Kunz, Regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0931-8990
von Allmen, David Y.
Marelli, Renato
Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike
Jeger, Joerg
Mager, Ralph
Colomb, Etienne
Schaad, Heinz J.
Bachmann, Monica
Vogel, Nicole
Busse, Jason W.
Eichhorn, Martin
Bänziger, Oskar
Zumbrunn, Thomas
de Boer, Wout E. L.
Fischer, Katrin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF (325130_144200)
Federal Social Insurance Office (n/a)
Swiss National Accident Insurer, Suva (n/a)
Article History
Received: 25 August 2018
Accepted: 4 June 2019
First Online: 3 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All study procedures were approved by the cantonal ethics committees in Basel (EKBB, the lead ethics committee: decision 21/13; 22 Jan 2013, Dec 2014), Berne (KEK Z033/13), Lucerne (EK 13066), Zürich (KEK-ZH-Nr.2013–0329); Amendmend RELY 2 (EKBB, lead ethics committee, Approval 22 Feb 2015); the data protection officers of Basel-Stadt; Swiss National Science Foundation, Federal Social Insurance Office, Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva), and Disability Insurance Office in Zürich. All patients provided written informed consent according to procedures approved by the ethics committees.
: Not applicable.
: None of the authors received support from any external organization or company for the submitted work. No financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; after data collection was finished (07/2016), RK became head of the Medical Competence Center of Suva, Lucerne. No other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.