Khodakarami, Rahmkhoda
Abdi, Zhaleh
Ahmadnezhad, Elham
Sheidaei, Ali
Asadi-Lari, Mohsen
Article History
Received: 25 February 2022
Accepted: 13 June 2022
First Online: 18 June 2022
Declarations
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: All STEPS surveys were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by appropriate ethics committee. Ethical clearances were obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the MoHME. Informed consents were obtained from participants prior to data collection in all rounds. Ethical approval for this secondary analysis was obtained from the Iran University of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (IR.IUMS.REC.1398.584) and it was also performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Official permission to access and analyze the research data was taken from the NIHR. The received data set had no identifying information.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.