Tadesse, Tamiru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-8893
Zawdie, Belay
Funding for this research was provided by:
Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
Article History
Received: 11 October 2018
Accepted: 7 January 2019
First Online: 19 January 2019
Authors’ information
: TT: MPH in Field Epidemiology, Works at Health Inspectorate Directorate, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia. BZ:MSc in Biochemistry, PhD candidates, Works at Department of Biomedical sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
: Approval and clearance were received from the St Paul’s hospital millennium medical college IRB(P.M23/115) before the commencement of the study, by which the data collection tools with consent form, was approved. Then the formal letter was written to the selected five hospitals and official permission was obtained from the IRB of each hospital before administration of the questionnaires. Considering the large number of participants, written consent was not obtained from the study participant. Verbal informed consent was obtained from each study participant and all information was kept confidential. Participation was voluntary and they were informed that all the data used was only for the scientific purpose. All participants were reassured that they can withdraw from the research at any time while interview. All findings and results presented were that of actual facts stated in the questionnaire and no false information or accusations were included in the final report.
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