Tsegay, Abreha
Damte, Ashenafi
Kiros, Adam
Article History
Received: 13 November 2019
Accepted: 23 February 2020
First Online: 12 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was carried out after obtaining ethical approval from Mekelle University, College of Health Science office of Health Research Ethics Review Committee (HRERC) with reference number of Notification of Expedited Approval ERC 1299/2019. Permission letter was obtained from Mekelle University to Psychiatric clinics, and finally, the letter was distributed to psychiatry professionals, data collectors, who work in the psychiatric clinics. Verbal consent was obtained from each participant before starting data collection. Study participant had the right to withdraw from the study at any time and information was recorded anonymously. Decision capacity tool was used.
: Consent of publication for this research is Mekelle University, College of health science, psychiatry department and participants.
: We authors declare that we have no conflict of interest for example on financial support for educational programs, employment or consultation, support from a project sponsor, position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of management relationships and multiple affiliations.