Correction to: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on mental health of the hospital front-line healthcare workers in Chile: a difference-in-differences approach.
This is a correction to: Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Rosendo Zanga-Pizarro, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on mental health of the hospital front-line healthcare workers in Chile: a difference-in-differences approach, Journal of Public Health, Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages e57–e64, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac008
In the originally published version of this article, Table 4 contained errors in the DiD estimates of the analyzed variables. Consequently, the results reported in paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Results are incorrect.
Table 4.
Covid-19 pandemic impact on sick leave rate of mental disorders on front-line HCWs: DiD estimation
| Outcome variable | n obs | Unadjusted models | Adjusted models | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DiD (SE) | Adj-R 2 | DiD (SE) | Adj-R 2 | ||
| sick leave rate | |||||
| Depression | 112.439 | −0.018*** (0.0006) | 0.4566 | −0.018*** (0.0038) | 0.4568 |
| Anxiety | 125.293 | −0.005** (0.0020) | 0.5773 | −0.005** (0.0020) | 0.5774 |
| Acute reaction to stress | 130.333 | −0.005** (0.0016) | 0.5665 | −0.005** (0.0016) | 0.5667 |
| rest days sick leave rate | |||||
| Depression | 112.439 | −0.168*** (0.0888) | 0.3750 | −0.167*** (0.0888) | 0.3752 |
| Anxiety | 125.293 | 0.111** (0.0412) | 0.4279 | 0.111** (0.0412) | 0.4280 |
| Acute reaction to stress | 130.333 | 0.095** (0.0347) | 0.3770 | 0.095** (0.0347) | 0.3775 |
The difference in difference estimator (DiD) was estimates using linear regression models adjusting for covariates including age, sexo and Santiago metropolitan location. In parentheses, standard errors (SE).
The asterisks indicate significance level. ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05.
The corrected version of Table 4 is provided below.
Additionally, paragraph 8 on page e59 should state as follows:
The estimates of depression sick leave rate in frontline HCWs between pandemic and pre-pandemic periods, dropped by about −0.175958; meanwhile, other insured workers increased marginally about 0.000244. Then the difference between these two changes is the DiD estimate (−0.1762), actually a significant negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on the depression sick leave rate of front-line HCWs, which amounts to a 18% reduction of the baseline rate. On the other hand, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with 16% significant reductions of the baseline rate in depression rest days of sick leave rate in frontline HCWs (Table 4).
Finally, paragraph 9 on page e59 should state as follows:
Also, the effect of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is associated with a significant −0.004813 reduction in sick leave rate for anxiety and acute stress reaction in front-line HCWs, which amounts to a marginal 0,5% reduction of the baseline rate of both mental disorders. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak effect corresponds to a significant 12% and 10% increase in the total rest days’ rate for anxiety and acute stress reaction in front-line HCWs, respectively.
These details have been corrected only in this correction notice to preserve the published version of record.