Doshmangir, Leila http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5197-8437
Moshiri, Esmaeil
Mostafavi, Hakimeh
Sakha, Minoo Alipouri
Assan, Abraham
Article History
Received: 14 January 2018
Accepted: 30 August 2019
First Online: 18 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iran National Institute of Health Research (No: 2016/d/241/486). First, we explained in detail to interviewees the study objectives. Following that, since the research presents no risk of harm to interviewees, we acquired a verbal consent from the participants as approved by the ethics committee. However, consent was audio recorded, where we guaranteed interviewees of their privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity of any information they may provide. Afterwards, interviewees made a voluntary choice about participating in the research, and were given the right to opt out from the interview as and when they wish.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.