Manoharan, Anusha
Siti Nur Farhana, H.
Manimaran, K.
Khoo, Ee Ming
Koh, Wen Ming
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health Research Grant (MRG), Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Article History
Received: 9 April 2023
Accepted: 14 September 2023
First Online: 22 September 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.Ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Research & Ethics Committee (MREC), Malaysia: [NMRR-19 3114-50974], KKM/ NIHSEC/P19-2683(11), prior to the research commencement. An amendment ethical approval was obtained in April 2021 from the Medical Research & Ethics Committee (MREC), Malaysia: NMRR-19-3114-50974 (IIR), KKM/NIHSEC/ P19-2683, prior to the change of data collection methods where face to face interviews were converted to phone interviews due to the movement control orders because of COVID 19 pandemic.Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants who agreed to the study before the interview sessions. For participants who were attending phone interviews, an electronic informed consent form was emailed to the participants and received before the interview appointment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.