Article History
Received: 14 May 2019
Accepted: 15 November 2019
First Online: 31 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Research Ethical Committee of Faculty of Medicine-Fayoum University (Session 60 on 12/5/2019 with registered number R93 retrospectively registered). The questionnaires included explanations about the purpose of the study, confirmation of confidentiality of data and assuring that it will never be used for purposes other than scientific research. To ensure privacy, dignity, and integrity, the used questionnaire was anonymous. Ethical approval was obtained from the hospital managers for allowing and facilitating collecting information from their hospitals. Informed consent was obtained from participants before they were enrolled in the study. The obtained consent was verbal as the participants chose not to give any written consent and accepted to deliver it verbally. The authors provided the participants with detailed information on the confidentiality and right to protect their identities, the background of the study, the objectives, the interview time, and the voluntariness of participation and consent. The Research Ethical Committee of Faculty of Medicine-Fayoum University approved the ethical structure of the verbal consent.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.