Hamzah, Nurfaten
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Romli, Muhammad Hibatullah
Chen, Xin Wee
Rahim, Mohd Zulkifli Abdul
Abdullah, Jafri Malin
Suliman, Mohd Azmi
Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail
Ismail, Tengku Alina Tengku
Nadal, Iliatha Papachristou
Kamalakannan, Suresh Kumar
Article History
Received: 15 August 2022
Accepted: 17 January 2023
First Online: 30 January 2023
Declarations
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: This study has been granted ethical approval by the Human Research Ethics Committee (JEPeM) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM/JEPeM/20010031), National Medical Research Register (NMRR) (NMRR-20-351-53369 (IIR)), and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM Ethics Ref: 19079). This study was carried out in accordance with national and international legislation and guidelines to ensure that it was ethically done. Written information about the study and an informed consent form were provided to the respondents prior to the data collection. The informed consent forms were obtained from all respondents and/or their legal guardian(s), and only those who signed them were permitted to take part in the study. The respondents’ participation was entirely voluntary, and they were free to omit any responses or withdraw at any time without incurring any consequences.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.