Article title: Sensory experiences of one’s deceased spouse in older adults: An analysis of predisposing factors
Authors: Kamp, K. S., Steffen, E.M., Moskowitz, A., & Spindler, H.
Journal: Aging & Mental Health
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1839865
The authors identified a coding error in the dataset, which affects the main analysis. Due to this, 2 of the tables and some of the texts in the original article had to be corrected.
The list of corrections done in the main article is listed below:
The result part under “Abstract” section, has been corrected as below:
Hierarchical logistic regression analysis revealed four significant pre-disposing factors: prior experiences of SED in the context of previous significant bereavements (OR = 4.72), a history of interpersonal trauma (OR = 5.8), high pre-death relationship closeness (OR = 2.76) and stronger religious/spiritual worldview (OR = 1.12). No association to registered mental health diagnosis was identified.
The were edited along with the notes:
Under the “Results” section, the following texts were edited:
… The final model (N = 223) revealed that having had SED previously (e.g. of parents, siblings) was a strong predictor of SED, increasing the odds of experiencing SED 4.72 times.
…. and participants with a history of interpersonal trauma had 5.8 the odds of experiencing SED, compared to those reporting no such experiences. However, considering the large confidence interval for the association of trauma in comparison to the confidence interval of the other significant variables, the strength of the effect of trauma should be interpreted with caution. SED were also associated with slightly higher levels of religious/spiritual worldview (OR = 1.12).
Lastly, the significant associations between SED and socio-demographic characteristics found in Model 1 became non-significant in Model 3, except for income. This may to some extent be caused by the reduced sample size.
Under the section, “A history of trauma is one pathway to SED”, the below text has been edited:
A considerable connection between previous interpersonal…
Under the section, “Having SED once makes it more likely to re-occur”, the below text has been edited:
Participants reporting SED in relation to previous loss, such as parents or child, were almost 5 times more likely
The section heading “Socio-demographics is not a strong predictor of SED” has been changed to “Socio-demographic characteristics and SED”
Under the section, “Socio-demographics characteristics and SED”, the below text has been edited:
… our analysis also indicates that other variables, such as a history of trauma, have considerable explanatory value. More research is needed to further increase our understanding of the associations between socio-demographics and SED reported here.
Under the section, “Conclusions and future directions”, the below text has been edited:
A little more than half of the sample reported at least one SED of their deceased spouse, and a strong pre-disposing factor was a history of SED related
Table 2. Study population characteristics and comparison between participants and non-participants
Table 3. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis of pre-disposing factors associated with sensory and quasi-sensory experiences of the deceased (SED)