International Journal of Breast Cancer
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 4935107, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4935107

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Unmet Supportive Care Needs among Breast Cancer Survivors of Community-Based Support Group in Kuching, Sarawak”

Emmanuel Joseph Fong and Whye Lian Cheah

Department of Community Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Saramahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

Correspondence should be addressed to Whye Lian Cheah; wlcheah@unimas.my

Received 11 January 2017; Accepted 27 February 2017; Published 8 May 2017

Copyright © 2017 Emmanuel Joseph Fong and Whye Lian Cheah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

In the article titled “Unmet Supportive Care Needs among Breast Cancer Survivors of Community-Based Support Group in Kuching, Sarawak” [1], an incomplete version of Table was incorrectly included. The complete version is shown in Table 5.

Table 5: Supportive care needs domain mean scores by sociodemographic and medical characteristics ().

Mean (95% CI)

Supportive care need domains

Physical and daily living
Psychological
Sexuality
Patient care and support
Health system and information

Respondent age

    Below 60 years
2.07 (1.89, 2.25)
2.16 (2.01, 2.30)
1.77 (1.58, 1.95)
2.02 (1.87, 2.18)
2.52 (2.29, 2.74)

    60 years and older
1.75 (1.60, 1.89)
1.82 (1.69, 1.96)
1.31 (1.17, 1.45)
1.81 (1.69, 1.93)
2.44 (2.21, 2.67)

     value
0.009
0.002
0.000
0.038
0.643

Ethnicity

    Chinese
1.84 (1.71, 1.97)
1.96 (1.84, 2.07)
1.48 (1.33, 1.64)
1.87 (1.76, 1.99)
2.48 (2.29, 2.66)

    Malays and Sarawak indigenous group
2.18 (1.89, 2.47)
2.16 (1.91, 2.41)
1.81 (1.58, 2.04)
2.10 (1.89, 2.31)
2.50 (2.18, 2.82)

     value
0.017
0.095
0.028
0.051
0.898

Marital status

    Married
1.96 (1.80, 2.11)
2.00 (1.89, 2.11)
1.69 (1.54, 1.84)
1.92 (1.82, 2.02)
2.50 (2.33, 2.67)

    Never married/widowed/divorced/permanently separated
1.82 (1.68, 1.96)
2.05 (1.76, 2.34)
1.11 (0.97, 1.25)
1.98 (1.65, 2.31)
2.42 (1.98, 2.86)

     value
0.181
0.725
0.000
0.714
0.710

Cohabitation status

    Lives alone or with 1 other person
1.86 (1.63, 2.10)
1.92 (1.68, 2.17)
1.42 (1.17, 1.68)
1.92 (1.66, 2.17)
2.40 (1.96, 2.85)

    Stays with 2 to 4 other persons
1.96 (1.78, 2.14)
2.03 (1.90, 2.16)
1.69 (1.51, 1.87)
1.90 (1.78, 2.02)
2.51 (2.32, 2.71)

    Stays with 5 or more other persons
1.91 (1.66, 2.15)
2.05 (1.78, 2.32)
1.39 (1.13, 1.66)
2.04 (1.78, 2.29)
2.48 (2.13, 2.83)

     value
0.827
0.678
0.097
0.555
0.866

Household income

    Equal or less than RM 3000
1.94 (1.73, 2.15)
1.99 (1.78, 2.21)
1.36 (1.18, 1.55)
1.96 (1.75, 2.17)
2.34 (2.07, 2.62)

    RM 3001–5000
2.05 (1.87, 2.22)
2.01 (1.88, 2.14)
1.62 (1.46, 1.78)
1.91 (1.79, 2.03)
2.39 (2.19, 2.60)

    More than RM 5000
1.70 (1.41, 2.00)
2.04 (1.77, 2.30)
1.73 (1.36, 2.11)
1.94 (1.69, 2.18)
2.82 (2.42, 3.21)

     value
0.089
0.957
0.080
0.938
0.050

Formal education

    Primary education
1.87 (1.60, 2.14)
1.71 (1.51, 1.91)
1.33 (1.11, 1.55)
1.76 (1.57, 1.95)
2.37 (2.06, 2.69)

