Bedaso, Asres
Kediro, Gemechu
Ebrahim, Jemal
Tadesse, Firkru
Mekonnen, Shewangizaw
Gobena, Negeso
Gebrehana, Ephrem
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hawassa University
Article History
Received: 19 November 2019
Accepted: 17 June 2020
First Online: 26 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hawassa University, college of medicine, and health sciences. Written consent was sought from individual RTA survivors attending emergency and orthopedic unit and who agreed to participate. Illiterate participants gave a fingerprint to indicate consent. Confidentiality was maintained by omitting identifiers from the data collection tool and privacy was ensured during the interview. Any participants who are not willing to participate in the study were not forced to participate. All study participants who were found to have PTSD had a detailed assessment and appropriate intervention ordered after linking with the psychiatric unit of each hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interest exists.