Tatsumi, Masataka
Mkoba, Egfrid Michael
Suzuki, Yusuke
Kajiwara, Yuu
Zeidan, Hala
Harada, Keiko
Bitoh, Tsubasa
Nishida, Yuichi
Nakai, Kengo
Shimoura, Kanako
Aoyama, Tomoki
Funding for this research was provided by:
United Nations University (5020025811)
Article History
Received: 31 March 2019
Accepted: 18 November 2019
First Online: 4 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Approval No. R1152) and the Research Ethics Sub-Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Approval Vol.IX/2651). All data was coded to ensure confidentiality and anonymity. A Data Transfer Agreement (DTA) from the NIMR was granted for proper transfer to Kyoto University.A series of venues were arranged for introduction and sharing the purpose of the study to KCMC students, staff, and patients with the assistance of the country supervisor. Then, they were encouraged to voluntarily participate in the study. Informed consent was obtained before data collection from those who agreed to participate in the study. Following signing consent forms, participants were given questionnaires on their status quo in relation to the LBP and Anthropometric measurements.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.