On behalf of Luís Fernando S. Castro-de-Araújo, Ricardo Barcelos-Ferreira, Camila Bertini Martins, and Cássio M. C. Bottino, authors of the paper entitled “Depressive morbidity among elderly individuals who are hospitalized, reside at long-term care facilities, and are under outpatient care in Brazil: a meta-analysis,” published in this journal in 2013, volume 35, issue 2, pages 201-7, we hereby publish a corrigendum for some data presented in the original version of the article, as listed below.
First of all, in the Abstract, Results section, CSDS prevalence rates should be corrected as follows: i) between 20 and 57% (not 56%); and ii) between 28 and 45% (not 11 and 65%).
With the help of Prof. Mendes-Chiloff, author of one of the papers cited in our meta-analysis, the authors noticed that the subheadings of Table 1 were misplaced. “Outpatients” should read “Hospitalized patients” and vice-versa. The same error is reproduced in the text excerpts commenting on the results shown in Table 1 (Results and Conclusion sections) and in the legends for Figures 1, 2, and 3. There was no error in the statistical analysis. We thank Dr. Mendes-Chiloff for bringing the error to our attention.
Below, we present corrected versions for the text excerpts, table and figures affected by the error (all changes highlighted in italic font).
1) The last paragraph of the Results section should read as follows:
The studies that investigated CSDS in the inpatient setting totaled 299 patients, and the prevalence ranged from 202424. Maues CR, Rodrigues SMC, Cardoso HC, Freire Jr JEB, Ribeiro VC. [Epidemiology of elderly interned in infirmary of medical clinic at public hospital]. Rev Para Med. 2007;21:31-6. to 57%,25 with a combined estimate of 45% (95%CI 0.31-0.60) (Figure 1). The four studies that investigated a total of 1,454 outpatients found MDD prevalence rates of 2331 and 42%,29 and CSDS prevalence rates of 2830 and 45%,88. Souza DMS, Castillo CLC, Kunz FC, Santosa TGC, Fontana DB, Santos ACO, et al. [Depressive symptoms and cognitive deficit in an elderly population attended at the elderly unit of the Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital GERO-HUOC]. An Fac Med Univ Fed Pernamb. 2007;52:37-40. with a combined estimate of 32% for MDD (95%CI 0.16-0.51, Figure 2) and 36% for CSDS (95%CI 0.21-0.53, Figure 3). The studies that investigated CSDS in LTCFs assessed 839 patients and found prevalence rates of 1126 and 65%,23 with a combined estimate of 39% (95%CI 0.27-0.52, Figure 4).
2) In the Discussion section, CSDS screening subtitle, “and that of CSDS varied between 31 and 45%” should read “and that of CSDS varied between 28 and 45%.”
3) The beginning of the Conclusion section should read as follows:
The present review identified 15 studies that comprised a total of 2,592 elderly participants. Among elderly hospitalized individuals, the overall prevalence of CSDS was 45% (Figure 1). Among outpatient individuals, the overall prevalence of CSDS was 36%, and that of MDD was 32% (Figures 2 and 3). Finally, among elderly in LTCFs, the overall prevalence of CSDS was 39% (Figure 4).
4) Below we present corrected versions for Table 1 and for the legends of Figures 1 to 3.
Finally, we would also like to present corrections in three references:
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8Souza DMS, Castillo CLC, Kunz FC, Santosa TGC, Fontana DB, Santos ACO, et al. [Depressive symptoms and cognitive deficit in an elderly population attended at the elderly unit of the Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital GERO-HUOC]. An Fac Med Univ Fed Pernamb. 2007;52:37-40.
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24Maues CR, Rodrigues SMC, Cardoso HC, Freire Jr JEB, Ribeiro VC. [Epidemiology of elderly interned in infirmary of medical clinic at public hospital]. Rev Para Med. 2007;21:31-6.
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27Siqueira GR, Vasconcelos DT, Duarte GC, Arruda IC, Costa JAS, Cardoso RO. [Analysis of depression in elderly living in the shelter “Christ the Redeemer”, applying the Scale of Geriatric Depression (SGD)]. Cien Saude Colet. 2009;14:253-9.
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