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Article History

Received: 1 April 2025

Accepted: 21 May 2025

First Online: 30 May 2025

Declarations

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: Before data collection, we obtained verbal informed consent from all participants, which was recorded for documentation. Participants were fully informed of the purpose, potential benefits, and risks of the study. They were also informed of their right to withdraw from the study at any point, without the need to provide a reason, even after data collection had begun. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Committee on Human Research, Publication, and Ethics of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (No. CHRPE/AP/1208/24) prior to commencement of the study. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the committee and with the 2013 Declaration of Helsinki.

: Consent for publication was obtained from all participants of this study prior to data collection.

: The authors declare no competing interests.