Document is current

Article History

Received: 6 November 2018

Accepted: 8 November 2019

First Online: 23 December 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: After explaining the aim and procedure of the study and their autonomy to stay or leave the study, written informed consent will be acquired. Participation in the study will be voluntary and the participants will be reassured that their refusal to participate in the project will have no impact on their required care services. Personal contact information will be accessible only to the research team members. The questionnaires will be completed using codes assigned to patients (and without mentioning patients’ names). The results of this study will be disseminated at several research conferences and in published articles in peer-reviewed journals. The present study protocol was prepared in accordance with the Standardized Protocol Items: Recommendations for Intervention Trials (SPIRIT) statement []. The present study is established by the Committee of Ethics, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences and coded IR-QUMS.REC.1396.416. It has been registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT20180218038789N1) in 2018-03-04. If important modifications are made, the Ethics Committee of the Qazvin University of Medical Sciences will be informed, and new protocols will be uploaded to the IRCT.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.