About the Authors

Katie Gallacher

Affiliation General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Deborah Morrison

Affiliation General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Bhautesh Jani

Affiliation General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sara Macdonald

Affiliation General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Carl R. May

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Victor M. Montori

Affiliation Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Patricia J. Erwin

Affiliation Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

G. David Batty

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

David T. Eton

Affiliation Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Peter Langhorne

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Frances S. Mair

frances.mair@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

DTE is currently receiving federal funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Nursing Research) to conduct research on the burden of treatment concept. Grant number: 1R21NR012984-01A1. FSM and CRM have also received funding from the ESRC previously to help develop a NPT web enabled toolkit. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KG DM BJ SM CRM VMM PJE GDB DTE PL FSM. Analyzed the data: KG DM BJ SM CRM VMM FSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG CRM VMM FSM. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KG FSM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KG DM BJ SM CRM VMM PJE GDB DTE PL FSM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KG DM BJ SM CRM VMM PJE GDB DTE PL FSM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KG DM BJ SM CRM VMM PJE GDB DTE PL FSM. Designed the search strategy: PJE.