Lekas, Helen-Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-9372
Lewis, Crystal
Lunden, Sara
Olender, Susan Aileen
Rosen-Metsch, Lisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH095849)
Article History
Accepted: 8 March 2021
First Online: 20 March 2021
Declarations
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: None of the Authors have any conflict of interest.
: As indicated on page 8 of the Blind copy of the manuscript: “The Institutional Review Board of the university and the hospital affiliated with the study and the authors approved the study.”
: The consenting process was described in pages 7 and 8 of the Blind copy of the manuscript and was approved by the IRB of the university and hospital affiliated with the study and the authors: “Potentially eligible participants admitted to the hospital’s Adult Infectious Disease unit were initially identified through medical records. These individuals were then approached and asked to participate in the study. Those interested were screened for remaining eligibility criteria at bedside, and screening typically lasted 20–25 min. If eligible, informed consent was obtained and, in most cases, the interview took place immediately after the screening.”
: The manuscript is based on verbatim excerpts from in-depth interviews and survey data. These data were elicited through patient interviews for which we obtained IRB permission. We have IRB permission to publish out findings, provided we de-identify the data which we did. We had also obtained a federal certificate of confidentiality to further protect the study participants’ confidentiality.