for the research purpose were used to ensure confidentiality. The retrieved information was used only for the purpose of the study and stored with password locked computer.

: Not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.