About the Authors
- Sandra Nolte
-
* E-mail: sandra.nolte@charite.de
Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Richard H. Osborne
-
Affiliation Population Health Strategic Research Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Sarah Dwinger
-
Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Gerald R. Elsworth
-
Affiliation Population Health Strategic Research Centre, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Melanie L. Conrad
-
Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Matthias Rose
-
Affiliations Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Quantitative Health Sciences, Outcomes Measurement Science, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Martin Härter
-
Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Jörg Dirmaier
-
Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Jördis M. Zill
-
Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Competing Interests
The data used for the present study were collected as part of a larger study exploring the effectiveness of a telephone-based health coaching (TBHC) intervention, which was funded by the Kaufmännische Krankenkasse Hannover (KKH), Germany. The KKH is a health insurance company that is part of the German public statutory health insurance system. We confirm that the funder (KKH) had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We further confirm that our relationship with KKH will not affect our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: SN RHO SD GRE MH JD JZ. Data curation: SD. Formal analysis: SN. Funding acquisition: MH. Investigation: SN SD MH JD JZ. Methodology: SN RHO GRE JZ. Project administration: JD. Resources: SN SD MR MH JD JZ. Supervision: MH JD. Validation: SN RHO MLC MH JD. Writing – original draft: SN. Writing – review & editing: SN RHO SD GRE MLC MR MH JD JZ.