Saeed Ariapooran1, Mehdi Khezeli2. 1. Department of Psychology, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran. s.ariapooran@malayeru.ac.ir. 2. Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Correction to: BMC Psychiatry 21, 114 (2021)https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03118-0Following the publication of the original article [1], minor errors were identified in the sections. The changes have been highlighted in bold typeface.Abstract:ResultsAmong the subscales, only the Social Anxiety Disorder (39.1% in deaf vs. 9.1% in HH, p = 0.009) and the School Avoidance (52.2% in deaf vs. 24.2% in HH, p = 0.031) significantly differed.Background:According to the World Health Organization, Iran is the leading country in the number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean region [2].Results:Symptoms of ADsAmong the subscales only SoAD (39.1% in deaf vs. 9.1% in HH, P-value = 0.009) and SA (52.2% in deaf vs. 24.2% in HH, p-value = 0.03) significantly were higher in the deaf adolescent than HH peers.The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.