Daba, Aliyi Benti
Beshah, Debrework Tesgera
Tekletsadik, Esayas Alemshet
Article History
Received: 18 November 2023
Accepted: 10 June 2024
First Online: 20 June 2024
Declarations
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: Before conducting this study, ethical clearance was obtained from the University of Gondar, the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, the research and community services offices, and the School of Nursing (IBR#235/2014). Permission for this study was obtained from the respective hospital after submitting the ethical clearance, and agreement was reached that the collected data was used only for study purposes. A waiver letter of cooperation was secured from hospital administrators (hospital medical directors) since patients were not directly involved in this study (since the data for this study were obtained from the patient’s chart). The head of the main operating room and the head of medical records were communicated to access the registration book of surgical patients and their medical records after explaining the purpose and all the processes to set the appropriate data collection time. The medical record identification information (name and card number) was not recorded on the abstraction sheet. Informed consent was not required (since the data was collected from patient charts), but the collected data from the patients’ medical records was kept confidential and in a cabinet with a key. The collected information was not accessible to anyone other than the research team. All methods were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant guidelines and regulations. The identified number (code) was used to preserve anonymity instead of the patient’s name and card number.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.