Khazaee-Pool, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-3460
Naghibi, Seyed Abolhassan
Pashaei, Tahereh
Chaleshgar-Kordasiabi, Mosharafeh
Daneshnia, Mahbobeh
Ponnet, Koen
Article History
Accepted: 9 December 2020
First Online: 3 January 2021
Ethics approval and participation consent
: The study procedure was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences [IR.MAZUMS.REC.1398.787]. This study involved only persons who gave their informed consent. For this, verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants before starting this study, and all participants completed an informed consent form after being explained the study’s aims. The DASES was treated as private and nameless; there was no personal information that could link the answers with any of the participants in the present study. To protect the rights and interests of all participants, no records of consent by name were kept. Each completed scale was given back to the investigator on the same day of data gathering.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.