Nega, Abebe Dires
Woldetsadik, Mulat Adefris
Gelagay, Abebaw Addis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9725-9603
Article History
Received: 2 September 2016
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 7 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine. Since it is a cross-sectional study, this study does not have risk on participants. Hence, the review board accepted and approved to use verbal consent. Communication with department heads and unit leaders of Gondar University Referral Hospital adult ART Clinic was held through a formal letter. Adequate information about the purpose and importance of the study, the risk and benefit of the study, and their right not to participate or withdraw at any time from the study was given to the study participants first by the data collectors. Finally, data were collected after informed verbal consent was obtained. Confidentiality was maintained throughout the study by excluding their identification in the questionnaire and by doing the interview in private.
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