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Article History

Received: 7 May 2020

Accepted: 27 July 2021

First Online: 5 August 2021

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was obtained for both studies. Study 1 was approved by the Institutional Review Committee—Patan Academy of Health Sciences. Study 2 was a quality improvement project and ethical approval for electronic data collection was obtained from the elective committee at PAHS. Informed consent was collected for both studies. Study 1 was a paper-based survey where we collected written informed consent from all the participants. Study 2 was a web-based survey done using Google Form where the first page contained the consent form. Below the statement, a question asking the participants if they agreed to participate was placed. Participants willing to participate could proceed to the questionnaire by clicking “Next.” Data protection was ensured by storing the data in a password protected google drive accessible to investigators only. IP addresses were not tracked and cookies were not used. In both studies, the consent form clearly stated the purpose of the study, the investigators involved, the voluntary nature of participation, the right to refuse participation or withdraw their responses at any time, with no benefits from participation mentioned. The informed consent form is attached along with the questionnaire (see Additional files InternalRef removed, InternalRef removed). The confidentiality of the participants was assured by the use of unique codes and no personal identifiers were collected.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.