Nair, Satish Chandrasekhar
Sreedharan, Jayadevan
Vijayan, Karthik
Ibrahim, Halah
Article History
Received: 23 December 2022
Accepted: 4 April 2023
First Online: 23 May 2023
Declarations
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: A written informed consent was obtained from each study participant. In patients with inadequate literacy, verbal agreement was obtained prior to written consent, and when available, a family member also provided written informed consent (approved by the Tawam Human Research Ethics Committee). The methods of the study were carried out in accordance with the International Conference for Harmonization (ICH), and Good Clinical Practice guidelines, and any other local and national guidelines from the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The study obtained research ethics approval from the Al Ain Medical District Human Research Ethics Committee and the Tawam Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee [AMDHREC/THREC 13/55/262].
: Not Applicable. A study number was assigned to each participant to ensure that no personal identifying information was collected.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.