CORRECTION article

Front. Psychiatry, 20 November 2020

Sec. Public Mental Health

Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.602062

Corrigendum: Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis

  • 1. Department of Child Psychiatry, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States

  • 2. Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • 3. Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Pakistan

  • 4. Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

  • 5. FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan

  • 6. King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

  • 7. Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 1“Pooled prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia” as published. Prevalence estimates of five of the psychiatric disorders were wrongly formatted with misplaced decimal points. The corrected Table 1“Pooled prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia” appears below.

Table 1

OutcomePooled prevalence (95% CI)Data pointsSample sizeI2QP
Any disorder*14.2% (12.9% to 15.7%)3948,63,65799.67%100099.20<0.001
Depression26.4% (23.6% to 29.4%)13517344999.53%28447<0.001
Alcohol abuse12.9% (8.8%−18.6%)4310789399.79%20683<0.001
Anxiety25.8% (19.4% to 33.5%)367005899.57%8038.08<0.001
Tobacco smoking18.6% (14.3% to 24.0%)348496599.58%7934.68<0.001
PTSD17.2% (11.0% to 25.9%)214229899.55%4457.19<0.001
Mixed anxiety and depression28.4% (13.9% to 49.3%)131110299.41%2043.01<0.001
Suicidal behaviors6.4% (3.1% to 12.4%)132504399.41%2041<0.001
Opiates0.8% (0.2% to 2.5%)123730499.06%1175.12<0.001
Tobacco chewing21.0% (14.0% to 30.3%)101058698.49%852.95<0.001
Cannabis3.4% (1.5% to 7.3%)91097797.48%317.52<0.001
GAD2.9% (0.3% to 26.5%)53168299.77%1698.73<0.001
Bipolar disorder0.6% (0.3% to 1.0%)4719778.21%13.770.003
IV Drug abuse2.5% (0.1% to 32.1%)41504999.72%1062.44<0.001
Panic disorder1.3% (0.5% to 3.4%)42808795.43%65.67<0.001
Stimulants0.9% (0.5% to 1.6%)414140%1.090.78
OCD1.6% (0.4% to 5.5%)3878496.57%58.29<0.001
Phobias1.8% (0.4 % to 7.1%)32775498.16%108.88<0.001

Pooled prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia.

*

Pooled estimate after adjusting for publication bias= 11.31% (10.05% to 12.69%).

In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 3“Subgroup analyses presenting several factors associated with the prevalence of CMDs in included studies” as published. Prevalence estimates for subgroups of sampling methods were wrongly formatted. The corrected Table 3“Subgroup analyses presenting several factors associated with the prevalence of CMDs in included studies” appears below.

Table 3

GroupPooled prevalenceLower limitUpper limitQ-valuedf (Q)P-value
Method for identification of CMD
Diagnostic5.22%4.27%6.37%139.231.00<0.001
Questionnaire19.14%17.38%21.02%
Study setting
Community13.05%11.74%14.49%31.713.00<0.001
Healthcare setting29.01%21.25%38.24%
Other26.53%17.38%38.26%
Refugee Settings7.19%3.19%15.40%
Sampling Method
Non-random19.0%16.4%21.9%26.181.00<0.001
Random11.4%10%12.9%
Study design
Cross-sectional13.93%12.61%15.35%7.621.000.01
Longitudinal30.52%17.91%46.94%
Background of participants
Mixed14.37%12.04%17.06%56.405.00<0.001
National18.18%12.58%25.53%
Provincial1.91%1.03%3.51%
Rural14.12%10.96%18.00%
Semi-urban36.58%13.84%67.43%
Urban17.47%15.05%20.18%

“Subgroup analyses presenting several factors associated with the prevalence of CMDs in included studies”.

In the original article, there was an error. Prevalence estimates for panic disorder was wrongly formatted with misplaced decimal points in the results section of abstract and main text.

A correction has been made to the Research section, Paragraph Number 2:

We assessed the pooled prevalence for 17 different mental disorders over a period of 10 years. All the outcomes presented significant heterogeneity ranging from 0% to 99.79% for stimulant use and alcohol abuse, respectively. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was reported in 135 studies (I2 = 99.53%) yielding a prevalence of 26.4% among 173,449 participants. Alcohol abuse was reported in 43 studies yielding a prevalence of 12.9% (8.8%−18.6%, I2 = 99.79%, n = 107893); anxiety 25.8% (19.4% to 33.5%, I2 = 99.57%, n = 70,058); tobacco smoking 18.6% (14.3% to 24%, I2 = 99.58%, n = 84965); PTSD 17.2% (11% to 25.9%, I2 = 99.55%, n = 42298); mixed anxiety and depression 28.4% (13.9% to 49.3%, I2 = 99.41%, n = 11102); suicidal behaviors 6.4% (3.1% to 12.4%, I2 = 99.41%, n = 25043); misuse of opiates 0.8% (0.2% to 2.5%, I2 = 99.06%, n = 37304); tobacco chewing 21.0% (14.0% to 30.3%, I2 = 98.49%, n = 10586); use of cannabis 3.4% (1.5% to 7.3%, I2 = 97.48%, n = 10977); GAD 2.9% (0.3% to 26.5%, I2 = 99.57%, n = 70058); bipolar disorder 0.6% (0.3% to 1.0%, I2 = 78.21%, n = 7197); IV drug abuse 2.5% (0.1% to 32.1%, I2 = 99.72%, n = 15049); Panic disorder 1.3% (0.5% to 3.4%, I2 = 95.43%, n = 28087); stimulant use 0.9% (0.5% to 1.6%, I2 = 0%, n = 1414); OCD 1.6% (0.4% to 5.5%, I2 = 96.57%, n = 8784) and phobic disorders 1.8% (0.4% to 7.1%, I2 = 98.16%, n = 27754). Supplementary Figures 1–12 represent the forest plots for the above-mentioned disorders.

In the original article, there was an error. Prevalence estimates for panic disorder was wrongly formatted with misplaced decimal points in the results section of abstract and main text.

A correction has been made to the abstract:

A prevalence of depressive symptoms was 26.4% among 173,449 participants, alcohol abuse was 12.9% (n = 107,893); anxiety 25.8% (n = 70,058); tobacco smoking 18.6% (n = 84,965); PTSD 17.2% (n = 42,298); mixed anxiety and depression 28.4% (n = 11,102); suicidal behaviors 6.4% (n = 25,043); misuse of opiates 0.8% (n = 37,304); tobacco chewing 21.0% (n = 10,586); use of cannabis 3.4% (n = 10,977); GAD 2.9% (n = 70,058); bipolar disorder 0.6% (n = 7,197); IV drug abuse 2.5% (n = 15,049); panic disorder 1.3% (n = 28,087); stimulant use 0.9% (n = 1,414); OCD 1.6% (n = 8,784) and phobic disorders 1.8% (n = 27,754).

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Summary

Keywords

psychiatric illness, South Asia, prevalence, epidemiology, common mental disorders

Citation

Naveed S, Waqas A, Chaudhary AMD, Kumar S, Abbas N, Amin R, Jamil N and Saleem S (2020) Corrigendum: Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Front. Psychiatry 11:602062. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.602062

Received

02 September 2020

Accepted

14 September 2020

Published

20 November 2020

Volume

11 - 2020

Edited and reviewed by

Wulf Rössler, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

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*Correspondence: Ahmed Waqas

This article was submitted to Public Mental Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry

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