About the Authors

Ugwu I. Omale

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

omaleiu@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Benedict N. Azuogu

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Adaoha P. Agu

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Edmund N. Ossai

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.