Zahid, Nida
Martins, Russell Seth
Dawood, Zaiba Shafik
Zahid, Wajeeha
Azam, Iqbal
Ikram, Mubasher
Hassan, Aneesa
Bhamani, Shireen Shehzad
Asad, Nargis
Jabbar, Adnan Abdul
Akhtar, Shabbir
Siddiqui, Moghira Iqbaluddin
Awan, Mohammad Sohail
Ahmad, Khabir
Funding for this research was provided by:
Aga Khan University Seed Money Fund (Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417, Grant Number PF98/0417)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2023
Accepted: 26 July 2023
First Online: 5 September 2023
Declarations
:
: No potential conflict of interest exists.
: The institutional review board of Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) granted ethical approval for this study (Reference Number: 5154-Sur-ERC-17). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Written informed consent was obtained from the study participants. However, participants who had non formal education or were illiterate informed consent was obtained from legal representative of the participants.
: Not applicable.
: This manuscript has not been submitted or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The protocol of the study is published in BMJ Open (doi:ExternalRef removed).