    Secondary education
1.94 (1.78, 2.09)
2.05 (1.94, 2.17)
1.52 (1.39, 1.65)
1.90 (1.79, 2.00)
2.35 (2.19, 2.51)

    Postsecondary or tertiary education
1.95 (1.59, 2.31)
2.19 (1.85, 2.53)
1.95 (1.49, 2.41)
2.21 (1.86, 2.56)
3.00 (2.44, 3.55)

     value
0.901

Employment status

    Unemployed
1.99 (1.68, 2.29)
2.18 (1.93, 2.42)
1.78 (1.46, 2.09)
2.13 (1.89, 2.38)
2.71 (2.34, 3.09)

    Employed
1.90 (1.78, 2.03)
1.94 (1.83, 2.05)
1.48 (1.35, 1.60)
1.85 (1.75, 1.94)
2.39 (2.22, 2.55)

     value
0.532
0.042
0.081
0.034
0.111

Age at diagnosis (years)

    Less than 50
1.87 (1.68, 2.07)
2.10 (1.92, 2.27)
1.67 (1.44, 1.91)
1.97 (1.79, 2.15)
2.53 (2.27, 2.78)

    50 and older
1.97 (1.81, 2.13)
1.94 (1.81, 2.07)
1.48 (1.35, 1.61)
1.90 (1.79, 2.01)
2.44 (2.24, 2.65)

     value
0.438
0.145
0.151
0.459
0.606

Duration of survivorship (years)

    5 or less
2.25 (2.03, 2.46)
2.26 (2.12, 2.41)
1.77 (1.52, 2.01)
2.11 (1.95, 2.27)
2.64 (2.38, 2.91)

    More than 5
1.74 (1.61, 1.87)
1.86 (1.73, 2.00)
1.45 (1.31, 1.60)
1.83 (1.71, 1.95)
2.39 (2.19, 2.59)

     value
0.000
0.000
0.019
0.008
0.124

Current treatment status

    No current active treatment
1.77 (1.65, 1.90)
1.90 (1.77, 2.02)
1.47 (1.34, 1.61)
1.84 (1.72, 1.95)
2.37 (2.19, 2.55)

    Undergoing active treatment
2.33 (2.07, 2.58)
2.31 (2.16, 2.46)
1.81 (1.51, 2.11)
2.19 (2.00, 2.37)
2.78 (2.48, 3.09)

     value
0.000
0.000
0.020
0.002
0.019

Cancer stage at time of diagnosis

    Early stage (Stages I & II)
1.94 (1.79, 2.10)
2.01 (1.89, 2.12)
1.59 (1.44, 1.74)
1.92 (1.81, 2.04)
2.48 (2.30, 2.66)

    Later stage (Stages III & IV)
1.92 (1.75, 2.08)
1.94 (1.73, 2.16)
1.58 (1.31, 1.85)
1.92 (1.67, 2.16)
2.42 (1.98, 2.85)

     value
0.860
0.627
0.964
0.949
0.752

Bonferroni Post-Hoc Test. vs secondary education, ; Primary vs post-secondary or tertiary education, , vs post-secondary or tertiary education, ; Secondary vs post-secondary or tertiary education, , vs post-secondary or tertiary education, ; Secondary vs post-secondary or tertiary education, , vs post-secondary or tertiary education, ; Secondary vs post-secondary or tertiary education, , of respondents included, , as 3 respondents could not recall their cancer stage at time of diagnosis. Domain mean score adjusted according to .

Accordingly, the sentence “Respondents with primary education level reported a significantly lower domain mean score compared to those with postsecondary or tertiary education level across the domains of physical and daily living (1.71 versus 2.19, ), sexuality (1.33 versus 1.95, ), patient care and support (1.76 versus 2.21, ), and health system and information (2.37 versus 3.00, )” in the Results section should be changed to “Respondents with primary education level reported a significantly lower domain mean score compared to those with postsecondary or tertiary education level across the domains of psychological (1.71 versus 2.19, ), sexuality (1.33 versus 1.95, ), patient care and support (1.76 versus 2.21, ), and health system and information (2.37 versus 3.00, ).

References

E. J. Fong and W. L. Cheah, “Unmet supportive care needs among breast cancer survivors of community-based support group in Kuching, Sarawak,” International Journal of Breast Cancer, vol. 2016, Article ID 7297813, 9 pages, 2016.