Azakir, Bilal
Mobarak, Hassan
Al Najjar, Sami
El Naga, Azza Abou
Mashaal, Najlaa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Joint Fund between Beirut Arab University and the Lebanese National Counsil for Scientific Research (12-05-18)
Article History
Received: 30 August 2019
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 14 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Beirut Arab University prior to commencement of the study under the number (2019H-0075-M-R-0303). All data were collected anonymously. No names or other identifiers were requested from participants to be included in the questionnaire. All questionnaires were filled and collected only after participants gave their consent by clicking on the continue button (Online questionnaire) or by signing the consent (Interview based questionnaires). The adopted consent form follows the university IRB requirement. This research study is considered to be minimal risk; the risks associated with this study are the same as what participants face every day.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for publication of the data obtained. A copy of the consent form is available for review upon request by the Editor of this journal.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest or financial interests.