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Associations Between Subjective Quality of Sleep and Depression in a Population Based Sample in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Jayaweera, K. (2018, February). Associations between subjective quality of sleep & depression in a population based sample in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Innovation in Psychiatry: Effective Interventions for Health and Society. Poster presented at 2018 Thematic Congress, World Psychiatric Association, Melbourne, Australia.

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The Colombo Twin & Singleton Follow-up Study: A population based twin study of psychiatric disorders & metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka

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Heart Rate Variability: Determining Associations with Depression & Metabolic Syndrome

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CoTaSS 2 Follow-up study – IRD Bio-bank

  • Genetics, Twin Research
  • Completed
The Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study (CoTaSS2), which is a ‘population based twin study of psychiatric disorders and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka’ was

The Sleep Sub-study

  • Twin Research
  • Completed
The Sleep sub-study was conducted within the Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study and determined the contribution of sleep and activity to the prevalence of

Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study

  • Twin Research
  • Completed
Strong evidence exists which suggests associations between cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression. The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study follow-up Study (CoTaSS 2) seeks to explore

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All you Need is Trust? Public Perspectives on Consenting to Participate in Genomic Research in the Sri Lankan District of Colombo

  • Twin Research
  • Journal Article

The relationship between independent and dependent life events and depression symptoms in Sri Lanka: a twin and singleton study

  • Twin Research
  • Journal Article
Life events have been associated with a variety of mental health conditions including depression. There is a scarcity of research in South Asia exploring the

The association between emotional eating and depressive symptoms: a population-based twin study in Sri Lanka

  • Twin Research
  • Journal Article
This study investigated the genetic and environmental contributions to emotional overeating (EOE) and depressive symptoms, and their covariation, in a Sri-Lankan population, using genetic model-fitting

Agreement between subjective and objective measures of sleep duration in a low-middle income country setting

  • Twin Research
  • Journal Article
Describe sleep duration in adult Sri Lankans and determine the bias and agreement of self-report and actigraphic assessments.

The Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study: a population based twin study of psychiatric disorders and metabolic syndrome in Sri Lanka

  • Twin Research
  • Journal Article
The disease burden related to mental disorders and metabolic syndrome is growing in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (COTASS) is