Ferede, Abebaw Jember
Gezie, Lemma Derseh
Geda, Biftu
Salih, Mohammed Hassen
Erlandsson, Kerstin
Wettergren, Lena
Article History
Received: 25 June 2024
Accepted: 9 October 2024
First Online: 18 October 2024
Declarations
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: The ethical principles outlined by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) and the World Health Organization [] were strictly followed. Approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Gondar (Ref. No. V/P/RCS/05/7L/2020) and then permission was obtained from each respective referral hospital. Each questionnaire had an information sheet and a consent form; hence, written consent was obtained before participating in the interviews.Participant confidentiality was maintained by coding the questionnaires and making the data only accessible to the principal investigator. The participants were informed that the collected data were to be used only for the intended research and the results of the study would be published in a reputable journal, with no identifiable information linked to the study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.