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Article History

Received: 15 August 2024

Accepted: 19 December 2024

First Online: 24 December 2024

Declarations

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: The Debre Markos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences Ethical Review Committee granted ethical approval (reference number: GURPGC/301/2014). The ethical clearance obtained from Ethical Review Committee of Debre Markos University College of medicine and health sciences indicated that informed consent was not required for the use of such secondary data for as long as personal identifiers were omitted from the data. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and other relevant ethical guidelines and regulations. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Debre Makos University granted ethical approval, with reference number: GURPGC/20/7/2015).Written permission letter for extracting data from the patients’ chart was also obtained from the East Gojjam Health Bureau. Privacy and confidentiality of information were kept properly and names of patients, as well as other personal identifiers, were not recorded.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.