About the Authors

Frank Peters-Klimm

frank.peters-klimm@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Gunter Laux

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Stephen Campbell

Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Thomas Müller-Tasch

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Nicole Lossnitzer

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Jobst-Hendrik Schultz

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Andrew Remppis

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Jana Jünger

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Christoph Nikendei

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FP GL SC TM NL JS AR JJ CN. Performed the experiments: FP TM NL JS AR JJ CN. Analyzed the data: FP GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FP TM NL AR JS CN JJ. Wrote the paper: FP GL SC AR CN.