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. 2020 Jan 14;15(1):65–66. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2016.0213.correx

Correction to: Associations Between Postpartum Depression, Breastfeeding, and Oxytocin Levels in Latina Mothers, by Lara-Cinisomo S, McKenney K, Di Florio A, and Meltzer-Brody S. Breastfeed Med 2018;12(7):436–442; DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2016.0213

PMCID: PMC7059405  PMID: 31944828

In the September 2017 issue of Breastfeeding Medicine (vol. 12, no. 7; 436–442), the article titled Associations Between Postpartum Depression, Breastfeeding, and Oxytocin Levels in Latina Mothers by Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo et al., requires a correction because of an error that was a function of a data coding issue. As a result, EDPS anxiety and STAI-S anxiety proportions in Table 1 needed to be corrected. The author reran the analysis and made the changes to Table 1, as well as revised two sentences and removed one.

On page 439, Table 1 was changed from (left) to the revised Table 1 (right; updated text appears in bold.):

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of the Sample (N = 28)

Age in years, mean (SD)a
29.50 (6.22)
Immigrant status, n (%)
 Foreign-born
24 (86)
 U.S.-born
4 (14)
Language preference, n (%)
 Spanish
23 (82)
 English
5 (18)
Marital status, n (%)
 Married or cohabitating
23 (82)
 Single
5 (18)
Education, n (%)
 Less than high school
16 (57)
 High school or more
12 (43)
Employment status at enrollment, n (%)a
 Not employed
22 (79)
 Employed
6 (21)
Family income, n (%)a
 Less than $20,000
11 (44)
 $20,000 or more
14 (56)
Parity, n (%)a
 Primiparous
10 (36)
 Multiparous
18 (64)
History of breastfeeding, n (%)b
16 (57)
History of depression, n (%)a
 Yes
15 (42)
 No
11 (58)
Depressed (EPDS ≥10), n (%)
 Prenatal
8 (29)
 4 weeks postpartum
5 (18)
 8 weeks postpartum
6 (21)
High EPDS anxiety subscale score ≥5, n (%)
 Prenatal
26 (93)
 4 weeks postpartum
23 (82)
 8 weeks postpartum
25 (89)
High STAI-S score ≥40, n (%)
 Prenatal
25 (89)
 4 weeks postpartum
26 (93)
 8 weeks postpartum 26 (93)
a

Based on available data.

b

Among all women who responded.

EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; STAI-S, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State scale.

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of the Sample (N = 28)

Age in years, mean (SD)a
29.50 (6.22)
Immigrant status, n (%)
 Foreign-born
24 (86)
 U.S.-born
4 (14)
Language preference, n (%)
 Spanish
23 (82)
 English
5 (18)
Marital status, n (%)
 Married or cohabitating
23 (82)
 Single
5 (18)
Education, n (%)
 Less than high school
16 (57)
 High school or more
12 (43)
Employment status at enrollment, n (%)a
 Not employed
22 (79)
 Employed
6 (21)
Family income, n (%)a
 Less than $20,000
11 (44)
 $20,000 or more
14 (56)
Parity, n (%)a
 Primiparous
10 (36)
 Multiparous
18 (64)
History of breastfeeding, n (%)b
16 (57)
History of depression, n (%)a
 Yes
15 (42)
 No
11 (58)
Depressed (EPDS ≥10), n (%)
 Prenatal
8 (29)
 4 weeks postpartum
5 (18)
 8 weeks postpartum
6 (21)
High EPDS anxiety subscale score ≥5, n (%)
 Prenatal
8 (29)
 4 weeks postpartum
6 (21)
 8 weeks postpartum
4 (14)
High STAI-S score ≥40, n (%)
 Prenatal
9 (32)
 4 weeks postpartuma
9 (32)
 8 weeks postpartum 7 (25)
a

 Based on available data.

b

Among all women who responded.

EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; STAI-S, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State scale.

In addition, under Results on page 439, changes were needed to the following sentence:

While there was little variation in the proportion of women who met the cutoff for high anxiety using the EPDS subscale and STAI-S (Table 1), there was no significant correlation between the two measures.”

The sentence should have appeared as:

The STAI-S was significantly correlated with the EPDS depression score (r = 0.57, p = 0.003) and EPDS anxiety subscale score (r = 0.53, p = 0.006) at 8 weeks.

Under Discussion on page 440, edits were needed to the sentence:

It is important to note that anxiety as measured by the STAI-S was not significantly associated with depression or breastfeeding cessation whereas the EPDS anxiety subscale yielded significant findings.”

The sentence should have appeared as:

It is important to note that anxiety as measured by the STAI-S was not significantly associated with breastfeeding cessation whereas the EPDS anxiety subscale yielded significant findings.

Also under Discussion on page 440, the following sentence was removed:

Also, while most women met the cutoff for high anxiety using both measures EPDS anxiety subscale and STAI-S subscale scores were not significantly correlated, suggesting that they are capturing distinct symptoms.”

The authors apologize for the errors.


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