1. Healthcare provider and patient perspectives on access to and management of atrial fibrillation in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka: a rapid evaluation of barriers and facilitators to care (2022)
Sheron, V.A., Shanmugathas, S., Gooden, T.E. et al. Healthcare provider and patient perspectives on access to and management of atrial fibrillation in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka: a rapid evaluation of barriers and facilitators to care. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 1078 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08440-1
2. Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household survey (2022)
Kanesamoorthy S, Sheron VA, Uruthirakumar P, et alPrevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household surveyBMJ Open 2022;12:e056480.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056480
3. The pathway to diagnosis and follow-up care for atrial fibrillation in Sri Lanka: a descriptive longitudinal study (2023)
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Antony Sheron V, Gooden TE, Uruthirakumar P et al. The pathway to diagnosis and follow-up care for atrial fibrillation in Sri Lanka: a descriptive longitudinal study [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Res 2023, 3:63
https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13497.1
4. Generalisability of and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study conducted in three low- and middle-income countries to identify care pathways for atrial fibrillation (2023)
Gooden, T. E., Wang, J., Carvalho Goulart, A., Varella, A. C., Tai, M., Sheron, V. A., … Manaseki-Holland, S. (2023). Generalisability of and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study conducted in three low- and middle-income countries to identify care pathways for atrial fibrillation. Global Health Action, 16(1).
https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2231763
5. The impact of rate and rhythm control strategies on quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation: a protocol for a systematic review (2023)
Uruthirakumar, P., Surenthirakumaran, R., Gooden, T.E. et al. The impact of rate and rhythm control strategies on quality of life for patients with atrial fibrillation: a protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev 12, 52 (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02197-2
6. Newspaper coverage of water security issues in the water-stressed Northern Province of Sri Lanka: An explorative study of three Tamil dailies (2023)
Rubini, S., Kumarendran, B., Raguram, S., & Sriskandarajah, N. (2023). Newspaper coverage of water security issues in the water-stressed Northern Province of Sri Lanka: An explorative study of three Tamil dailies. World Water Policy, 9(3), 437–455.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.12123
7. Prevalence of subfertility and associated factors in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study (2023)
Sivalingarajah Raguraman Balasingam Balagobi Yaalini Shanmuganathan Uruthirakumar Powsiga Shribavan Kanesamoorthy Tharmarajah Kiruththiga Gopalamoorthy Rajeev Subashchandran Kumaran.
https://cmj.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/cmj.v68i3.9824
8. A cross sectional analytical study comparing the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in two culturally linked communities in post-war Sri Lanka(2025)
Kanesamoorthy S, Nageswaran T, Sriskantharasa K, Uruthirakumar P, Sheron VA, Thayaparan C et al. A cross sectional analytical study comparing the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in two culturally linked communities in post-war Sri Lanka. Journal of hypertension. 2025 Jul 24.
9. Inefficiencies identified in healthcare professional-to-patient handover practices for atrial fibrillation: a mixed-methods study in Brazil, China and Sri Lanka (2025)
Gooden TE, Wang J, Goulart AC, Vethanayagam SA, Wang H, Varella AC, et al. Inefficiencies identified in healthcare professional-to-patient handover practices for atrial fibrillation: a mixed-methods study in Brazil, China and Sri Lanka. BMJ Global Health. 2025;10:e017517.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017517
10. The pathway to diagnosis and follow-up care for atrial fibrillation in Sri Lanka: a descriptive longitudinal study
Antony Sheron V, Gooden TE, Uruthirakumar P, Shribavan K, Guruparan M, Subaschandren K, Lip GYH, Nirantharakumar K, Thomas GN, Surenthirakumaran R, Kumarendran B, Manaseki-Holland S; NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management. The pathway to diagnosis and follow-up care for atrial fibrillation in Sri Lanka: a descriptive longitudinal study. NIHR Open Res. 2024 Jun 3;3:63.
doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13497.2. PMID: 39139280; PMCID: PMC11320028.
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