Jayasinghe, Lakna Vajiramali
Prathapan, Shamini
Semage, Saveen
Article History
Received: 17 November 2024
Accepted: 4 March 2025
First Online: 17 March 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval from the ethics review committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo (reference: ERC/PGIM/2022/039) and permission from Army Headquarters was sought prior to data collection. Confidentiality was ensured and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The research was carried out in accordance to the guidelines of the ethics review committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo.
: L.V.J. is a physician in the Sri Lanka Army, currently undergoing post MD training in Community Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo attached to the Ministry of Health. S.S. was the former Director of the Directorate of Army Preventive Medicine and Mental Health Services. The Sri Lanka Army was not involved in the design, execution of the study, or the writing of the manuscript. S.P. does not have any competing interests.