About the Authors
- Katja Brenk-Franz
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Judith H. Hibbard
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Affiliation Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management and Health Policy Research Group ISE, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
- Wolfram J. Herrmann
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Tobias Freund
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Joachim Szecsenyi
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Sima Djalali
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice, University of Zurich, Zuerich, Switzerland
- Claudia Steurer-Stey
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice, University of Zurich, Zuerich, Switzerland
- Andreas Sönnichsen
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Affiliation Institute of General Medicine and Family Medicine, Department of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
- Fabian Tiesler
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Monika Storch
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Nico Schneider
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Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Jochen Gensichen
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* E-mail: Jochen.gensichen@med.uni-jena.de
Affiliation Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
Competing Interests
Judith Hibbard is stakeholder in insignia health and a consultant to them. And the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine Jena (Germany) have the licence for translating the Patient Activation Measure in the German speaking Countries. This license is not associated with money. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KBF WJH JG. Performed the experiments: KBF MS TF SD CSS AS. Analyzed the data: KBF JHH FT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHH. Wrote the paper: KBF. Implemented the study: KBF WJH. Translated it according to the WHO criteria: KBF WJH. Gave external expertise: JHH. Revised the manuscript: JHH WJH TF JS SD CSS JG NS. Heads of study centres: JS CSS AS JG. Adapted graphs and tables: NS. Created the final version and submitted the manuscript: NS.