This article refers to:
Article title: Significant increase in astigmatism in children after study at home during the COVID-19 lockdown
Authors: Yuanyuan Liang, Tsz-Wing Leung, Jinxiao Tina Lian & Chea-Su Kee
Journal: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2021.2024071
When originally published online, this article included errors that have now been corrected.
The average astigmatism proportion was incorrectly stated. The astigmatism proportion has been corrected to:
33.9% (95% CI: 25.0-42.8%) in 2018 and 49.1% (95% CI: 41.6-56.7%) in 2020 (Chi-squared test, χ 2 = 6.41, p = 0.011)