Belachew, Eyayaw Ashete
Sendekie, Ashenafi Kibret
Article History
Received: 26 February 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 31 August 2023
Declarations
:
: Ethical clearance and approval were obtained from the Institutional review board (IRB) of the University of Gondar on June 26/2022 with a reference number (SOP/257/2022). Hospital directors and heads of the Department of Dermatology were informed about the purpose of the study to obtain agreement cooperation on. In order to protect respondent privacy throughout the gathering and analyzing of data, survey medical files digits rather than patient identifiers were used. All of the data collecting equipment was locked securely PI password-protected the databases for constrained access throughout the duration of the investigation. The data was only used to achieve the study’s objectives. Written informed consent was obtained directly from participants for those read and write and consent from a parent and/or legal guardian was secure for the illiterate population after explaining the study’s goal and purpose and. Also, each subject was made aware that engagement was optional and that they could end the study at any point if they felt uncomfortable with the questionnaires. All methods were performed with the relevant guidelines and regulations. No conflicts of interest were risen during this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.