Wijemunige, Nilmini
Rannan-Eliya, Ravindra P.
van Baal, Pieter
O’Donnell, Owen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (400640_160374, 400640_160374)
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (400640_160374, 400640_160374)
Institute for Health Policy Public Interest Research Fund (PIRF-2018-02, PIRF-2018-02)
Article History
Received: 7 May 2023
Accepted: 29 August 2023
First Online: 15 September 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study data collection and analysis was obtained from the Sri Lanka Medical Association (ERC/18–022). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Only participants who were able to provide valid informed consent were recruited, and exclusion criteria included those with mental or cognitive impairment who were not able to give informed consent. No clinical or patient data were accessed in SLHAS apart from what was obtained from participants and personal records the participants shared with us with their consent. The analysis for this paper was done on deidentified data which cannot be linked back to individuals. Data collection and analysis was carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.