Suita A, Ohfuji S, Fukushima W, et al. Incidence and risk factors for norovirus‐related diarrhea in Japanese geriatric intermediate care facilities: A prospective cohort study. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2023;23:179–187.
On page 182, the following paragraphs in the Discussion section are incorrect.:
‘The present cohort study at Japanese geriatric intermediate care facilities demonstrated that the incidence rate of norovirus‐related diarrhea is 10.11 per 1000 person‐years, and that four characteristics of residents are possible risk factors for norovirus‐related diarrhea: care‐needs level 3, stroke, hypertension and use of a cane for walking.
The incidence rate of norovirus‐related diarrhea in the present study subjects was much lower than that previously reported in a prospective cohort study at care homes in England, which found an incidence rate of 225.2 per 1000 person‐years20.’
These should be corrected as follows:
‘The present cohort study at Japanese geriatric intermediate care facilities demonstrated that the incidence rate of developing diarrhea is 59.03 per 1000 person‐years, and that of norovirus‐related diarrhea is 10.11 per 1000 person‐years, and that four characteristics of residents are possible risk factors for norovirus‐related diarrhea: care‐needs level 3, stroke, hypertension and use of a cane for walking.
The incidence rate of developing diarrhea in the present study subjects was much lower than that previously reported in a prospective cohort study at care homes in England, which found an incidence rate of 225.2 per 1000 person‐years 20. As far as we know, the incidence rate of norovirus‐related diarrhea was not reported in previous studies, so we could not make a comparison.’
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