About the Authors

Anne Hammarström

anne.hammarstrom@umu.se

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Social Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Maria Wiklund

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Social Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Britt-Marie Stålnacke

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Arja Lehti

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Unit of Professional Development, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Inger Haukenes

Affiliations Department of Public Mental Health, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Kalfarveien 31, Bergen, Norway, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Kalfarveien 31, Bergen, Norway

Anncristine Fjellman-Wiklund

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH. Performed the experiments: AH MW BMS AL IH AFW. Analyzed the data: AH MW BMS AL IH AFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH MW BMS AL IH AFW. Wrote the paper: AH. Commented and contributed to the paper: MW BMS AL IH AFW.