Correction to: Diabetology International https://doi.org/10.1007/s13340-020-00486-y
In the original publication of the article, in Tables 2 and 3, p-values should be replaced with No.of patients. The correct Tables 2 and 3 are provided below.
Table 2.
Three actual waiting time groups and diabetes treatment satisfaction questionnaire primary factor scores
| Total | Short group | Moderate group | Long group | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception to blood collection | No. of patients | 334 | (100.0) | 116 | (34.6) | 113 | (33.7) | 106 | (31.6) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 10.0 | (6.0, 14.0) | 5.0 | (4.0, 7.0)b, c | 10.0 | (8.0, 11.0)a, c | 15.5 | (14.0, 21.0)a, b | < 0.001 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 26.5 | (21.0, 30.0) | 25.0 | (19.5, 30.5) | 25.0 | (21.0, 30.3) | 0.667 | |
| Blood collection to consultation | No. of patients | 334 | (100.0) | 124 | (37.1) | 112 | (33.5) | 98 | (29.3) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 12.0 | (9.0, 19.0) | 7.5 | (6.0, 9.0) b, c | 13.0 | (12.0, 15.0) a, c | 24.0 | (19.0, 32.0) a, b | < 0.001 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 27.0 | (21.0, 32.0) | 24.5 | (19.3, 30.0) | 25.5 | (21.0, 30.0) | 0.285 | |
| Consultation to accounting | No. of patients | 335 | (100.0) | 145 | (43.3) | 109 | (32.5) | 81 | (24.2) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 5.0 | (3.0, 7.0) | 3.0 | (2.0, 4.0) b, c | 6.0 | (5.0, 7.0) a, c | 11.0 | (9.0, 13.5) a, b | < 0.001 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 25.0 | (21.0, 32.0) | 26.0 | (21.0, 30.0) | 26.0 | (19.5, 30.0) | 0.470 | |
| Overall (reception to accounting) | No. of patients | 336 | (100.0) | 117 | (34.8) | 114 | (33.9) | 105 | (31.3) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 44.0 | (35.0, 56.0) | 32.0 | (27.0, 36.0) b, c | 44.5 | (42.0, 48.0) a, c | 66.0 | (57.0, 77.0) a, b | < 0.001 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 27.0 | (21.0, 32.0) | 24.0 | (20.0, 29.3) | 26.0 | (20.0, 31.0) | 0.133 | |
No. of patients: n(%), Time measurement / DTSQ primary factors: median (25th percentile, 75th percentile), p value: intergroup comparison (Kruskal–Wallis test)
ap < 0.001, vs. short group, bp < 0.001, vs. moderate group, cp < 0.001, vs. long group (Bonferroni method)
The time measurements from reception to blood collection, blood collection to consultation, consultation to accounting, and overall (reception to accounting) were divided into tertiles to create three groups—a short waiting time, moderate waiting time, and long waiting time group
Table 3.
Actual times of the 4 perceived waiting time groups and diabetes treatment satisfaction questionnaire primary factor scores
| Total | Very short | Short | Long | Very long | p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception to blood collection | No. of patients | 327 | (100.0) | 27 | (8.3) | 245 | (74.9) | 54 | (16.5) | 1 | (0.3) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 10.0 | (6.0, 14.0) | 8.0 | (5.0, 10.0)c | 9.0 | (6.0, 14.0) c | 12.0 | (8.8, 15.0) a, b | 6.0 | (6.0, 6.0) | 0.002 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 30.0 | (23.0, 33.0)‡ | 26.0 | (20.3, 30.0) | 25.0 | (19.0, 29.3) * | 34.0 | (34.0, 34.0) | 0.030 | |
| Blood collection to consultation | No. of patients | 325 | (100.0) | 10 | (3.1) | 119 | (58.5) | 98 | (36.6) | 6 | (1.8) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 12.0 | (9.0, 19.0) | 10.5 | (7.8, 15.0) | 13.0 | (8.3, 19.0) | 25.5 | (9.0, 19.0) | 20.5 | (8.8, 42.8) | 0.293 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 33.0 | (23.5, 36.0)‡ | 23.0 | (22.0, 32.0)‡ | 24.0 | (18.3, 28.0)*, † | 21.5 | (16.0, 31.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Consultation to accounting | No. of patients | 324 | (100.0) | 21 | (6.5) | 252 | (77.8) | 50 | (15.4) | 1 | (0.3) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 5.0 | (3.0, 7.0) | 6.0 | (2.5, 7.5) | 5.0 | (3.0, 7.0) | 6.0 | (3.0, 7.0) | 11.0 | (11.0, 11.0) | 0.389 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 31.5 | (26.8, 35.3)†, ‡ | 26.0 | (21.0, 30.0)*, ‡ | 23.0 | (17.0, 26.0) *, † | 34.0 | (34.0, 34.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Overall | No. of patients | 310 | (100.0) | 12 | (3.9) | 203 | (60.4) | 91 | (27.1) | 4 | (1.3) | |
| Time measurement (min) | 44.0 | (35.0, 56.0) | 41.5 | (31.3, 62.0) | 43.0 | (34.0, 52.0) | 47.0 | (39.0, 64.0) | 44.0 | (34.8, 51.8) | 0.050 | |
| DTSQ primary factors (points) | 26.0 | (20.0, 30.0) | 34.0 | (30.0, 36.0) †, ‡ | 26.0 | (21.0, 31.0)*, ‡ | 23.0 | (18.0, 29.0) *, † | 21.5 | (14.0, 31.3) | < 0.001 | |
No. of patients: n (%), Time measurement / DTSQ primary factors: median (25%tile, 75%tile), p value: intergroup comparison (Kruskal–Wallis test)
ap < 0.05, vs very short; bp < 0.05, vs short; cp < 0.05, vs long (Bonferroni method)
*p < 0.05, vs very short; †p < 0.05, vs short; ‡p < 0.05, vs long (Bonferroni method)
The original article has been corrected.
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