Mat Said, Zarudin
Tengku Ismail, Tengku Alina
Abdul Hamid, Anees
Sahathevan, Ramesh
Abdul Aziz, Zariah
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Funding for this research was provided by:
Newton-Ungku Omar Fund “A Scalable Solution for Supporting Informal Stroke Caregivers in Malaysia : Systematic development and feasibility study” (203/PPSP/6780003)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2021
Accepted: 6 July 2022
First Online: 25 July 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval of the study was obtained from the Medical Review and Ethical Committee of the National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia (NMRR-19-3296-51864-IIR), Human Research and Ethics Committee, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM/JEPeM/19110815) and Kelantan State Health Department. This study had been conducted according to international and local guidelines and regulations ensuring ethically conducted research.Participant’s confidentialities were maintained for entire study duration. Prior to the data collection, an explanation describing the purpose, methods and ethical considerations about the study was given to the participants. This will inform the participants that their participation was entirely voluntary, and they may reserve their rights to withdraw from the study, refuse to answer any question or withdraw whenever they want without any penalty. Written inform consent also be provided along. The questionnaire survey was conducted only if the respondents signed the written consent form.Data was presented as grouped data and did not identify the subjects individually. Permission from the Director General of Health, Malaysia and other relevant authorities were obtained prior to the publication. The published findings will be shared to the respondents upon request.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.