Dhungana, Raja Ram http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9610-6306
Khanal, Mahesh Kumar
Joshi, Suira
Kalauni, Om Prakash
Shakya, Anu
Bhrutel, Vijay
Panthi, Savyata
KC, Ramesh Kumar
Ghimire, Binod
Pandey, Achyut Raj
Bista, Bihungum
Sapkota, Binaya
Khatiwoda, Shiva Ram
McLachlan, Craig Steven
Neupane, Dinesh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nepal Family Development Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
Article History
Received: 14 October 2017
Accepted: 28 June 2018
First Online: 5 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol has been reviewed and approved by the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council Nepal (Ref No: 1185, 06 January 2017).A team of co-investigator will involve in taking written consent from the participants. First, we will distribute the study brochure to the participant one week before commencing their consents. The brochure will contain information on purpose, objective, interventions, benefit, risk and outcome of the study. Besides, we will clearly explain the purpose of the study during signing of the consent form. They will be well informed about their rights to withdraw from the study at any time.Participants will also be assured that all personal details will be confidential. Data will be stored in locked file cabinets in areas with limited access.
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