Ortiz-Prado, Esteban https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-7498
Mendieta, Gonzalo
Simbaña-Rivera, Katherine
Gomez-Barreno, Lenin
Landazuri, Samanta
Vasconez, Eduardo
Calvopiña, Manuel
Viscor, Ginés
Article History
Received: 29 September 2021
Accepted: 24 February 2022
First Online: 10 March 2022
Declarations
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: Full ethical approval was obtained (#MED.EOP.17.01) through the Universidad de las Americas bioethics committee (CEISH). All participants voluntarily signed an informed consent. For people who could not read or write, an official community translator and a family member capable of understanding what was described in the document were used to ensure that there were no doubts about involvement. To protect the identity and autonomy of participants, all personal information was coded to protect and ensure anonymity.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.