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Article History

Received: 11 November 2024

Accepted: 3 January 2025

First Online: 28 January 2025

Declarations

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: The study was granted ethics approval (Reference number: CLARKE-2022–342) by the Research Ethics Committee of Clarke International University, Uganda. Additionally, formal permission was obtained from the hospital’s research review board to access the healthcare facility. Participants were provided with an information leaflet and an informed consent document alongside the questionnaire. Participation was voluntary, with informed consent implied through the submission of the completed questionnaire. To ensure confidentiality, personal identifiers were not used; instead, code numbers were employed to anonymize the data throughout and after the collection process.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.