TY - JOUR
T1 - Corrigendum
T2 - Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking(Front. Public Health, (2021), 9, (797814), 10.3389/fpubh.2021.797814)
AU - Lai, Agnes Yuen Kwan
AU - Sit, Shirley Man Man
AU - Wu, Socrates Yong Da
AU - Wang, Man Ping
AU - Wong, Bonny Yee Man
AU - Ho, Sai Yin
AU - Lam, Tai Hing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Lai, Sit, Wu, Wang, Wong, Ho and Lam.
PY - 2022/2/10
Y1 - 2022/2/10
N2 - In the original article, there was an error. The incorrect adjusted odds ratio was included in the abstract for the association between fact-checking and delay. A correction has been made to Abstract, Results, 1: The incorrect text stated: Results: Of 4,551 respondents (46.5% male, 59.7% aged over 45 years), 10.1% reported delay in doctor consultation. The mean score was 6.4 for fear, 8.0 for attention and 7.4 for fact-checking. Delay was more common in males and increased with age and fear. High vs. low level of fear was associated with delay [adjusted odd ratios (AOR) 2.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08, 3.47]. Moderate level of fact-checking was negatively associated with delay (AOR 1.28, 95% CI 0.98, 1.67). Females reported greater fear and fear decreased with age. Fear increased with attention to information and decreased with fact-checking. Fear substantially mediated the association of delay with attention (96%) and fact-checking (30%). The corrected text appears below: Of 4,551 respondents (46.5% male, 59.7% aged over 45 years), 10.1% reported delay in doctor consultation. The mean score was 6.4 for fear, 8.0 for attention and 7.4 for fact-checking. Delay was more common in males and increased with age and fear. High vs. low level of fear was associated with delay [adjusted odd ratios (AOR) 2.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08, 3.47]. Moderate level of fact-checking was negatively associated with delay (AOR 0.72, 95% CI 0.56, 0.92). Females reported greater fear and fear decreased with age. Fear increased with attention to information and decreased with fact-checking. Fear substantially mediated the association of delay with attention (96%) and fact-checking (30%).
AB - In the original article, there was an error. The incorrect adjusted odds ratio was included in the abstract for the association between fact-checking and delay. A correction has been made to Abstract, Results, 1: The incorrect text stated: Results: Of 4,551 respondents (46.5% male, 59.7% aged over 45 years), 10.1% reported delay in doctor consultation. The mean score was 6.4 for fear, 8.0 for attention and 7.4 for fact-checking. Delay was more common in males and increased with age and fear. High vs. low level of fear was associated with delay [adjusted odd ratios (AOR) 2.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08, 3.47]. Moderate level of fact-checking was negatively associated with delay (AOR 1.28, 95% CI 0.98, 1.67). Females reported greater fear and fear decreased with age. Fear increased with attention to information and decreased with fact-checking. Fear substantially mediated the association of delay with attention (96%) and fact-checking (30%). The corrected text appears below: Of 4,551 respondents (46.5% male, 59.7% aged over 45 years), 10.1% reported delay in doctor consultation. The mean score was 6.4 for fear, 8.0 for attention and 7.4 for fact-checking. Delay was more common in males and increased with age and fear. High vs. low level of fear was associated with delay [adjusted odd ratios (AOR) 2.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08, 3.47]. Moderate level of fact-checking was negatively associated with delay (AOR 0.72, 95% CI 0.56, 0.92). Females reported greater fear and fear decreased with age. Fear increased with attention to information and decreased with fact-checking. Fear substantially mediated the association of delay with attention (96%) and fact-checking (30%).
KW - COVID-19
KW - coronavirus
KW - delay in doctor consultation
KW - infodemic
KW - infodemiology
KW - information and communication technologies
KW - patient delay
KW - public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125260281&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.847603
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.847603
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35223750
AN - SCOPUS:85125260281
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
M1 - 847603
ER -