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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 10 February 2022
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.847603

Corrigendum: Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking

This article is a correction to:

  1. Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking

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\nAgnes Yuen-Kwan Lai&#x;Agnes Yuen-Kwan Lai1†Shirley Man-Man Sit,&#x;Shirley Man-Man Sit1,2†Socrates Yong-Da WuSocrates Yong-Da Wu1Man-Ping WangMan-Ping Wang1Bonny Yee-Man WongBonny Yee-Man Wong2Sai-Yin Ho Sai-Yin Ho2*Tai-Hing LamTai-Hing Lam2
  • 1School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

A Corrigendum on
Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking

by Lai, A. Y-K., Sit, S. M-M., Wu, S. Y-D., Wang, M-P., Wong, B. Y-M., Ho, S-Y., and Lam, T-H. (2021). Front. Public Health 9:797814. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.797814

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%).

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

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Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus, infodemic, infodemiology, delay in doctor consultation, patient delay, public health, information and communication technologies

Citation: Lai AY-K, Sit SM-M, Wu SY-D, Wang M-P, Wong BY-M, Ho S-Y and Lam T-H (2022) Corrigendum: Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With COVID-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking. Front. Public Health 10:847603. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.847603

Received: 03 January 2022; Accepted: 18 January 2022;
Published: 10 February 2022.

Edited by:

Simon Ching Lam, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, SAR China

Reviewed by:

Marques Shek Nam Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Hilda Ho, Children's Hospital of Orange County, United States

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*Correspondence: Sai-Yin Ho, syho@hku.hk

†These authors share first authorship

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.