About the Authors

Thomas Meyer

Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Mira-Lynn Chavanon

Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Christoph Herrrmann-Lingen

Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Maren Roggenthien

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Kathleen Nolte

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Burkert Pieske

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Rolf Wachter

Contributed equally to this work with: Rolf Wachter, Frank Edelmann

Affiliations Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank Edelmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Rolf Wachter, Frank Edelmann

fedelmann@med.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliations Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

CHL receives royalties from Hans Huber Publishers, Berne, for the German version of the HADS. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHL BP RW FE. Performed the experiments: KN BP RW FE. Analyzed the data: TM MLC MR. Wrote the paper: TM FE CHL MLC.