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Article History

Received: 20 December 2019

Accepted: 27 April 2020

First Online: 6 May 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the St Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital. After ethical approval, letter of recommendation was issued from the hospital to the officials of the shelter facility to request permission to conduct the study. Permission was granted by the higher official of the shelter facility to conduct the study. Informed signed consent was obtained from the participants before the onset of data collection. Permission was obtained from each participant to audio-record the interviews. All interviews were conducted in an office room prepared for the purpose of data collection. Interviews with each participant were conducted in private.

: All participants gave consent for publication.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.