Heidari, Akram
Afzoon, Zahra
Heidari, Morteza
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qom University of Medical Science (991209, 991209, 991209)
Article History
Received: 10 May 2022
Revised: 11 August 2022
Accepted: 30 September 2022
First Online: 12 October 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted with the approval of the Qom University of Medical Sciences research ethics committee (Ethics code: IR.MUQ.REC.1399.156). With the permission of the university authorities, the list and the general information of the nurses including their phone numbers was taken. The link for questionnaires was sent accompanied by a message delivered through WhatsApp or email. The message included an explanation of the purpose of the study, the voluntary nature of participation, and that the research team would protect the confidentiality of the responses. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants of the study. To ensure the confidentiality of the responses and the opinions of the respondents, no identifiers including the name or IP addresses of the responses were included in the downloaded data that was analyzed. In this way, all the data were treated anonymously. Moreover, the data repository of the online questionnaire was accessible only by the corresponding author. All the stages of the study were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations.
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest concerning the present study among the authors themselves or with other people or organizations.