Belayneh, Tadesse http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2578-4203
Gebeyehu, Abebaw
Adefris, Mulat
Rortveit, Guri
Genet, Tinsae
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Gondar (V/P/R/CS/05/4086/2009)
Article History
Received: 29 June 2018
Accepted: 3 January 2019
First Online: 14 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review Board of University of Gondar (Reference number of O/V/P/RCS/05/216/2017 on November 2017). Then official letter obtained from administrative body of University of Gondar hospital, department of OBGYN and Outpatient department. The purpose of study was well explained to the study participants and informed consents were obtained. Confidentiality was maintained at all levels of the study by avoiding use of name and other identifiers. Participants’ involvement in the study was on voluntary basis; participants who were unwilling to participate in the study and those who wish to quit their participation were informed to do so without any restriction. Permission was also granted by the original developer of the instrument to translate and validate.
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