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Article History

Received: 4 November 2023

Accepted: 20 May 2024

First Online: 29 May 2024

Declarations

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: This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines on an ethics committee opinion for approval. An approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing at Mansoura University under code number (0584). Participants were provided with an explanation of the study’s purpose prior to being asked to provide an informed written consent to participate and written informed consent was obtained from all the participants and for illiterate participants the informed consent was obtained from their legal guardian or legally authorized representatives. A short summary was also provided to reassure the participants that any data collected would be kept confidential and used solely for research purposes. Participants were duly informed of their right to participate or withdraw from the study at any time. For identification purposes, code numbers were used instead of participant names. This safeguarded participants’ anonymity in public reports.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.