*2.6. Ethical Considerations*

Before administering the structured questionnaire, the researcher explained the aim and relevance of this study to participants, who also learned about their right to participate on a voluntary basis and to withdraw their participation at any time. Written Arabic informed consent was received from participants. In case of illiterate participants, oral Arabic informed consent was received in the presence of a witness. The Institutional Review Boards of Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Lebanon and the Faculty of Medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, provided the ethical approvals for this study (Project Nr. 19-552).
