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Article History

Received: 15 August 2024

Accepted: 9 December 2024

First Online: 13 March 2025

Declarations

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: Although this research did not undergo a formal ethics review, the researcher diligently adhered to and implemented a comprehensive set of ethical considerations outlined within the study. As mentioned by the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board on page 48 of their National Ethical Guidelines For Research Involving Human Participants, provided that protocols do not involve more than minimal risks or harms, the following is considered by the REC for exemption from review protocols for institutional quality assurance purposes, evaluation of public service programs, public health surveillance, educational evaluation activities, and consumer acceptability tests, which fits the criteria of the research that utilized a “consumer acceptability test”. Furthermore, the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board deems that research that only includes interactions involving survey procedures, interview procedures, or observation of public behavior (including visual or auditory recording), if the following criteria are met: There will be no disclosure of the human participants’ responses outside the research that could reasonably place the participants at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging to `their financial standing, employability, or reputation; and The investigator records the information obtained in such a manner that the identity of the human participant cannot readily be ascertained, directly or through identifiers linked to the participant []. All of the points highlighted by the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board were diligently followed by the researcher.All of the participants in this study were given an informed consent form and the participants gave their informed consent to participate in the study.

: Not Applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.