Sanchayan, Sivapalan
Olupeliyawa, Asela
Chandratilake, Madawa
Article History
Received: 12 December 2023
Accepted: 14 May 2024
First Online: 22 May 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (P/114/05/2018) and exempted from review by the Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (P/114/05/2018).All the participants were informed regarding the purpose and methods of the study before the observations, interviews and focus group discussions using a printed information sheet and face to face discussions. Opportunity was provided by the principal investigator for them to ask questions and obtain clarifications. Participants were informed that participation was completely voluntary and that they could withdraw from the study at any time without any consequences to them. They signed and dated a consent form and gave informed consent to participate in this study and to record audio (for all three components) and video (for the observations) to use in this study. All information was anonymised and identifying information was removed before analysis. The identities of the participants were not shared outside the research team.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.