Jalala, Suhayla Said
Veronese, Guido
Diab, Marwan
Abu Jamei, Yasser
Hamam, Rawya
Kagee, Ashraf
Article History
Received: 31 October 2022
Accepted: 4 March 2024
First Online: 15 March 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Stellenbosch University (Date: 7–12-2020/No: REC-2020–17479) and the Helsinki committee (Palestinian Health Research Council) (Date: 1–6-2020\ No: PHRC\HC\702\20).Written Informed consent was obtained from most individual participants included in the study. However, because we had [5] uneducated participants, we obtained verbal consent from them as they are too old to go back to their parents and ask for it in writing like little children. The Ethics Committee of Stellenbosch University and the Helsinki committee (Palestinian Health Research Council) both approved verbal informed consent procedure.Each participant in the study was given the right to decline participation and withdraw from the study. Moreover, we pledged to protect the participants' privacy; thus, their names and any revealing data were not disclosed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.