Fita, Firomsa
Mekonnen, Habtamu Sewunet
Endalew, Helen Lamesgin
Azagew, Abere Woretaw
Article History
Received: 28 September 2021
Accepted: 26 November 2021
First Online: 9 December 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from an ethical review committee of the school of nursing on behave of the institutional review board (IRB) of the University of Gondar (Ref. No: S/N/164/7/2013). An official permission letter was secured from each hospital<i>. Each study participant was informed about the purpose, method, expected benefit, and risk of the study. They were also informed about their full right not to participate or withdraw from the study at any time, and deciding not to participate had no impact on their service.</i> Written consent was obtained and participants’ willingness was respected and confidentiality was guaranteed. For participants who could not read and write, a thumbprint was used in place of participants’ signatures. The study has been performed following the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. This was also approved by the Ethical Review Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.