Correction to: Head Face Med (2019) 15:23
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13005-019-0207-7
Following publication of the original article [1], the author informed that Table 5 was incorrectly captured which is actually an older version of Table 4. The corrected Table 5 is provided below.
Table 5.
Details of the selected articles (n = 341) regarding the type of article and methodological parameters
| Article type | n (%) * | Statistics (%)** | Control group*** | Sample size | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interventional clinical trials | 6 (1.8%) | 6 (100%) | 6 (100%) | ≤ 20 | 1 |
| > 20 | 5 | ||||
| Observational studies | 70 (20.5%) | 50 (71.4%) | 9 (12.8%) | ≤ 20 | 8 |
| > 20 | 62 | ||||
| Case reports/series | 58 (17.1%) | 0 (0%) | – | = 1 | 43 |
| > 1 | 15 | ||||
| Laboratory studies | 96 (28.1%) | 0 (0%) | – | – | – |
| Systematic reviews | 3 (0.9%) | 3 (100%) | – | – | – |
| Narrative reviews | 16 (4.7%) | 2 (12.5%) | – | – | – |
| Interviews | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | – | – | – |
| Informative studies | 40 (11.7%) | 0 (0%) | – | – | – |
| Others | 50 (14.7%) | – | – | – | – |
*number of article types and percentage of all selected articles (n = 314)
**number of articles providing statistical analysis and percentage of all selected articles (n = 314)
***number of studies with control group and percentage of all selected articles (n = 314)
- not applicable
Reference
- 1.Tarazona-Alvarez B, Lucas-Dominguez R, Paredes-Gallardo V, Alonso-Arroyo A, Vidal-Infer A. A bibliometric analysis of scientific production in the field of lingual orthodontics. Head Face Med. 2019;15:23. doi: 10.1186/s13005-019-0207-7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]