Cagetti, Maria Grazia
Cocco, Fabio
Calzavara, Ezio
Augello, Davide
Zangpoo, Phunchok
Campus, Guglielmo
Article History
Received: 9 April 2020
Accepted: 24 January 2021
First Online: 5 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: No official Ethical committee was present in the area of the survey. The study proposal was submitted to the Block Medical Officer, Zanskar and authorities of the Zanskar Health Care & Sowa Rigpa Research Institute (ZHCSRRI) and its coordinator the Lama Zotpa. Both the Block Medical Officer and the coordinator of ZHCSRRI gave the approval for the study. Each school involved in the survey also gave the approval for participation. Due to language problems and the low literacy rate of the population, parents or guardians verbal approval was obtained for children’s participation. Verbal approval was also obtained by each child. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. There are no financial completing interests as we have not received any grants. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.