About the Authors

Jimmy Martin-Delgado

Contributed equally to this work with: Jimmy Martin-Delgado, Eduardo Viteri, Aurora Mula, Piedad Serpa, Jose Joaquin Mira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jimmy.martind@umh.es

Current address: Sant Joan University Hospital, Sant Joan, Alacant, Spain

Affiliation Atenea Research Group, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain

Eduardo Viteri

Contributed equally to this work with: Jimmy Martin-Delgado, Eduardo Viteri, Aurora Mula, Piedad Serpa, Jose Joaquin Mira

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Santander Ophthalmologic Foundation FOSCAL, Floridablanca, Colombia, CEMEDIP, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Aurora Mula

Contributed equally to this work with: Jimmy Martin-Delgado, Eduardo Viteri, Aurora Mula, Piedad Serpa, Jose Joaquin Mira

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Atenea Research Group, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain

Piedad Serpa

Contributed equally to this work with: Jimmy Martin-Delgado, Eduardo Viteri, Aurora Mula, Piedad Serpa, Jose Joaquin Mira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Santander University, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Gloria Pacheco

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Santander University, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Diana Prada

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Santander University, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Daniela Campos de Andrade Lourenção

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, CNPQ research group, Studies on the health of nursing and health workers, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Patricia Campos Pavan Baptista

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, CNPQ research group, Studies on the health of nursing and health workers, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gustavo Ramirez

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Catholic University of Santiago of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Jose Joaquin Mira

Contributed equally to this work with: Jimmy Martin-Delgado, Eduardo Viteri, Aurora Mula, Piedad Serpa, Jose Joaquin Mira

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Atenea Research Group, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain, Alicante-Sant Joan Health Department, Alicante, Spain, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain

Competing Interests

Authors have declared no competing interest exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. CEMEDIP is a private institution based in Ecuador which provides academic training to healthcare related professionals and students. It has not been part of conception, design, data analysis or drafting the manuscript of this research. EV is part of CEMEDIP as partial-time professor for which he receives a salary. EV principal affiliation is with Santander Ophthalmologic Foundation FOSCAL where he currently in undergoing a fellow. We have updated the author affiliation. We attest that we have no commercial associations (e.g., equity ownership or interest, consultancy, patent and licensing agreements, or institutional and corporate associations) that might be a conflict of interest in relation to the submitted manuscript. All sources of funding in support of the work presented in the article are indicated.