Article History
Received: 28 January 2023
Accepted: 5 December 2023
First Online: 17 January 2024
Declarations
:
: Research methods involving human data were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Beirut Arab University (protocol number 2020-H-0054-P-M-0374). Verbal or electronic informed consent was provided by all study participants. Verbal consent was obtained during in-person and phone call interviews to account for potential participants with literacy problems who might face hardship in understanding information in written consent. The online questionnaire had a section providing consent information for potential participants. Agreeing and filling out the online questionnaire were considered proxy informed consent.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.