Grosse Frie, Kirstin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8868-7131
Kamaté, Bakarou
Traoré, Cheick Bougadari
Coulibaly, Bourama
Mallé, Brahima
Kantelhardt, Eva Johanna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Article History
Received: 6 November 2018
Accepted: 11 February 2019
First Online: 18 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Patients were informed about the study and asked to confirm their willingness to participate. Ethical clearance was obtained by permission from the local ethics committee of the Medical Faculty in Bamako, Mali, with permission given for either written or oral consent. The implementation of written consent in the pilot phase confused and alienated the majority of patients, who were mainly illiterate and unfamiliar with a signing praxis, so we decided to obtain consent orally. Patients were included if they clearly stated their willingness to participate in the study.
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