Silva, Shehan
Ramadasa, Udayangani
Lekamwasam, Sarath
Article History
Received: 14 July 2023
Accepted: 26 January 2024
First Online: 14 February 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (ERC/FOM-SUSL/2021-B-07-10). Written informed consent was obtained from all volunteers for participation in this study after providing information verbally and through an information sheet. The study was performed and adhered to the ethical standards stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: There are no financial or non-financial competing interests
: SS is a senior lecturer in medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a board-certified specialist in internal medicine/ geriatrics. UR is a senior lecturer in medicine at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and a board-certified specialist in internal medicine. SL is a professor of medicine and a past Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at, the University of Ruhuna. SL was a past president while SS was a past secretary of the Sri Lankan Association of Geriatric Medicine.