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. 2016 Apr 19;16:51. doi: 10.1186/s12883-016-0571-x

Erratum to: Combination of anxiety and depression is associated with an increased headache frequency in migraineurs: a population-based study

Kyungmi Oh 1, Soo-Jin Cho 2, Yun Kyung Chung 3, Jae-Moon Kim 4, Min Kyung Chu 5,
PMCID: PMC4837543  PMID: 27094618

Erratum

After publication of the original article [1], the authors noticed that the article contained some errors in the data presented within Table 1, Figs. 1 and 2, and Tables 2 and 3.

Table 1.

Sociodemographic distribution of all survey participants, the total Korean population, and of cases identified as migraine, anxiety and depression

Survey participants N (%) Total population N (%) P Migraine N, % (95 % CI) Anxiety N, % (95 % CI) Depression N, % (95 % CI)
Men 1345 (49.3) 17,584,365 (50.6) 0.854a 36, 2.7 (1.8–3.5) 109, 8.1 (6.6–9.6) 43, 3.2 (2.3–4.2)
Women 1350 (50.7) 17,198,350 (49.4) 107, 7.9 (6.5–9.4) 159, 11.8 (10.1–13.5) 73, 5.4 (4.2–6.6)
Age
 19–29 542 (20.5) 7,717,947 (22.2) 0.917a 25, 4.5 (2.7–6.2) 53, 9.6 (7.2–12.1) 23, 4.1 (2.5–5.8)
 30–39 604 (21.9) 8,349,487 (24.0) 42, 7.0 (4.9–9.1) 51, 8.7 (6.4–11.0) 32, 5.4 (4.6–7.3)
 40–49 611 (23.1) 8,613,110 (24.8) 39, 6.5 (4.5–8.4) 67, 11.0 (8.5–13.5) 24, 4.0 (2.5–5.5)
 50–59 529 (18.9) 6,167,505 (17.7) 22, 4.1 (2.4–5.9) 53, 9.9 (7.3–12.5) 22, 4.2 (2.5–6.0)
 60–69 409 (15.6) 3,934,666 (11.3) 15, 3.9 (2.0–5.7) 14, 10.8 (7.8–13.8) 15, 3.7 (2.0–5.5)
Size of residential area
 Large city 1248 (46.3) 16,776,771 (48.2) 0.921a 76, 6.1 (4.8–7.5) 130, 10.4 (8.7–12.1) 57, 4.6 (3.4–5.7)
 Medium–to–small city 1186 (44.0) 15,164,345 (43.6) 48, 4.0 (2.9–5.2) 112, 9.5 (7.8–11.2) 47, 4.0 (2.9–5.1)
 Rural area 261 (9.7) 2,841,599 (8.2) 19, 7.4 (4.2–10.6) 26, 10.0 (6.3–13.6) 12, 4.7 (2.1–7.3)
Education level
 Middle school or less 393 (14.9) 6,608,716 (19.0) 0.752a 22, 5.5 (4.2–7.7) 55, 13.9 (10.5–17.4) 20, 5.2 (3.0–7.4)
 High school 1208 (44.5) 15,234,829 (43.8) 60, 5.0 (3.8–6.3) 111, 9.2 (7.5–10.8) 49, 4.1 (3.0–5.2)
 College or more 1068 (39.6) 12,939,170 (37.2) 60, 5.6 (4.3–7.0) 100, 9.5 (7.7–11.2) 47, 4.4 (3.2–5.7)
 Not responded 26 (9.6) 1, 3.8 (0.0–11.8) 2, 8.0 (0.0–18.0) 0, 0.0 (0.0–0.0)
Total 2695 (100.0) 34,782,715 (100.0) 143, 5.3 (4.5–6.2) 268, 10.0 (8.8–11.1) 116, 4.3 (3.6–5.1)

aCompared gender, age group, size of residential area, and educational level distributions between the sample of the present study and total population of Korea

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Flow chart depicting the participation of subjects in the Korean Headache-Sleep Study

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Venn diagram for distribution of subjects with anxiety, depression and migraine

Table 2.

