Atzendorf, Josefine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-1758
Apfelbacher, Christian
de Matos, Elena Gomes
Lochbühler, Kirsten
Piontek, Daniela
Seitz, Nicki-Nils
Kraus, Ludwig
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (IIA5 –2514DSM200)
Article History
Received: 7 October 2019
Accepted: 13 February 2020
First Online: 13 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All selected individuals received written correspondence comprising study information, a data privacy statement, an online access code, and an accompanying letter from the German Federal Ministry of Health. Informed consent was given either verbally (telephone arm), by ticking the informed consent box (online questionnaire) or by accepting the conditions (study content, data protection, data processing and storage) in sending back the filled in questionnaire. The procedure had been approved by the ethics committee of the German Psychological Society (DGPs; Reg.-No: GBLK06102008DGPS). The participation at the survey was voluntarily and answers were pseudonymized in order to protect the anonymity of the participants.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.