An error occurred in the article by Kurowski et al, titled “Online Problem-Solving Therapy for Executive Dysfunction After Child Traumatic Brain Injury” published in the July 2013 issue of Pediatrics (2013;132[1]:e158–e166; doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-4040). On page e163, under the Results section, in Tables 3 and 4, the baseline and 6 month columns reported means based on all data available at each time point rather than the n indicated in the tables. Provided here are corrected Tables 3 and 4 with baseline and 6 month data consistent with the n’s indicated. No other values required correction. The findings and conclusions of the manuscript are unchanged.
TABLE 3.
Improvements From Baseline to Follow-up on the Global Executive Composite (GEC) in the CAPS Versus IRC Treatments in the Entire Sample Older Teens (9th–12th Grade) and Younger Teens (6th–8th Grade)
| CAPS (n = 57) | IRC (n = 62a) | F (df) | P b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
| Baseline | 6 Month | Change | Baseline | 6 Month | Change | |||
| Entire Samplea | 58.53 (10.11) | 57.00 (11.40) | −1.53 (8.75) | 61.56 (10.74) | 60.16 (12.16) | −1.40 (7.43) | 0.17 (118) | 0.68 |
| Older Teensa | 60.15 (10.51) | 55.37 (11.44) | −4.78 (6.66) | 61.54 (10.98) | 60.69 (10.94) | −0.86 (5.98) | 6.74 (61) | 0.01 |
| Younger Teens | 57.07 (9.69) | 58.47 (11.37) | 1.40 (9.46) | 61.59 (10.63) | 59.48 (13.77) | −2.11 (9.06) | 1.27 (56) | 0.27 |
CAPS = Counselor Assisted Problem Solving, IRC = Internet Resource Comparison
The total study participants for IRC was 63; however, one participant did not completed the Behavioral Rating Inventory (BRIEF)-Behavioral Regulation Index (BRI) Inhibit subscale, so the GEC could not calculated for this participant and they were excluded from this analysis.
P values apply to differences between CAPS and IRC groups as measured by general linear models after controlling for baseline scores.
TABLE 4.
Improvements From Baseline to Follow-up on the BRIEF Subscales in the CAPS Versus IRC Treatments in the Entire Sample (A), Older Teens (B), and Younger Teens (C)
| A. Entire Sample | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | CAPS (n = 57) | IRC (n = 63) | F (df) | P a | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
| Baseline | 6 Month | Change | Baseline | 6 Month | Change | |||
| BRIEF BRI | 57.54 (10.92) | 56.30 (13.33) | −1.25 (9.38) | 58.73 (12.23) | 58.44 (13.00) | −0.29 (8.46) | 0.50 (118b) | 0.48 |
| Inhibit | 56.53 (12.10) | 56.07 (14.43) | −0.46 (11.46) | 59.85 (13.74) | 60.19 (14.26) | −0.34 (8.32) | 0.61 (118b) | 0.44 |
| Shift | 56.70 (10.82) | 54.95 (11.83) | −1.75 (10.12) | 55.81 (11.96) | 55.32 (11.89) | −0.49 (10.40) | 0.30 (119) | 0.59 |
| Emotional Control | 57.23 (11.07) | 55.54 (12.20) | −1.68 (9.29) | 56.93 (11.26) | 57.54 (12.25) | 0.60 (9.27) | 1.85 (119) | 0.18 |
| BRIEF MI | 57.98 (9.70) | 56.61 (10.06) | −1.37 (8.06) | 62.05 (10.07) | 60.13 (11.43) | −1.92 (6.98) | 0.03 (119) | 0.87 |
| Initiate | 56.61 (10.08) | 54.88 (9.97) | −1.74 (10.36) | 58.35 (8.96) | 57.46 (10.97) | 0.89 (9.14) | 0.91 (119) | 0.34 |
| Working Memory | 60.21 (11.60) | 59.88 (12.09) | −0.33 (9.24) | 63.73 (13.09) | 63.06 (14.08) | −0.67 (9.87) | 0.08 (119) | 0.77 |
| Plan/Organize | 55.82 (10.81) | 55.23 (10.43) | −0.60 (8.52) | 60.37 (10.68) | 58.57 (11.79) | −1.79 (7.50) | 0.01 (119) | 0.93 |
| Organization of Materials | 53.46 (9.31) | 53.28 (9.63) | −0.18 (6.82) | 58.71 (8.59) | 55.52 (10.21) | −3.19 (8.15) | 1.62 (119) | 0.21 |
| Monitor | 58.61 (10.20) | 54.81 (9.93) | −3.81 (10.94) | 60.25 (9.69) | 58.33 (10.72) | −1.92 (8.62) | 2.63 (119) | 0.12 |
