Ethics approval and consent to participate
The ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committees of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians (letter dated 03/05/217) and Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka (approval number LRH/DA/05/2018 dated 20/04/2018).
All the parents and the children enrolled in the study were given the information sheets containing details of the study in their own language approved by the ethical review committee. Written informed consents for participation were obtained from both parents.
Consent for publication
This manuscript does not contain personal data/ images/ videos of any individual person, therefore consent for publication is not applicable according to the publication guidelines of BMC Pediatrics.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used for analysis during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request. All the relevant results are given in the manuscript. Can submit to BMC Pediatrics if expected to submit.
Competing interests
No financial or non-financial competing interests related to this study.
Funding
Self-funded.
Authors’ contributions
GLDCP– Principal investigator, Conception of the study, Protocol Generation, preparation of judgmentally validated questionnaire to assess psychological wellbeing of parents, Data Collection, data entering and Manuscript Writing.
P.K. B. M - Provision of inputs for the statistical aspects of the protocol, Statistical analysis of the results, Editing and approving the Manuscript.
V. DS- Reviewing the self- administered questionnaire prepared by the principal investigator and editing the protocol.
N. A -reviewing and editing the Protocol, Supervision of the study, Analysis, Reviewing and final editing of the manuscript.
K.S.H. DS -Overall supervisor, Conception of the study, reviewing and editing the Protocol, Supervision of the study, Analysis, Reviewing and final editing of the manuscript.
Author details
- Senior Registrar in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Consultant Community Physician, office of Provincial Director of Health Services-Western Province, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Head of Department, Professor in Psychiatry. University of Colombo, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Professor in Paediatrics, University of Colombo, Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Acknowledgements
All the co- authors of the study who contributed to protocol generation, data collection, data entering, data analysis and reviewing the manuscript.
Dr.MN Dannasuriya for allowing to use the validated Sinhala version of Paeds QL TM.
Dr. C. Jayasena for granting permission to use the Validated Sinhala version of GHQ
Mapi Research Trust for granting permission to use Paeds QL Tm.
Dr. Rasarathinam Jeyanthakumar and Dr. Puvana Arumugam for translation of the questionnaires into Tamil language and back translation into English for linguistic validation
All the patients and their parents who voluntarily participated in the study.