Getaneh, Fekadeselassie Belege
sebsbie, Girum
Adimasu, Mekonen
Misganaw, Natnael Moges
Jember, Desalegn Abebaw
Mihretie, Dires Birhanu
Abeway, Shiferaw
Bitew, Zebenay Workneh
Article History
Received: 12 July 2021
Accepted: 21 March 2022
First Online: 10 May 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional review boards (IRBs) of Addis Ababa University, school of nursing and midwifery, Addis Ababa city health bureau and St. Peter Specialized Hospital. Ethics approval and consent to participate to this study was approved by the IRBs of the respective institutions confirming that all study protocols were approved by licensing committee/s (IRBs of School of Nursing, Addis Ababa City Administration, and St. Peter Specialized Hospital). Informed consent was impractical for this study. This is in line with the Helsinki Declaration which is stated as “medical research using identifiable human material or data, physicians must normally seek consent for the collection, analysis, storage and/or reuse. There may be situations where consent would be impossible or impractical to obtain for such research or would pose a threat to the validity of the research. In such situations the research may be done only after consideration and approval of a research ethics committee (38). Then, formal letter of cooperation was submitted to the study units (Neonatal department and card room) and permission was secured before data collections were initiated. Information obtained from the patient records was kept anonymous and confidentiality was maintained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.