About the Authors
- Jürgen Barth
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jürgen Barth, Thomas Munder
* E-mail: mail@juergen-barth.de
Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Thomas Munder
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jürgen Barth, Thomas Munder
Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Heike Gerger
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Eveline Nüesch
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Affiliations Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sven Trelle
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Affiliations Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Hansjörg Znoj
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Peter Jüni
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Affiliations Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Pim Cuijpers
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
PJ is an unpaid member of steering group or executive committee of trials funded by Abbott Vascular, Biosensors, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical. CTU Bern, which is part of the University of Bern, has a staff policy of not accepting individual honoraria or consultancy fees. However, CTU Bern is involved in design, conduct, or analysis of clinical studies funded by Abbott Vascular, Ablynx, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biosensors, Biotronic, Boehrhinger Ingelheim, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Exelixis, Geron, Gilead Sciences, Nestlé, Novartis, Novo Nordisc, Padma, Roche, Schering-Plough, St. Jude Medical, and Swiss Cardio Technologies. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: EN ST JB TM PJ. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JB TM PJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JB TM HG EN ST HJZ PJ PC. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JB TM HG EN ST HJZ PJ PC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JB TM HG EN ST HJZ PJ PC.