About the Authors

Eva Rothermund

eva.rothermund@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Reinhold Kilian

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry II, University Hospital Ulm, BKH Günzburg, Germany

Edit Rottler

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Dorothea Mayer

Affiliation Health and Safety, Daimler AG, Sindelfingen, Germany

Michael Hölzer

Affiliation Sonnenbergklinik, Stuttgart, Germany

Monika A. Rieger

Affiliation Institute for Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Competence Centre Health Services Research, Medical Faculty Tübingen, Germany

Harald Gündel

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

MAR received a partial salary from Suedwestmetall and DM received a salary from Daimler AG. CASSIDIAN (now Airbus) provided funding and support for this study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EVR RK MH DM MAR HG. Data curation: EDR RK EVR HG. Formal analysis: EVR EDR RK. Funding acquisition: EVR RK MAR HG MH. Investigation: EVR MH DM HG. Methodology: EVR EDR HG MH RK. Project administration: EVR HG. Resources: EVR RK HG MAR DM MH. Supervision: EVR HG. Validation: EVR RK EDR MH DM MAR HG. Visualization: EVR RK EDR HG. Writing – original draft: EVR RK HG. Writing – review & editing: EVR RK EDR MH DM MAR HG.