Kiyimba, Blaise
Atulinda, Linda
Nalunkuma, Racheal
Asasira, Ignatius
Kabunga, Jonathan
Banturaki, Davis
Nabyonga, Anastacia Ssebbowa
Nakiganda, Rachel
Ndyabawe, Rachael
Nkalubo, Jonathan
Ssewante, Nelson
Bongomin, Felix
Bakeera-Kitaka, Sabrina
Article History
Received: 31 October 2021
Accepted: 28 March 2022
First Online: 6 April 2022
Declarations
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: Mulago Hospital Research and Ethics Committee (MHREC) approved the study protocol (reference number: MHREC 2126). Mulago Hospital is the teaching hospital for Makerere University college of health sciences (MAKCHS) and its Research and Ethics Committee is authorized to approve any research done by students from MAKCHS. Informed consent was sought from each participant before taking part in the study. This was effected by requesting the participant to click on the “I accept to participate” option at the end of the consent statement on the study tool before starting to answer the questionnaire. None of the participants’ personal identifiers such as name or photos were captured during data collection. The data collected was password-protected on the principal investigator’s computer, could only be accessed by the investigators and was used only and specifically for this study alone, after which it will be deleted from all the devices following publication of this paper. The study was conducted in accordance with the <i>Declaration of Helsinki</i>.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing conflicts.