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Article History

Received: 8 September 2022

Accepted: 11 April 2023

First Online: 24 May 2023

Declarations

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: Respect for all bioethical principles and codes has been an essential pillar in each of the phases of the PsicAP project in the Dominican Republic. Due to this, all the methodology in this study follows the relevant guidelines and regulations. These include being carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and obtaining the informed consent of all human participants. To ensure respect and ethical monitoring throughout the study, the project was submitted to institutional bioethics committees (Faculty of Health Sciences Bioethics Committee [COBEFACS] at the Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University [PUCMM], Dominican Republic), and was approved on July 14th, 2020 (registry code: COBE-FACS-FONDOCyT-001-2-2019-2020). The study was also submitted to a national committee (National Health Bioethics Committee [CONABIOS], Dominican Republic), and was approved on September 8th, 2020 (registry code: 024-2020). It has been registered internationally as well, as a clinical trial at ClinicalTrials.gov. (ID: NCT04642092; first publication approved on November 24, 2020).From the onset, participants are aware of the potential benefits and risks associated with the study; they are only integrated into the project after the informed consent has been signed voluntarily. Participants are also reminded that they can withdraw from the study during any of its phases if they find it necessary to do so. Likewise, respect for the confidentiality and anonymity of all participants is ensured. All technological applications use secure and encrypted systems, no invasive methods are or will used, and the well-being of the participants will not be put at risk in any way.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.