Gebeyehu, Daniel Ayelegne http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-4242
Mulatie, Missaye
Article History
Received: 2 July 2019
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 21 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Research Ethical Committee of the Department of Psychology in the college of social science and Humanities at the University of Gondar. A permission letter to conduct the study in the Psychiatric clinic was also obtained from University of Gondar Comprehensive specialized hospital Psychiatric clinic (Psycho/01/10/2010). In addition, written informed consent was obtained from study participants by considering their insight level. Ahead of the data collection, participants were briefed about the objectives, benefits, and possible risks of the study and participation is on a voluntary basis. Initially, they were informed about their right to withdraw from the study at any time of the interview process. When they were informed about their right to withdraw they agreed to leave the study whenever they are not feeling comfortable. Confidentiality was maintained by avoiding the name and other identifiers of the participants.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.