About the Authors

Priscilla Felicia Tano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pftano@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Science, College of Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Felix Apiribu

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Science, College of Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Emile Kouakou Tano

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Science, College of Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Veronica Millicent Dzomeku

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Science, College of Health Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Isaac Boateng

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.