Deary, Vincent http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-9259
McColl, Elaine
Carding, Paul
Miller, Tracy
Wilson, Janet
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (G0501875)
Article History
Received: 12 June 2017
Accepted: 24 January 2018
First Online: 8 February 2018
Authors’ information
: VD is a Professor of Applied Health Psychology, a practitioner Health Psychologist and trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. PC is a Professor of Speech and Language Therapy and a Speech and Language Therapist. EM is a Professor of Health Service Research and at the time of the trial was the director of the Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit. JW is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and chairs the local Comprehensive Research Network ENT Specialty Group. TM is a Speech and Language Therapist.
: Ethical permission was sought and obtained from Newcastle and North Tyneside Research Ethics Committee 1 (ethics reference number: 07/H0906/118)
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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