Melkamu, Eneyew
Woldemariam, Solomon
Haftu, Abera
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mekelle University
Article History
Received: 22 August 2019
Accepted: 16 April 2020
First Online: 26 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval and clearance were obtained from the institutional review board of Mekelle University, College of Health Sciences. Additional permission was obtained from Jimma University specialized teaching hospital. Moreover, the purpose of the study was explained to the study participants and verbal informed consent was taken before data collection started. Verbal consent was taken as there is no harm to the study participants a result of participating in the study and it was approved by the ethical review board of Mekelle University. To keep the confidentiality of the participants, personal identifiers like name of the participant was not included in the data collection format and ensured throughout the research process. Again the information obtained was utilized only for research purposes. Participation was entirely voluntary.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.