Yohannes, Kalkidan
Abebe, Lulu
Kisi, Teresa
Demeke, Wubit
Yimer, Solomon
Feyiso, Mohammed
Ayano, Getinet
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital (-)
Article History
Received: 4 January 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2019
First Online: 25 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the public hospital in Addis Ababa, University of Gondar and Amanuel Mental Specialized. Individuals who agreed to participate gave written consent. For those who were not literate, independent witnesses were invited to sign to indicate that the information had been read out correctly. Non-literate participants then gave a fingerprint to indicate consent. Confidentiality was maintained by omitting identifiers from the computer and privacy was ensured during the interview. All participants were given an information sheet and were only included in the study after providing informed consent.
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