Rathnayake, Nadeeka
Abhayasinghe, Kalpani
De Silva, Jayamal
Guruge, G. N. Duminda
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research and Publication Committee of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (RJT/EXAM/R &PC/2022)
Article History
Received: 1 June 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2022
First Online: 22 October 2022
Declarations
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: The ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Applied Sciences in Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (Reference Number: ERC/04/21) after a full external peer review to improve the scientific validity. All the information about the study will be provided to study participants via an information leaflet in their native language and they will be given sufficient time to decide the participation. Then before the recruitment, any questions they have about the study will be answered and informed written consent will be taken from potential participants. The ethical concerns are described in detail under ‘<b><i>Ethical considerations’</i></b> in the Methods of the paper.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests as defined by BMC, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.