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. 2019 Aug 28;24:54. doi: 10.1186/s12199-019-0809-5

Correction to: Depressive symptoms in individuals with family members requiring ADL assistance

Junhyun Kwon 1,2, Eun-Cheol Park 2,3, Woorim Kim 1,2,4, Dong-Woo Choi 1,2, Sung-In Jang 2,3,
PMCID: PMC6712820  PMID: 31455208

Correction to: Environ Health Prev Med (2019) 24:49

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-019-0804-x

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 2 in their paper. The table entry “Men’s P value” was mistakenly included under the table heading “Women”. The original article [1] has been updated.

Table 2.

Results of analysis of factors associated with CES-D 10 scores

Variables Men Women
β S.E P-value β S.E P-value
Caregiving Status of family members requiring ADL assistance
 Yes, by othersa 0.035 0.089 0.6947 0.210 0.084 0.0123
 Yes, by myself 0.407 0.145 0.0051 0.506 0.125 <.0001
 No family members requiring ADL assistance Ref. Ref.
Age
 45–54 Ref. Ref.
 55–64 −0.003 0.053 0.9488 0.089 0.052 0.0836
 65–74 0.051 0.071 0.4769 0.226 0.069 0.0010
  ≥ 75 0.122 0.090 0.1742 0.326 0.082 <.0001
Education level
 Elementary school or less 0.460 0.086 <.0001 0.364 0.114 0.0014
 Middle school 0.272 0.090 0.0025 0.149 0.117 0.2032
 High school 0.164 0.070 0.0194 −0.041 0.106 0.7000
 University or beyond Ref. Ref.
Region
 Metropolitan Ref. Ref.
 Rural 0.168 0.053 0.0017 0.170 0.050 0.0007
Working Status
 Working Ref. Ref.
 Non-working 0.469 0.054 <.0001 0.255 0.047 <.0001
Equalized household income
 Low Ref. Ref.
 Mid-low −0.139 0.061 0.0213 −0.321 0.054 <.0001
 Mid-high −0.164 0.066 0.0134 −0.467 0.058 <.0001
 High −0.175 0.075 0.0194 −0.411 0.066 <.0001
Perceive health status
 Healthy −1.540 0.069 <.0001 −1.486 0.058 <.0001
 Average −1.247 0.066 <.0001 −1.158 0.053 <.0001
 Unhealthy Ref. Ref.
Regular physical activities
 Yes −0.282 0.041 <.0001 − 0.260 0.039 <.0001
 No Ref. Ref.
Participation in social activities
 Yes −0.407 0.056 <.0001 −0.155 0.046 0.0008
 No Ref. Ref.
Smoking
 Ever 0.021 0.056 0.7097 0.663 0.142 <.0001
 Never Ref. Ref.
Alcohol intake
 Yes −0.222 0.051 <.0001 −0.118 0.059 0.0454
 No Ref. Ref.
Number of chronic diseases
 None Ref. Ref.
 1 0.007 0.055 0.8963 0.188 0.055 0.0006
  ≥ 2 0.176 0.072 0.0146 0.430 0.066 <.0001
Number of cohabiting generations
 Couple −0.009 0.082 0.9101 −0.179 0.074 0.0154
 Two generations 0.057 0.080 0.4767 −0.018 0.073 0.8022
 Over two generations Ref. Ref.

aOther caregivers include other family members acting as informal caregivers as well as formal/professional individuals

The correct Table 2 is shown below.

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Eun-Cheol Park, Email: ecpark@yuhs.ac.

Woorim Kim, Email: wklaura@gmail.com.

Dong-Woo Choi, Email: cdw6027@yuhs.ac.

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Reference

  • 1.Kwon, et al. Depressive symptoms in individuals with family members requiring ADL assistance. Environ Health Prev Med. 2019;24:49. doi: 10.1186/s12199-019-0804-x. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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