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Article History

Received: 12 December 2021

Accepted: 23 May 2022

First Online: 2 June 2022

Declarations

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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was reviewed and ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University (Reference Number 007/18/Psy). Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants after the nature of the study and the information sought had been fully explained. Non-literate participants gave finger-prints to signify their willingness to participate. The nature and objective of the study were fully explained orally to the group of non-literate participants in understandable form and they gave finger-prints to signify their willingness to participate. Participants who were identified by the psychiatrists as having a mental health condition were provided with the appropriate treatment and follow-up in the out-patient psychiatric clinic in Bui Primary Hospital.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.