Document is current

Article History

Received: 19 April 2025

Accepted: 9 January 2026

First Online: 14 January 2026

Declarations

:

: All procedures contributing to this project are per the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. Ethics approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committees of the University of South Africa with reference number (NHREC Registration #: Rec-240816-052/ CREC Reference #: 14084961_CREC_CHC_2022) from January 31, 2022, to January 31 2027.

: The authors affirm that study participants provided informed consent for participation and publication. Participants signed informed consent regarding publishing their data.

: The authors declare no competing interests.