Shakya, Nishchal Ratna
Shrestha, Nistha
Webb, Gillian
Myezwa, Hellen
Karmacharya, Biraj Man
Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin
Funding for this research was provided by:
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 17 December 2023
Accepted: 18 February 2024
First Online: 6 March 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD 383963), the Nepal Health Research council (NHRC-ERB Protocol No. 455/19) and the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences / Dhulikhel Hospital (IRC-KUSMS 104/18). All study participants provided written informed consent before participating in the study. The handling of personal data was in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. The study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors involved have varying levels of professional qualifications. NRS is a senior physiotherapy academician and clinician at KUSMS, former president of NEPTA and a Ph.D. scholar at NTNU. NS is a government employee working under DOHS, Nepal. All the authors are actively involved in national and global collaboration. All the authors have a physiotherapy background, while BMK is an expert in public health and the Nepalese health system. All the authors have significant engagement in global health especially in health promotion, non-communicable diseases, disability, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation.