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Authors
Lubbe, Welma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2468-5687
Springer, Lisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4952-7482
Maastrup, Ragnhild https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8719-5717
Haiek, Laura N. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-3145
Nyaloko, Madimetja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2331-1050
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Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
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Article History
Received: 20 December 2022
Accepted: 12 April 2023
First Online: 1 May 2023
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: All human scientific research procedures and protocols were conducted in compliance with the ethical standards established by the institutional and national committees responsible for human experimentation, as well as the 1975 Helsinki Declaration.The current study is a subset of a larger international multiple study approved by an ethics committee (Research Ethics Committee of St. Mary’s Hospital Center in Québec, Canada). The ethical approval in South Africa was sought from the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of North-West University (NWU-00020-17-A1-01) and private hospital group ethics committees. Finally, permission was obtained through the National Health Research Database (NHRD) website from the provincial government. All participants in the study voluntarily provided written informed consent.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The views expressed in this manuscript are of the authors, therefore, do not reflect those of any official organisation.
