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. 2016 Oct 24;15:61. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0180-4

Erratum to: Effects of a nurse-led medication self-management programme in cancer patients: protocol for a mixed-method randomised controlled trial

Hiroko Komatsu 1,, Kaori Yagasaki 1, Takuhiro Yamaguchi 2
PMCID: PMC5078912  PMID: 27799848

Erratum

Upon publication, the below errors were noticed in the original version of the article [1].

  1. In the title of the article, ‘randomised’ should be spelt ‘randomized’
    • 2)
      i) In Table 2, ‘MMAS-8’ should instead read ‘cMMAS-8’
    • ii)
      In Table 2, the following sentence should be included as a footnote: “Use of the cMMAS is protected by US copyright laws. Permission for use is required. A license agreement is available from: Donald E. Morisky, ScD, ScM, MSPH, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772.”
    • iii)
      In Table 2, there should be check marks under the ‘Baseline’, ‘2 months’, and ‘3 months’ columns in the PDF as per the HTML
    • 3)
      In the Acknowledgements, the following sentence should be included as the second paragraph: “Use of the cMMAS is protected by US copyright laws. Permission for use is required. A license agreement is available from: Donald E. Morisky, ScD, ScM, MSPH, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772.”
    • 4)
      In citation 42, ‘Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of a Self-Reported Measure of Medication Adherence and Long-Term Predictive Validity of Blood Pressure Control. Med Care. 196:24:67-74’ should read:
    • A.
      Morisky DE, Ang A, Krousel-Wood M, Ward H. Predictive Validity of a Medication Adherence Measure for Hypertension Control. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2008; 10(5):348-354.
    • B.
      Krousel-Wood MA, Islam T, Webber LS, Re RS, Morisky DE, Muntner P. New Medication Adherence Scale Versus Pharmacy Fill Rates in Seniors With Hypertension. Am J Manag Care 2009; 15(1):59-66.
    • C.
      Morisky DE, DiMatteo MR. Improving the measurement of self-reported medication nonadherence: Final response. J Clin Epidemio 2011; 64:258-263. PMID: 21144706

Table 2.

Measures and Timings for Measurements

Measure Questionnaire Baseline 2 months 3 months
Demographics Patient Questionnaire
Medication adherence MPS
cMMAS-8
Self-efficacy GSE
QOL FACT-B
Psychological distress K6
Symptom severity/interference MD Anderson Symptoms Inventory

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12912-016-0130-1.

Reference

  • 1.Komatsu H, Yagasaki K, Yamaguchi T. Effects of a nurse-led medication self-management programme in cancer patients: protocol for a mixed-method randomised controlled trial. BMC Nursing. 2016;15:9. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0130-1. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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