About the Authors

Heike Spaderna

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

spaderna@uni-trier.de

Affiliation Department of Nursing Science, Health Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany

Vincent M. Brandenburg

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Rhein-Maas-Klinikum, Würselen, Germany

Michael Lauterbach

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Trier, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder, Trier, Germany

Tara M. Partetzke

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Nursing Science, Health Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany, Graduates’ Center, Trier University, Trier, Germany

Sandra U. Schwab

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing Science, Health Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany

Frederik Voss

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Trier, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder, Trier, Germany

Ingrid Kindermann

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Saarland University, Homburg Saar, Germany

Competing Interests

HS reports grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Trier University during the conduct of the study. VB reports no conflict of interest with regard to the present study. FV, ML, TMP, SUS report no conflict of interest with regard to the present study. IK reports grants from Friede Springer Stiftung, German Heart Foundation/German Foundation of Heart Research, and from the German Research Foundation (DFG), and personal fees from Akcea Therapeutics Germany GmbH, AstraZeneca, Alnylam, Bayer Vital GmbH, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers-Squibb Company, Daiichi Sankyo Deutschland, Hexal AG, Novartis, Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Servier Deutschland GmbH, and Vifor. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The data is stored at a public repository https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12664734 with restricted access. Data cannot be shared publicly because patients’ written consent did not include this option. Reasonable requests for access to the data can be addressed to fret@uni-trier.de.