Correction to: Tropical Medicine and Health (2022) 50:37 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00427-2

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in ethical approval number. The ethical review number should be corrected from 34474/2/2021 to 35033/11/21.

The correct version has been provided below.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The Ethical Committee of Scientifc Research in the Tanta Faculty of Medicine approved the research before starting the study (No. 35033/11/21). For participants’ consent, we inserted a written consent in the introductory page of the questionnaire, and all participants gave informed consent before answering the questions. Participation in this study was voluntary.

The original article [1] has been corrected.