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Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara
Obeyesekera, Nathasha Hithaishi
Gunawardana, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika
Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Ch
Karawita, Upeksha Gayani
Nissanka, Nissanka Achchi Kankanamalage Ayoma
Vithana, Vithanage Chandima Nayani
Karunaratne, Singappuli Arachchilage Sanjeewanie
Nagendran, Praveen
Dissanayake, Gayani Sandeepika
Batuwanthudawe, Ranjith
Alagiyawanna, MAAP
Karunapema, Palitha
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Received: 18 March 2025
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 15 July 2025
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: All methods used in this study were performed in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human subjects. Ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Review Committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, 160, Prof. Nandadasa Kodagoda Mw, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka (ERC/PGIM/2022/170). Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. In accordance with Sri Lankan norms, informed consent from illiterate participants was obtained via fingerprints after providing them with adequate information.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
