Daliri, Dennis Bomansang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-0069
Aninanya, Gifty Apiung http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-2445
Laari, Timothy Tienbia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-2020
Abagye, Nancy http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3654-3084
Dei-Asamoa, Richard http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-0938
Afaya, Agani http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2999
Article History
Received: 12 October 2023
Accepted: 5 January 2024
First Online: 5 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Committee on Human Research, Publication and Ethics (CHRPE) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (reference number: CHRE/AP/038/23). Also, written institutional permission was granted by the Upper East Regional Hospital and the Presbyterian Psychiatric Hospital. The participants were told about their right to voluntarily participate and withdraw without penalties. All the participants gave written consent and signed the informed consent form before the interviews. The privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity of participants were protected throughout the study by assigning P1…P15 to Family caregivers and KI1…KI4 to service providers and MHS administrators. This study was conducted in line with the Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.