Alebel, Animut
Wagnew, Fasil
Tesema, Cheru
Kibret, Getiye Dejenu
Petrucka, Pammla
Eshite, Setegn
Article History
Received: 3 November 2017
Accepted: 23 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from an institutional review committee of the School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar. The ethics committee formally waived the need for formal written consent since the study was done through retrospective reviews of patient cards (charts). Permission letter was obtained from each hospital administration. Since, the study was reviewed medical records; the individual patients were minimally at risk for harm as confidentiality was likely to be attainable. To maintain confidentiality, collected data were coded and locked in a separate room. After entry into the computer, all data were locked by password; as well, names and unique ART numbers were not included in the data collection format.
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