About the Authors

Stephanie J. C. Taylor

s.j.c.taylor@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Dawn Carnes

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Kate Homer

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Brennan C. Kahan

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Natalia Hounsome

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Sandra Eldridge

Affiliation Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Anne Spencer

Affiliation Health Economics Group, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Tamar Pincus

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, London, United Kingdom

Anisur Rahman

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Martin Underwood

Affiliation Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SJCT and MU have received multiple research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators from UK National Institute for Health Research. MU is also co-applicant on one research grant from Australian National Medical and Health Research Council.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJCT MU DC AS TP AR SE. Performed the experiments: SJCT MU DC KH TP AR AS SE. Analyzed the data: KH BK NH AS SE SJCT MU DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK AS NH SE. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SJCT DC MU BK NH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SJCT DC KH BK NH AS TP SE AR MU. Enrolled patients: DC KH. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: SJCT DC KH BK NH AS TP SE AR MU. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.