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Agu, Chibuike Innocent
Iloabachie, Ugenyi Victoria
Oka, Onyinyechukwu Uzoamaka
Eze, Irene Ifeyinwa
Okoro, Lenz Nwachinemere
Ossai, Edmund Ndudi
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Article History
Received: 31 May 2024
Accepted: 17 April 2026
First Online: 29 April 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Health Research and Ethics Committee of Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, (AEFUTA) Abakaliki with approval number 19/111/2019-13/01/2020. Participation was voluntary and participants were not coerced into participating in the study. The participants were required to sign or thumb print to a written informed consent before the interview. However, before signing, participants were informed of the objectives of the study, its relevance and the methods that would be used for data collection. Privacy and confidentiality were assured, and data collected were anonymised as codes were used.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
