Jayasinghe, Lakna Vajiramali
Prathapan, Shamini
Semage, Saveen
Article History
Received: 16 November 2024
Accepted: 29 May 2025
First Online: 1 October 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.
: Not applicable.
: 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.