Amel Barez, Malikeh
Mirzaii Najmabadi, Khadijeh
Latifnejad Roudsari, Robab
Mousavi Bazaz, Mojtaba
Babazadeh, Raheleh
Article History
Received: 21 June 2022
Accepted: 12 October 2022
First Online: 14 November 2022
Declarations
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: The research was approved by Local Research Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Code of Ethics: IR.MUMS.NURSE.REC.1398.026). All experimental protocols for involving humans was based on the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki in the manuscript [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed]. The participants were fully informed about the purpose and nature of the study as well as their voluntary participation. They were reassured that their right to withdraw from the study without any prejudice, also the privacy and the confidentiality of all their data would be maintained. Before the start of the interview, conscious written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian of the Illiterate. If any of the questions caused distress for the participants, the interview was stopped, and after a while, and by the participant’s permission, it was continued. After the completion of an interview, the researcher was assured that the participants were not psychologically distressed in terms of the interview and that there was no need for immediate emotional support. At the end of the interviews, necessary information about the existing services for abused women was given to the participants, and they were referred to receive services, if necessary. Each participant was given a hypothetical code and name to keep their information confidential.
: All the participants gave their written informed consent to publish their direct quotes from interviews without their names.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.