Wellappuli, Nalinda Tharanga
Perera, Hettiarachchige Subashini Rasanja
Chang, Thashi
Kasthuriratne, Gunendrika
Gunawardena, Nalika Sepali
Article History
Received: 18 October 2021
Accepted: 30 July 2022
First Online: 10 August 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study obtained from Ethics Review Committee of the National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara-Sri Lanka (Reference Number—NIHS/ERC/16/09). All the methods adhered to ethical principles and guidelines for research involving human participants. Informed written consent of the participants was obtained from the research participants and in the context of study participants was unable to give consent due to a medical reason or they are illiterate proxy consent was obtained from their legal guardians/ parents or next of kin according to ethical principles.
: Not applicable.
: We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.