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Evaluation of a general practitioner-based rehabilitation follow-up consultation to promote patients’ use of medical rehabilitation aftercare: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized crossover trial

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14938-9

Published Online: 2026-06-12

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Authors

Lukasczik, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-076X
Seeger, Jennifer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-4453
Küffner, Roland https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3165-3715
Vogel, Heiner https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-3949
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Article History

Received: 5 December 2025

Accepted: 7 June 2026

First Online: 12 June 2026

Declarations

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: The study will be carried out in accordance with the World Medical Association’s (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants. The Ethics Committee of the University of Würzburg has approved the study on November 3, 2025. Participation in the study is based on voluntary, informed consent in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Informed consent materials used in the study can be requested from the authors. For significant protocol changes, we will obtain a new approval by the ethics committee. We will also document changes and modifications in the registered study protocol.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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