Barati, Majid
Bandehelahi, Khadijeh
Nopasandasil, Tahereh
Jormand, Hanieh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-1473
Keshavarzi, Amir
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (No: 970204496)
Article History
Received: 29 May 2019
Accepted: 20 December 2020
First Online: 6 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All the women were informed about the quality of the project’s implementation, confidentiality of the information, and the project’s purpose. They were not enrolled in the study unless they would like. Participants indicated their informed consent by clicking the “I Agree” button before completing the questionnaire. Also, the number of participants under 16 years without any parents was low (n = 3). According to the guidelines of the Iranian ethics committee, the participants were considered emancipated minors. Thus, written informed consent was received from them and the care centers’ manager. The Ethics Committee approved this study with all consent process at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (No: IR.UMSHA.REC.1397.3).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.