| B. Older Teens (9th–12th grade) | ||||||||
| Measure | CAPS (n = 27) | IRC (n = 36) | F (df) | P a | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
| Baseline | 6 Month | Change | Baseline | 6 Month | Change | |||
| BRIEF BRI | 58.19 (10.14) | 53.19 (11.79) | −5.00 (7.61) | 58.77 (11.61) | 58.51 (10.63) | −0.26 (7.51) | 6.95 (61b) | 0.01** |
| Inhibit | 56.15 (11.23) | 52.52 (11.44) | −3.63 (8.95) | 58.97 (13.48) | 59.40 (13.15) | 0.43 (8.75) | 5.01 (61b) | 0.03* |
| Shift | 57.93 (10.86) | 52.04 (10.61) | −5.89 (9.20) | 56.84 (12.02) | 56.19 (10.92) | −0.64 (9.40) | 5.30 (62) | 0.03* |
| Emotional Control | 57.30 (10.00) | 53.56 (11.38) | −3.74 (8.34) | 57.31 (9.67) | 59.06 (9.69) | 1.75 (7.84) | 7.91 (62) | 0.007** |
| BRIEF MI | 60.40 (11.09) | 56.07 (10.95) | −4.33 (6.15) | 62.17 (10.51) | 60.78 (10.57) | −1.39 (5.44) | 5.04 (62) | 0.03* |
| Initiate | 58.44 (11.13) | 54.03 (10.54) | −4.41 (7.94) | 58.25 (9.49) | 56.72 (10.12) | −1.53 (7.03) | 2.51 (62) | 0.12 |
| Working Memory | 64.26 (12.08) | 59.07 (12.34) | −5.19 (6.91) | 63.61 (13.74) | 64.58 (12.97) | 0.97 (8.40) | 10.25 (62) | 0.002** |
| Plan/Organize | 57.48 (12.11) | 55.26 (11.15) | −2.22 (7.61) | 60.19 (11.19) | 58.44 (10.83) | −1.75 (7.06) | 0.44 (62) | 0.51 |
| Organization of Materials | 54.04 (10.76) | 52.41 (10.58) | −1.63 (5.72) | 59.53 (9.01) | 56.92 (9.55) | −2.61 (6.97) | 0.00 (62) | 0.95 |
| Monitor | 60.04 (10.11) | 53.67 (9.92) | −6.37 (8.54) | 60.17 (9.70) | 59.25 (10.93) | −0.92 (8.62) | 7.13 (62) | 0.01** |
| C. Younger Teens (6th–8th grade) | ||||||||
| Measure | CAPS (n =30) | IRC (n =27) | F (df) | P a | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
| Baseline | 6 Month | Change | Baseline | 6 Month | Change | |||
| BRIEF BRI | 56.97 (11.73) | 59.10 (14.19) | 2.13 (9.64) | 58.67 (13.22) | 58.33 (15.77) | −0.33 (9.71) | 0.81 (56) | 0.37 |
| Inhibit | 56.87 (13.02) | 59.27 (16.19) | 2.40 (12.81) | 61.00 (14.26) | 61.22 (15.79) | 0.22 (7.90) | 0.34 (56) | 0.57 |
| Shift | 55.60 (10.86) | 57.57 (12.41) | 1.97 (9.60) | 54.44 (11.97) | 54.15 (13.19) | −0.30 (11.78) | 0.94 (56) | 0.34 |
| Emotional Control | 57.17 (12.12) | 57.33 (12.82) | 0.17 (9.83) | 56.44 (13.27) | 55.52 (14.97) | −0.93 (10.86) | 0.23 (56) | 0.64 |
| BRIEF MI | 55.80 (7.81) | 57.10 (9.34) | 1.30 (8.71) | 61.89 (9.64) | 59.26 (12.64) | −2.63 (8.69) | 1.26 (56) | 0.26 |
| Initiate | 54.97 (8.92) | 55.63 (9.54) | 0.67 (11.75) | 58.48 (8.37) | 58.44 (12.14) | −0.04 (11.47) | 0.27 (56) | 0.61 |
| Working Memory | 56.57 (10.00) | 60.60 (12.01) | 4.03 (8.96) | 63.89 (12.43) | 61.04 (15.44) | −2.85 (11.34) | 4.11 (56) | 0.05 |
| Plan/Organize | 54.33 (9.44) | 55.20 (9.92) | 0.87 (9.14) | 60.59 (10.17) | 58.74 (13.16) | −1.85 (8.17) | 0.39 (56) | 0.54 |
| Organization | 52.93 (7.93) | 54.07 (8.79) | 1.13 (7.53) | 57.63 (8.02) | 53.67 (10.95) | −3.96 (9.59) | 2.52 (56) | 0.12 |
| Monitor | 57.33 (10.29) | 55.83 (10.00) | −1.50 (12.41) | 60.37 (9.86) | 57.11 (10.53) | −3.26 (8.60) | 0.00 (56) | 0.98 |
BRIEF = Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, BRI = Behavioral Regulation Index, MI = Metacognition Index, GEC = Global Executive Composite, CAPS = Counselor Assisted Problem Solving, IRC = Internet Resource Comparison.
indicates P < .05; ** indicates P < .025.
P values apply to differences between CAPS and IRC groups as measured by general linear models after controlling for baseline scores.
One participant did not complete the BRIEF-BRI Inhibit subscale in the older IRC group, so they were excluded from this analysis.