Al-Ketbi, Alfan
Elkonaisi, Ismail
Abdullahi, Aminu S.
Elbarazi, Iffat
Hamada, Bayan Abu
Grivna, Michal
Funding for this research was provided by:
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (31M422 and 12M088, 31M422 and 12M088, 31M422 and 12M088, 31M422 and 12M088, 31M422 and 12M088, 31M422 and 12M088)
Article History
Received: 9 February 2024
Accepted: 14 October 2024
First Online: 31 October 2024
Declarations
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: The ethical approval for the study was obtained from the UAE University Human Medical Research Ethics Committee (ERS_2021_7250). We adhered to ethical standards, ensuring participant confidentiality, informed consent, and voluntary participation. We used passive parental content when parents were informed about the study prior to the data collection and could express that their children should not participate. All children were given verbal consent on the day of data collection, and they could withdraw from the study at any time. School principals were informed about the study’s aim and design and gave permission to conduct the study.
: Not applicable.