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) |
Based on available data.
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) |
Based on available data.
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.