Demographics, headache characteristics and associated symptoms of migraineurs according to anxiety and depression

Migraine subjects without anxiety or depression, N = 92 Migraine subjects with anxiety alone, N = 27 Migraine subjects with depression alone, N = 8 Migraine with anxiety and depression, N = 16 P-value
Demographics
 Mean age ± SD (years) 40.4 ± 11.4 47.2 ± 14.5 42.1 ± 15.7 44.5 ± 18.4 0.131
 Women, N (%) 71 (75.5) 21 (77.8) 7 (77.8) 13 (76.5) 0.995
Headache characteristics
 Unilateral pain, N (%) 57 (60.6) 15 (53.6) 4 (44.4) 7 (41.2) 0.409
 Pulsating quality, N (%) 72 (76.6) 21 (77.8) 7 (77.8) 12 (70.6) 0.950
 Moderate-to-severe severity, N (%) 72 (75.8) 22 (81.5) 8 (88.9) 17 (100.0) 0.119
 Aggravation by movement, N (%) 60 (63.8) 21 (77.8) 5 (55.6) 15 (88.2) 0.121
Associated symptoms
 Nausea, N (%) 84 (88.4) 23 (82.1) 9 (100.0) 15 (88.2) 0.544
 Vomiting, N (%) 33 (34.7) 15 (53.6) 3 (33.3) 8 (47.1) 0.288
 Photophobia, N (%) 55 (57.9) 19 (70.4) 1 (11.1) 11 (64.7) 0.017
 Phonophobia, N (%) 63 (67.0) 21 (77.8) 6 (66.7) 13 (76.5) 0.668
 Osmophobia, N (%) 42 (44.7) 13 (48.1) 4 (44.4) 9 (46.3) 0.930

Table 3.

Frequency, severity and impact of headache according to migraineurs’ anxiety and depression status

Migraine subjects without anxiety or depression, N = 92 Migraine subjects with anxiety alone, N = 27 Migraine subjects with depression alone, N = 8 Migraine subjects with anxiety and depression, N = 16 P-value* Post hoc analysis with Bonferroni’s correction
Median (25 %–75 %) Median (25 %–75 %) Median (25 %–75 %) Median (25 %–75 %)
Frequency per month 1.0 (0.3–3.0) 2.0 (1.0–5.0) 1.0 (0.3–4.0) 8.0 (2.5–21.0) <0.001 1 vs. 2 = 0.596
1 vs.3 = 1.000
1 vs. 4 < 0.001
2 vs.3 = 1.000
2 vs. 4 = 0.003
3 vs. 4 = 0.001
VAS score for pain intensity 6.0 (5.0–7.0) 7.0 (6.0–8.0) 7.0 (6.0–8.0) 7.0 (5.0–9.0) <0.001 1 vs. 2 = 0.011
1 vs.3 = 0.824
1 vs. 4 = 0.018
2 vs.3 = 1.000
2 vs. 4 = 1.000
3 vs. 4 = 1.000
HIT–6 score 50.0 (46.0–58.0) 57.0 (49.0–60.8) 62.0 (52.0–70.5) 64.0 (61.0–67.0) <0.001 1 vs. 2 = 0.074
1 vs.3 = 0.004
1 vs. 4 < 0.001
2 vs.3 = 0.545
2 vs. 4 = 0.005
3 vs. 4 = 1.000

HIT–6: Headache Impact Test–6; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale

*Kruskal–Wallis one–way analysis of variance test among the four groups: migraine subjects without anxiety or depression, migraine subjects with anxiety alone, migraine subjects with depression alone and migraine subjects with anxiety and depression

1: migraine subjects without anxiety or depression; 2: migraine subjects with anxiety alone; 3: migraine subjects with depression alone; 4: migraine with anxiety and depression

The corrected versions are given in this erratum. The main findings of the original article are not affected after this correction. The authors apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12883-014-0238-4.

Reference

  • 1.Oh K, Cho S-J, Chung YK, Kim JM, Chu MK. Combination of anxiety and depression is associated with an increased headache frequency in migraineurs: a population-based study. BMC Neurol. 2014;14:238. doi: 10.1186/s12883-014-0238-4. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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