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Liyanapathiranage, Davindu A.
Fernando, Buddhi N. T.
Yahathugoda, Thishan C. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-8914
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Article History
Received: 2 July 2026
Accepted: 31 August 2026
First Online: 10 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (Ref. No. 230.05.2023). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of participants younger than 16 years.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
