Amirul Islam, Fakir M.
Lambert, Elisabeth A.
Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful
Islam, M. Ariful
Maddison, Ralph
Thompson, Bruce
Lambert, Gavin W.
Article History
Received: 7 April 2021
Accepted: 3 December 2021
First Online: 23 December 2021
Declarations
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: The study was conducted following the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Swinburne University of Technology Human Research Ethics Committee (Review reference: 20202723-5020). The ethics application was approved on 11 November 2020. Participants were provided with written information about the project and were able to discuss the project with local investigators. For those who were unable to read or illiterate, information was verbally supplied. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and, if subjects were illiterate or unable to read, informed consents were obtained from a legal guardian on their behalf. None of the participants was below 18 years of age. Participants were informed that they had full rights to withdraw from the study at any stage if they wished and that their decision to participate or not would not influence their relationship with ORCD.
: Written consent was obtained from participants who were able to sign, and a cross mark was obtained from those who were unable to sign. In the case of cross-signed consent, the data collector provided a countersignature for the participants.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.