Ochonma, Ogbonnia Godfrey
Nwatu, Stephen Ikechukwu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ochonma, Qgbonnia (No award number)
Article History
Received: 23 April 2016
Accepted: 18 May 2018
First Online: 14 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Permissions to conduct the study were obtained from the Chief Medical Directors’ (CMD’s) offices of the various (25) hospitals and all the individual participants verbally consented before taking part in the study. A local ethics committee (University of Nigeria ethical review committee) ruled that no formal ethics approval was required in this particular case and study. Permissions were eventually gotten from the various (25) hospitals’ Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) offices to conduct the research in each of the hospitals. Consent to participate in the study was verbal. We used this method of consent participation because it was convenient and immediate as opposed to written consent. The respondents were assured of their confidentiality and were provided with the choice of not partaking in the study if they so wished. The research was conducted according to Helsinki declaration and local legislations.
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