Yim, Ilona S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2769-7253
Ali, Naureen Akber
Dosani, Aliyah
Lalani, Sharifa
Babar, Neelofur
Nausheen, Sidrah
Premji, Shahirose Sadrudin
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (264531, 376731)
Aga Khan University, University Research Council Multi-disciplinary Project Grant (144005SOANM (to Dr. Kiran Shaikh, MiGHT member))
Article History
Accepted: 27 May 2024
First Online: 21 June 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Ethics approval for Study 1 was obtained from the Ethics Research Committee, Aga Khan University Hospital (ID: 3564-SON-ERC-15) and the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board, University of Calgary (ID: REB15-2372). Study 2 was approved by the National Bioethics Committee Pakistan [No.4-87/NBC-286-Y2]; the Aga Khan University Ethics Review Committee [5003-SON-ERC-17], Karachi, Pakistan; Mount Royal University Human Research Ethics Board [File ID#101116]; the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board [REB17-1148_REN5]; York University Office of Research Ethics [2018–184]; and Queen’s University Health Sciences & Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board [NURS-566-23]. Both studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: All participants gave informed consent prior to inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable.