Cummings, David E.
Arterburn, David E.
Westbrook, Emily O.
Kuzma, Jessica N.
Stewart, Skye D.
Chan, Chun P.
Bock, Steven N.
Landers, Jeffrey T.
Kratz, Mario
Foster-Schubert, Karen E.
Flum, David R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01-DK089528)
Article History
Received: 10 March 2015
Accepted: 2 February 2016
First Online: 17 March 2016
Funding
: This study was funded by the NIH National Institute for Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant #R01-DK089528, as well as by grants from the GHRI and Group Health Foundation. The SDM aid used in this study was provided by the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation.
: DA receives research funding, has received salary support and received free access to the SDM aids used in this study, as a medical editor for the not-for-profit (501[3]c) Informed Medical Decisions Foundation (ExternalRef removed), which develops content for patient education programmes, including the bariatric surgery programme that was used by participants of this study. The Foundation had an arrangement with a for-profit company, Health Dialog, to co-produce and market these programmes to healthcare organisations. All other authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with their contribution to this manuscript. The authors’ spouses, partners, or children have no financial relationships that may be relevant to the submitted work. The authors have no nonfinancial interests that may be relevant to the submitted work.
: All authors contributed to the study design, acquisition of data, and analysis and/or interpretation of data. DC initially wrote the manuscript, and all other authors reviewed, edited and approved it. DC is responsible for the integrity of the work as a whole and is the guarantor of this work.
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