Efficacy of a novel patient-focused intervention aimed at increasing adherence to guideline-based preventive measures in asplenic patients: the PrePSS trial.

"Declarations Conflict of interestNone to declare. Ethical approvalThe study and intervention were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany (vote no. 380/18). We followed the ethical standards set by the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2004. The PrePSS study is registered in the German Clinical Trials registry (DRKS00015238). Conflict of interest None to declare."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The study is funded by Innovationsausschuss of the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss, Wegelystraße 8, 10623 Berlin (Grant Number: 01VSF17049). The funding body was not involved in any aspect of the design of the study, collection of study data, in writing the manuscript or in the decision to submit this article for publication."

"The study and intervention were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany (vote no. 380/18). We followed the ethical standards set by the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2004. The PrePSS study is registered in the German Clinical Trials registry (DRKS00015238). Declarations: Conflict of interestNone to declare.: Ethical approvalThe study and intervention were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany (vote no. 380/18). We followed the ethical standards set by the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2004. The PrePSS study is registered in the German Clinical Trials registry (DRKS00015238). Ethical approval: The study and intervention were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany (vote no. 380/18). We followed the ethical standards set by the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2004. The PrePSS study is registered in the German Clinical Trials registry (DRKS00015238)."