Herbas-Torrico, Boris Christian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7764-0186
Frank, Björn http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-6504
Article History
Received: 12 May 2021
Accepted: 21 March 2022
First Online: 31 May 2022
Declarations
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: All participants were adults above 18 years old and gave voluntary and informed consent to participate in the online survey. During the data analysis, identifiable aspects of the survey participants, such as age or health, were replaced for anonymization. All methods were performed following the relevant guidelines and regulations of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Specifically, this study was reviewed and approved by the board members of the Exact Sciences and Engineering Research Center (CICEI) of the Bolivian Catholic University. Moreover, according to the Guide for the Development of Health Research and Ethical Norms in Bolivia, issued by the Ministry of Health, this study is exempt from ethics approval because ethics approval is only necessary for studies with health care patients. Furthermore, the Bolivian National Bioethics Committee informed that their approval for this study was not required.
: Not applicable.
: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest regarding this article.