Tesfaye, Azeb Haile
Birhanu, Adamu
Kolola, Tufa
Hamza, Leja
Etana, Diriba
Article History
Received: 26 December 2023
Accepted: 19 August 2024
First Online: 28 August 2024
Declarations
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: We extracted anonymized medical records data of chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis from January 1 st , 2017 to December 30 th , 2022. An ethical clearance letter was obtained from the Ethical Review Board (ERB) of Ambo University, College of Health Sciences, and Referral Hospital, Ref. No. AU/PGC/620/2023. Official letters were submitted to those selected hospitals, and ethical clearance letters were also obtained from the concerned bodies of those hospitals and submitted to the respective dialysis units. Participant consent was not required as the study used secondary data. As long as the work does not violate the rights of individuals and does not include identifiable information, each hospital that give dialysis service permit researchers to access medical charts without obtaining prior consent from participants to pursue research for the common good. Informed consent was waived by Ethical Review Board (ERB) of Ambo University and the respective dialysis hospital. This decision was in accordance with the National Research Ethics Review Guideline, and was consistent with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare no competing interests.