Kumari, P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-4555
Dabrera, T.
Article History
Received: 14 March 2026
Accepted: 16 September 2026
First Online: 19 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (Reference: EC-24-117). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. As the analysis was based solely on publicly available, aggregated data with no access to identifiable individual-level information, the requirement for informed written consent was waived.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.