Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5201-651X
Eze, Chidinma Chisom
Ibeneme, Sam Chidi
Igwe, Sylvester Emeka
Chukwuemeka, Uchechukwu Martha
Ihegihu, Ebere Yvonne
Ugwuanyi, Daniel Chimuanya
Article History
Received: 14 October 2022
Accepted: 17 April 2023
First Online: 14 June 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional and/or National Research Committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. An approval to carry out the research was obtained from the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi (Approval Number: NAU/FHST/2021/MRH13) before the commencement of the study. Each participant signed or thumb-printed the consent form after the nature and objectives of the study had been duly explained to them.
: All the authors read and approved the manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.