Abid, Nihed
Gaddour, Naoufel
Hmissa, Sihem
Article History
Received: 6 March 2023
Accepted: 9 February 2024
First Online: 26 April 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This RCT study was approved by by the research ethics committee of the faculty of medicine of Sousse under the reference number CEFMS 58/2020. It was retrospectively registered in the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry under the identification number PACTR202212752100115. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Before their involvement in the study, informed consent (including the study’s purpose, procedures, potential risks, and benefits), and voluntary participation were guaranteed for all participants. Participants were also made aware of their right to withdraw from the study at any time. They were informed that their confidentiality and privacy would be protected throughout the study, and their data would be analyzed anonymously. All participants in the study, one parent from each family, provided their written informed consent to be enrolled in the research.