Shalhoub, Mojahed
Anaya, Mohammad
Deek, Soud
Zaben, Anwar H.
Abdalla, Mazen A.
Jaber, Mohammad M.
Koni, Amer A.
Zyoud, Sa’ed H.
Article History
Received: 1 December 2021
Accepted: 9 March 2022
First Online: 14 March 2022
Declarations
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: The <i>Institutional Review Board (IRB) of An-Najah National University</i> (# 21 October 2020) approved the study, including the verbal consent process. All methods used in the study were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Permission was obtained from selected hospitals to allow researchers to interview their patients. Before the patients were interviewed, they were asked to give their permission to participate. Because this study did not require any clinical intervention and the patients’ participation in the study was clearly below the minimum risk, all patients provided informed verbal consent rather than written consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.