Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19729-w, published online 27 September 2022
The original version of this Article contained errors in the dataset, where one participant was incorrectly labelled as Western immigrant and should have been labelled as Native Dutch. Another participant was incorrectly labelled as Western immigrant and should have been labelled as Non-Western immigrant.
As a result, in the Abstract,
“Anxiety was not influenced by empathy or information (Stai-state: p = 0.295; p = 0.390, VAS p = 0.399; p = 0.823).”
now reads:
“Anxiety was not influenced by empathy or information (Stai-state: p = 0.281; p = 0.410, VAS p = 0.387; p = 0.838).”
In addition, in the Results section, under the subheading ‘Main and interaction effects of nocebo information and empathy’, under the subheading “Nocebo information”,
“As demonstrated in Table 4, in controlled models the nocebo explanation did not influence APs’ anxiety levels (Stai-state: p = 0.390, VAS p = 0.823), or their feelings of satisfaction, trust, and self-efficacy (p > 0.05).”
now reads:
“As demonstrated in Table 4, in controlled models the nocebo explanation did not influence APs’ anxiety levels (Stai-state: p = 0.410, VAS p = 0.838), or their feelings of satisfaction, trust, and self-efficacy (p > 0.05).”
Also in the Results section, under the subheading ‘Main and interaction effects of nocebo information and empathy’, under the subheading “Empathy”,
“As demonstrated in Table 4, in controlled models reassurance of continuing support did not influence anxiety levels (Stai-state: p = 0.295, VAS p = 0.399) but did increase feelings of satisfaction, trust, and self-efficacy (p < 0.001).”
now reads:
“As demonstrated in Table 4, in controlled models reassurance of continuing support did not influence anxiety levels (Stai-state: p = 0.281, VAS p = 0.387) but did increase feelings of satisfaction, trust, and self-efficacy (p < 0.001).”
Table 3 contained errors in mean (SD) values for “Migrant background,” “Native Dutch,” “Western immigrant,” “Non-Western immigrant”.
Incorrect:
Variables | Information−Empathy− N = 43 | Information+Empathy+ N = 42 | Total N = 160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F (df); (p) | |
Migrant background | (Fisher Exact) p = 0.76 | |||
Native Dutch | 38 (88.4) | 33 (78.6) | 129 (80.6) | |
Western immigrant | 3 (7.0) | 5 (11.9) | 16 (10.0) | |
Non-Western immigrant | 2 (4.7) | 4 (9.5) | 15 (9.4) | |
Correct:
Variables | Information−Empathy− N = 43 | Information+Empathy+ N = 42 | Total N = 160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F (df); (p) | |
Migrant background | (Fisher Exact) p = 0.80 | |||
Native Dutch | 38 (88.4) | 34 (81.0) | 130 (81.3) | |
Western immigrant | 2 (4.7) | 4 (9.5) | 14 (8.8) | |
Non-Western immigrant | 3 (7.0) | 4 (9.5) | 16 (10.0) | |
Table 4 contained errors for the “Western migrant vs native Dutch” and “non-Western migrant vs native Dutch”. Adjustments have been made in Table 4.
The original Table 4 and accompanying legend appear below.
The original Article has been corrected.
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Meijers, M.C., Stouthard, J., Evers, A.W.M. et al. Author Correction: Possible alleviation of symptoms and side effects through clinicians’ nocebo information and empathy in an experimental video vignette study. Sci Rep 13, 16392 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42781-z
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