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Authors
Agodo, Theresa Chinma
Chukwuma, Ifeoma Salome
Onwumere, Michael
Ozioko, Agatha Nkechi
Ezeanya, Maureen Chinyere
Zudonu, Onisoman Chuks
Ani, Mercy Ifunanya
Chikaodinaka, Obodo Abigail
Odimkpa, Christiana Ogonna
Enyi, Nkeiru Catherine
Ojemuyide, Chidiebere Cordelia
Otozi, Idenyi Edwin
Okpara, Catherine Mbana
Mbamalu, Justina Oby
Ugwuanyi, Christian Sunday
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Article History
Received: 11 March 2026
Accepted: 18 August 2026
First Online: 3 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The University of Nigeria Nsukka ethical committee on research ethics granted the researchers ethical approval to conduct this study. REC/FOE/2024/00076 is the number of the ethical certificate (See supplementary file 1). Additionally, informed consent forms were given to the participants to complete and sign (See supplementary file 2). The study was properly registered and the participants were informed of their right to withdraw without penalty. Thus, the study complied with the declaration of Helsinki. Helsinki emphasises informed consent, participant welfare over science, and mandatory ethics review which were properly considered by the researchers.Each participant was given thorough information on the goal of the study, how their data would be used, the guarantee of their anonymity, and any risks involved in participating.
Consent for publication: This is not applicable to this submission since no personal information of the participants are to be published.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
