Aghar, Hanan
El-Khoury, Nathalie
Reda, Mahasen
Hamadeh, Wissam
Krayem, Hussein
Mansour, Mohammad
Raouf, Hawraa
Jaffa, Miran A.
Article History
Received: 2 June 2019
Accepted: 20 February 2020
First Online: 28 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Oral consent was employed as this study presented minimal to no risk to the participants. In addition, the research involved no procedures requiring consent outside the context of participation. Participants were not asked to sign, provide a name or any form of identification; therefore, there was minimal risk of any kind of confidentiality breach. This study with the oral consent was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the American University of Beirut (IRB ID: SBS-2018-0608). Study participants were approached, informed about the aim of this study, and asked for oral consent. Once consented, the participants filled in the questionnaire.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.