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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Procedures of recruiting, obtaining informed consent, and compensating research participants in Qatar: findings from a qualitative investigation

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Speaks as first language the target language—primary language was defined as a language that the participant grew up speaking and/or reading from his or her childhood, or as determined by sociocultural norms such as work environment of his or her home country

• Declines interest in participating

• Has a severe debilitating illness precluding participation

• Does not speak the target language

• Has lived in Qatar for at least 12 months in the past 3 years

• Provides verbal informed consent