Mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati
Kaundan, Manimaran Krishnan
Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal
Azlan, Arina Anis
Ayub, Suffian Hadi
Tham, Jen Sern
Ahmad, Abdul Latiff
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health Malaysia (UKM SK- 2018-005)
Article History
Received: 6 September 2019
Accepted: 14 April 2020
First Online: 28 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We have submitted this study for ethical review and received ethical approval from the National Medical Ethics Committee Malaysia which governs all medical/health related research in Malaysia. Our National Medical Research Registration (NMRR) ID number is 41882 and approval number is NMRR-18-1320/41882. The NMRR approval is the only ethical approval needed as this project was submitted under the Ministry of Health Malaysia and the National Medical Ethics Committee Malaysia is the Ministry’s Institutional Regulatory Board for Ethical Approval.Respondents in this study are above 18 years old and therefore there are no minors involved. Written consent which clearly states respondent rights and the nature of participation in the study was obtained from all respondents before being asked to answer the survey. This consent form was submitted as part of our ethical approval application to the National Medical Ethics Committee Malaysia.
: Not applicable.
: Authors declared no competing interests.