Afifi, Zeinab E.
Shehata, Rania I.
El Sayed, Asmaa F.
Hammad, El Sayed M.
Salem, Marwa R.
Article History
Received: 11 July 2020
Accepted: 1 June 2021
First Online: 13 July 2021
Declarations
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: The study protocol was revised and approved by the Ethics Committee in the Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. The committee’s reference number was N-10-2017. All subjects were treated in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of biomedical ethics [CitationRef removed]. Informed consent was obtained after proper orientation of the participants regarding the objectives of the study, confidentiality of data, and the impact of the research. Since the data were anonymous (identifier codes were used instead) and to ensure freely given responses, verbal consent was obtained from the participants. Approval of the Ethics committee to obtain participants’ verbal consent was ensured.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.