Asadisarvestani, Khadijeh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7106-8286
Hulsbergen, Myrrith http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-8989
Funding for this research was provided by:
Share-Net International (C122-2020, C122-2020)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2023
Accepted: 5 December 2023
First Online: 2 January 2024
Declarations
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: Acquiring the informed written consent was one of the most important ethical considerations observed in this study. All participants signed a written informed consent form before the interviews. Confidentiality and protecting participants’ rights were other significant ethical issues in this qualitative research. Ethical approval (S-138) was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. In face-to-face interviews, the WHO guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic were followed to prevent possible transmission (36). In addition, all procedures of this study have been carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration. There was no participant below 16 years or illiterate involved in the study. The participants voluntarily took part in the study following the researchers’ explanations. Confidentiality and protecting the participants’ rights were other significant ethical issues, which were both taken into account in this study. In doing so, following all of the participants’ approval, pseudonyms were used instead of their real names to preserve anonymity.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.