DECLARATION
Author contributions
All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material
preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Thomas
Winsum Anabah, Sylvanus Kampo, Aglais Arredondo Falagán. The first draft
of the manuscript was written by Thomas Winsum Anabah and all authors
commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and
approved the final manuscript.
Funding
No funding was obtained for this study
Acknowledgements
We thank the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching
Hospital for the support he gave us during this study. We also wish to
thank all the staff of the department of obstetrics and Gynecology for
making available all the necessary materials needed for this study.
Ethics approval
The research committee of the
Tamale Teaching Hospital approved the study protocol on May 17, 2016 for
the data collection.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not
publicly available due to patient confidentiality but are available from
the corresponding author on reasonable request.