De Zoysa, PDWD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-9806
Weerarathna, TP
Darshana, ILAN
Egodage, UK
Rathnayake, RMPC
Jayasekara, MMPT
Sujanitha, V
Matthias, AT
Ratnayake, B
Mayurathan, P
Premawardana, N
Pathirage, LPMMK
Article History
Received: 20 March 2026
Accepted: 1 June 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Sri Lanka (Ref: THK/ERC/24/02). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrolment. The ethical approval for the research was obtained by the Ethics Review Committee at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Sri Lanka (THK/ERC/24/2). Before starting the research, all participants provided their written informed consent.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Clinical trial number: Not applicable.