Dissanayake, Lasith https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3609-4358
Herath, Binoli https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-6871
Opatha, Janani https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-3795
Jabir, Sameeha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-7769
Siriwardana, Rajindra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-7168
Sirisena, Kavish https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-0354
Wickramasinghe, Malmi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-3104
Wimalasekera, Manouri https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5160-1170
Liyanage, Ruvini https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6349-0284
Duminda Guruge, G. N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9342-5424
Jayaweera, Kaushalya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-0901
Jayawardena, Ranil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-9365
Zavos, Helena M. S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-6877
Sumathipala, Athula https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-2698
Rijsdijk, Frühling https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4762-2803
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MR/T00679X/1)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2023
Accepted: 1 December 2023
First Online: 7 January 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest.
: The ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (ERC Ref: 15/21). All study procedures and methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Ethical principles were followed by collecting written informed consent from all respondents, for each study component they opted to participate in. Participants were informed that they could withdraw from the study or any individual component at any time without giving any reason and without any consequences.
: Not applicable.