Miptah, Hayatul Najaa
Ramli, Anis Safura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-1413
Mohamad, Mariam
Hashim, Hilwati
Tharek, Zahirah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institute of Research Management and Innovation, Universiti Teknologi MARA (LESTARI UiTM Research Grant: 600-IRMI/Myra 5/3/LESTARI (038/2017))
Article History
Received: 3 March 2020
Accepted: 9 November 2020
First Online: 20 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, the code of ethics of the World Medical Association. Ethical approval was obtained from the university Research Ethics Committee, Research Management Institute [600-IRMI (5/1/16)/REC/170/17]. Patient information leaflets were distributed in Malay and English language. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants before they were recruited into the study. Participants were informed that they could withdraw from the study at any time if they wish to do so.
: Participants’ consent for publication is not applicable as participants’ individual data was neither provided nor presented in the manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.