Weeratunga, Eranthi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8609-1457
Goonewardena, Sampatha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-7959
Meegoda, Lalitha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9743-7393
Article History
Received: 7 March 2025
Accepted: 29 October 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, was granted ethical approval (Ref. no ERC 49/22).
: Informed written consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.