About the Authors

Jeremy Howick

Jeremy.howick@phc.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Felicity L. Bishop

Affiliation Centre for Applications of Health Psychology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Carl Heneghan

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jane Wolstenholme

Affiliation Health Economics Research Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sarah Stevens

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

F. D. Richard Hobbs

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

George Lewith

Affiliation Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH FB GL SS JW CH. Performed the experiments: JH FB GL SS JW CH. Analyzed the data: JH FB GL SS JW FDRH CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH FB GL SS JW CH. Wrote the paper: JH FB GL SS JW FDRH CH.