Dissanayake, Lasith http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3609-4358
Herath, Binoli http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-6871
Opatha, Janani http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-3795
Jabir, Sameeha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-7769
Siriwardana, Rajindra http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-7168
Sirisena, Kavish http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-0354
Wickramasinghe, Malmi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-3104
Wimalasekera, Manouri http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5160-1170
Liyanage, Ruvini http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6349-0284
Duminda Guruge, G. N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9342-5424
Jayaweera, Kaushalya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-0901
Jayawardena, Ranil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-9365
Zavos, Helena M. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-6877
Sumathipala, Athula http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-2698
Rijsdijk, Frühling http://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.