Dantas, Lianna G. G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5640-208X
de Seixas Rocha, Mário
Junior, José Andrade Moura
Paschoalin, Edson Luiz
Paschoalin, Sandra R. K. P.
Sampaio Cruz, Constança M.
Article History
Received: 27 December 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2019
First Online: 6 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This observational study was approved by the Committee of the Research Ethics of the Spanish Hospital (project number 004/2011) and Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health (number: 2.347.797; CAAE: 73383617.5.0000.5544). The purpose of the study was explained and written informed consent was obtained from each study participant or his or her caregivers. The patient’s privacy and availability of services was guaranteed by the investigator team even if the patients decided to leave the study. This study did not involve any potentially harmful intervention to the patient. The confidentiality of the data was preserved until the writing of the manuscript for publication.
: Not applicable, as it does not contain an individual person’s data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.