Abdisa, Eba
Fekadu, Ginenus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4926-0685
Girma, Shimelis
Shibiru, Tesfaye
Tilahun, Temesgen
Mohamed, Habib
Wakgari, Aaga
Takele, Amsalu
Abebe, Milkias
Tsegaye, Reta
Article History
Received: 20 April 2020
Accepted: 23 July 2020
First Online: 29 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the ethical review board (IRB) of the Psychiatry and ophthalmic nursing department of Jimma University with a clearance number of <u>PON/04/2017</u> issued on 05/04/2017. The data was handled with strong confidentiality. Informed written consent to participate in the study was obtained from participants (or their parent, caregiver or guardian). In the consent sheet, the purpose of this study was clearly stated and there was explanation that there was no way to cause any harm to study subjects and indicated that there was no chance the participants’ identifiers to be written on the survey questionnaire and that no individual response would be reported. Participation was according to voluntary of the participants. The privacy of patients with mental illness was secured by removing the identifiers from data collection tools by replacing with different codes. For those individuals who seriously ill due to stopping their treatment, we connected them to the psychiatric clinic to resume their treatment and other health care service by giving psychoeducation for both family and the patients.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.