Heming, Meike https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-4158
Angerer, Florian
Kröger, Christoph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2176-6078
Lidolt, Gianni https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4569-9316
Hander, Nicole R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-9547
Rothermund, Eva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8295-2632
Gündel, Harald https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-320X
Mulfinger, Nadine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-1386
Schröder, Ute
Wegewitz, Uta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-7537
Herold, Regina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9551-6661
Angerer, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-7405
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
Article History
Received: 13 June 2025
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
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: The employer of Nicole Hander offers psychosomatic consultation services in the workplace financed by companies and Nicole Hander is working in it. Nicole Hander declares to have no further relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: All participating study centers achieved ethical approvals by their ethic committees: Ulm University (November 2020, 339/20), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (December 2020, 525_20 Bc), University of Hildesheim (January 2021, 165) and Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (January 2021, 2021–1279). The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants gave written informed consent.