Thyrian, Jochen René http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6889-693X
Kracht, Friederike
Nikelski, Angela
Boekholt, Melanie
Schumacher-Schönert, Fanny
Rädke, Anika
Michalowsky, Bernhard
Vollmar, Horst Christian
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Rodriguez, Francisca S.
Kreisel, Stefan H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GL1701A, 01GL1701B, 01GL1701C, 01GL1701D)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2020
Accepted: 10 December 2020
First Online: 29 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Intersec-CM is registered as clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03359408) and Ethical approval has been obtained from the ethics committee of Greifswald Medical School (registry number: BB 159/17) and the ethics committee of the Chamber of Physicians of Westfalen-Lippe (registry number: 2017–688-b-S). Ethical approval for the DCM:Impact study was obtained by the ethics committee of the University Medicine Greifswald (BB 01/2019). Participants gave written informed consent to participate in these studies. In both studies, participants agreed to be regularly asked about their current living situation, health, quality of life, social contacts, health issues, burden, utilization of medical services and others. As such, conducting the assessments analyzed here were covered by the original ethical approval and no further approval was obtained. Written informed consent was obtained personally or by legal guardians when necessary.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.