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. 2022 Nov 5;14(11):e31135. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31135

Table 3. Study characteristics.

Author [ref.] Year of Publication Country of Origin Sample Size
Ofoha CG et al. [10] 2021 Nigeria 59
Salako AA et al. [14] 2016 Nigeria 268
Olapade EO et al. [16] 2001 Nigeria 52
Ahmed Gadam I et al. [12] 2012 Nigeria 253
Kiptoon DK et al. [17] 2004 Kenya 85
Odusanya BO [18] 2015 Nigeria 90
Abdullahi M, Aji SA [19] 2016 Nigeria 72
Kpatcha TM et al. [20] 2016 Togo 54
Oliech JS [21] 2007 Kenya 550
Ugwumba FO et al. [13] 2014 Nigeria 297
Deneke A et al. [22] 2020 Ethiopia 89
Elshal AM et al. [23] 2016 Egypt 183
Alemu MH [24] 2009 Ethiopia 71
Alhasan SU et al. [25] 2009 Nigeria 502
Ogbonna BC et al. [26] 1997 Nigeria 31
Hill AG and Njoroge P [27] 2002 Kenya 106
Steele GS, Sleep DJ [28] 1997 South Africa 47
Kyei MY et al. [29] 2012 Ghana 58
Sikangula I et al.  2007 Congo 32
Undie CU et al. [30] 2021 Nigeria 40
Fayad AS et al. [31] 2011 Egypt 60