Wassie, Mulugeta
Fentie, Beletech
Asefa, Tseganesh
Article History
Received: 25 March 2021
Accepted: 31 July 2021
First Online: 9 August 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review Board (IRB) of School of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa University. A permission letter was written from School of Nursing and Midwifery to oncology center of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. Then, the cancer center chief administrator allowed to collect the data from the cervical cancer patients’ medical records. The study was conducted without individual patients’ informed consent since it relies on chart review. Informed consent of the patients was waived off by the cancer administrative officials of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, as the data intended to collect on the patient’s charts since the individual patients could not be found during the data collection period. Confidentiality was maintained by avoiding registration of personal identifiers like name, medical record numbers and also no raw data was given for any other person. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.