Namulindwa, Angella
Wasswa, John Hans
Muyindike, Winnie
Tamukong, Robert
Oloro, Joseph
Article History
Received: 25 October 2021
Accepted: 20 March 2022
First Online: 2 April 2022
Declarations
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: The ethical considerations of this study were approved by Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (MUST-REC) approval number, MUREC 1/9 02/12-19, and Faculty of Medicine through the Faculty Research Committee (FRC) approval number DMS 6. Written and informed consent was obtained from the patients to participate in the study and to use their files for obtaining data for the study. Before participants signed consent forms, they were informed that participation was voluntary and they could drop out at any time, the purpose, objectives, possible benefits and risks of the study were clearly explained and only patient identification numbers were used which maintained utmost confidentiality. Consent for publication was not sought as it is inapplicable since no individual’s participant’s data were reported in the article in any form such as videos, images or voice recordings.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.