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Authors
von Schoen-Angerer, Tido
Wischnewsky, Manfred
Jeitler, Michael
Brinkhaus, Benno
Ortiz, Miriam
Hoffmann, Rasmus
Kessler, Christian S.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Article History
Received: 9 January 2025
Accepted: 28 July 2026
First Online: 29 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Charité Ethics Committee (EA2/128/22). Active consent to the informed consent form was obtained from all participants.
Consent for publication: Individual-level data is not presented, not applicable.
Competing interests: TvSA is the president of the TCIH Coalition and of the International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations. MJ received grants from the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation. MO is a board member of the Berlin Brandenburg Medical Doctors’ Association for Naturheilkunde (Physiotherapy) (ÄN e.V.). BB and his working group were partly funded by the Kneipp-Bund e.V., by the Software AG Foundation, by the BKK 24 health insurance company, by the Kneipp town Bad Wörishofen, by the Immanuel Albertinen Diakonie gGmbH and the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation. CK is a lecturer at the “Sonne und Mond” Health Center, Berlin. He is on the scientific advisory board of the Bruno Zimmer company and a board member of the German Medical Association for Ayurveda (DÄGAM e.V.). The remaining authors declare having no conflict of interest.
