Assefa Demissie, Berihun
Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg
Mihiret, Tewodros
Abich, Yohannes
Zemed, Ashenafi
Mengistu, Zelalem
Nigatu, Solomon Gedlu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bahir Dar University
Article History
Received: 27 January 2024
Accepted: 30 May 2024
First Online: 24 June 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was approved from school of medicine’s ethical review committee of college of medicine and health science, University of Gondar (with Ref. No. 2019/05/2020). And a cooperation letter to collect data was received from the mayor office of Debre Tabor town (Ref. No, 87/1/12). Informed consent was obtained from each of the participants after being informed details of the objective, purpose, benefit and the risk of the study.All the participants were interviewed and measurements were taken separately (in case of WC, measurement was taken with their underwear/full dress). Participants reported symptoms of PFDs were advised to visit the nearby hospital to get appropriate examination and treatments. All the information was kept confidential at all stages of the study using a unique ID number for each participant.We followed the Declaration of Helsinki – Version 2008 that aims Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.