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Article History

Received: 4 March 2024

Accepted: 13 September 2024

First Online: 14 October 2024

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Scientific Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University. Informed verbal consent was taken from all of the participants in the study after an explanation of the nature and objectives of the study. The majority of women in this study were low-educated, housewives, and from rural Upper Egypt. This represents an obstacle to asking participants to review and sign consents. In addition due to cultural issues signing any kind of documents might be considered risky by those participants. Therefore informed verbal consent was taken from all the participants after an explanation of the nature and objectives of the study. Confidentiality was assured, names did not appear on the questionnaire form and participants were only identified by codes. Results were presented in an aggregate form with no personal identifiers.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.