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Authors
Gunasekara, Sonali Dinushika
Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana
Weerakoon, Kosala Gayan
Fernando, Manoj Sanjeewa
Shanthapriya, Sandaru Hasaranga
Price, Helen Philippa
Dikomitis, Lisa
Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala
Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135, NIHR200135)
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Article History
Received: 14 December 2024
Accepted: 14 October 2025
First Online: 30 October 2025
Declarations
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: Our study has been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. We received ethical approval from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (ERC/2020/74) and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, United Kingdom (Ref.: MH-200123). We obtained informed written consent from all the study participants, and each participant was assigned a unique participant ID. We maintained data confidentiality by using pseudonyms for study sites and participants throughout the data management process and dissemination.
: We obtained informed written consent from all the study participants for the publication/dissemination of information provided by them without disclosing their identity.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
