Kandeel, Amr
Eldeyahy, Ibrahim
Abu ElSood, Hanaa
Fahim, Manal
Afifi, Salma
Abu Kamar, Shaimaa
BahaaEldin, Hala https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-414X
Ahmed, ElSabbah
Mohsen, Amira
Abdelghaffar, Khaled
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Population
Article History
Received: 12 September 2022
Accepted: 15 February 2023
First Online: 27 February 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ministry of Health and Population Ethics committee and institutional review board (IRB) as a minimal risk study. All methods were carried out in accordance with MoHP/IRB guidelines and regulations.
: The study was approved by the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Institutional Review Board (IRB). A waiver of the written consent form was approved by the MoHP IRB as the study is no more than minimal risk. All subjects verbally consented to participate after they were fully informed about the aims of the survey and the risks associated. Interviews were conducted by MoHP epidemiologists in a separate location and anonymity was maintained for preserving participants' confidentiality.
: NA.
: The authors have no competing interests as defined by BMC, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.