Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Health Coaching for Patients with Chronic Conditions: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Martin Härter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Härter, Jörg Dirmaier

  * E-mail: m.haerter@uke.de

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Jörg Dirmaier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Härter, Jörg Dirmaier

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5729-7357

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• Sarah Dwinger,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Levente Kriston,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Lutz Herbarth,

  Affiliation Kaufmännische Krankenkasse—KKH, Hannover, Germany

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• Elisabeth Siegmund-Schultze,

  Affiliation Kaufmännische Krankenkasse—KKH, Hannover, Germany

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• Isaac Bermejo,

  Affiliation University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Herbert Matschinger,

  Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Dirk Heider ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Hans-Helmut König

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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