Ranasinghe, H. N.
Weeratunga, P. N.
Fernando, N.
Katulanda, P.
Rajapakse, S.
Galappatthy, P.
Handunnetti, S. M.
Constantine, G. R.
Article History
Received: 26 April 2024
Accepted: 1 August 2024
First Online: 13 August 2024
Declaration
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (EC/15/152), (EC/21/002) and the Ethics Review Committee of National Hospital Sri Lanka. The trial was also registered at the Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR/2016/002). Date of Registration 27th Jan 2016, . Informed written consent was obtained from all subjects prior to recruitment to the study. Participants were recruited on voluntary basis and they could leave the study at any time they wished.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.