Shaghaghian, Soheila
Homayooni, Mojtaba
Amin, Maryam
Rezazadeh, Fahimeh
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Vice Chancellery for Research Affairs of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 7 July 2021
Accepted: 1 December 2021
First Online: 18 December 2021
Declarations
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: All stages of the investigation were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The Research Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences reviewed and approved the study protocol (≠ IR.SUMS.REC.1394.S863, the date of ethical approval: 16 November 2018). Ethical considerations were considered during each step of the research process. Informed consent was obtained from all patients. The patients' identity was kept anonymous for all members of the research team as the information was recorded based on their code in the HIV/AIDS national software.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.