Wendmagegn, Tsehaynesh Aslake
Abera, Gerezgiher Buruh
Tsehaye, Weyzer Tilahun
Gebresslasie, Kibrom Brhanu
Tella, Berhe Girmay
Article History
Received: 23 April 2018
Accepted: 29 October 2018
First Online: 12 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Mekelle University, College of health sciences, research and community service office, ethical review committee, and written permission was obtained from the Medical Director of ACSH to support the research. To obtain the participants’ chart for review, permission was also obtained from the local administration of the study site. Participants chart identifiers was not recorded on the questioner and code was used by the data collector to separate one participants’ data from the other. Participants’ chart was handled in such a way that only data collectors were accessed and was not exposed to third person and report was made collectively. All the information obtained from the medical record was held with confidentiality and used only for the intended purpose. Authorizations were obtained from the institutional medical director and different authorities of the study sites like medical record room head and the staff members. The notification code number given to the Tittle was ERC 06187/2016.
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