Admasu, Birhanu
Belete, Nahom Girma
Esayas, Nahom Abate
Demena, Melake
Negash, Belay
Article History
Received: 16 June 2025
Accepted: 24 July 2026
First Online: 3 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Health Ethics Review Committee (IHERC) of Haramaya University (Reference number: #116/2024) on May 20, 2024. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants were provided with information about the study's purpose and procedures, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants before their inclusion in the study.
Consent for publication: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals who participated in the study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.