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Article History

Received: 29 July 2024

Accepted: 30 September 2024

First Online: 8 October 2024

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the University of Ibadan/University College Hospital Ethics Review Committee with registration/approval number NHREC/05/01/2008a/UI/EC/23/0404. Subsequently, permission for access to the medical out-patients unit of the hospital for patients’ recruitment was obtained from the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital before the commencement of the study. Verbal informed consent in accordance with the approved study protocol by the Ethics committee was obtained from each participant after explaining the objectives and procedure of the study to the participants individually. The information in the informed consent form was explicitly read and explained to individual participant on every clinic day before the commencement of the interview. Only the consented participants within the study period were enrolled.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.