Chebolu-Subramanian, Vijaya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-2820
Sule, Nachiket
Sharma, Richa
Mistry, Nerges
Funding for this research was provided by:
Jamsetji Tata Trust, Mumbai through Parivartan Trust, Satara, India. (000)
Article History
Received: 11 August 2019
Accepted: 10 November 2019
First Online: 21 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC) at FRCH (IREC/2015/11/4/1). The committee approved post facto consent to reduce bias in the study sample. All participants provided verbal consent prior to the start of the study and no identifiers were collected. Post-facto written consent was then obtained from the study participants. To maintain confidentiality of the patients and their families, the observer was made to sign a declaration form.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.