Qasim, Rubina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-9568
Masih, Sarfaraz
Yousafzai, Mohammad Tahir
shah, Hakim
Manan, Abdul
Shah, Yousaf
Yaqoob, Muhammad
Razzaq, Abida
Khan, Ajmal
Rohilla, Atiya Rahman Khan
Article History
Received: 10 March 2020
Accepted: 9 June 2020
First Online: 16 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval to conduct this study was provided by the institutional review board (IRB) of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan. Permissions were obtained from all the relevant authorities of the hospital before enrollment of the patients and written informed consent were sought from all the participants before enrollment. Necessary measures were taken to maintain confidentiality of the data and privacy of the participants.The trial was prospectively registered (ExternalRef removed Identifier: ExternalRef removed) and proposal is already published [CitationRef removed].
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.