Cudris-Torres, Lorena
Alpi, Stefano Vinaccia
Barrios-Núñez, Álvaro
Arrieta, Natali Gaviria
Campuzano, Martha Luz Gómez
Olivella-López, Giselle
Hernández-Lalinde, Juan
Bermúdez, Valmore
Pérez, Olaiza Lobato
Niño-Vega, Jorge Armando
Navarro-Obeid, Jorge
Fernández, Román José Ortega
Javela, José Julián
Article History
Received: 1 March 2023
Accepted: 26 September 2023
First Online: 30 September 2023
Declarations
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: The project “Self-efficacy, perception of illness, emotional regulation and fatigue on health-related quality of life in older adults residing in the departments of Cesar and Atlántico with a diagnosis of chronic disease” from which the manuscript is derived, was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Clínica General del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, approved in session on December 21, 2021, who recommended endorsing the project because there was no inconvenience for its execution, granted permission for data collection in humans, after signing the informed consent of all participants. Once the benefits were identified, they accepted the development within the institution (the permission granted by the Bioethics Committee is attached in the supplementary files of the manuscript). Potential participants were approached in the outpatient waiting room of the Clínica General del Norte, the general aspects of the study were explained to them and they were invited to participate in the study, the persons who expressed their willingness to participate in the research signed the informed consent form, authorizing the review of clinical history, as well as their personal data and home address to be surveyed. The procedure was developed in accordance with the recommendations of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the guidelines of the Colombian College of Psychologists (COLPSIC). No personal data were recorded to identify the participants; the information in the instruments was handled by codes. All participants gave their voluntary written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.