Erratum: Coping strategy in persons with low vision or blindness - An exploratory study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1655_18].

In the article titled “Coping strategy in persons with low vision or blindness – an exploratory study”, published on pages 669-676, Issue 5, Volume 67 of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology,[1] authors have requested for corrections in the published manuscript due to inadvertent errors in submission.

After the publication of the article ‘Coping strategy in persons with low vision or blindness – an exploratory study’,[1] it was brought to the notice of authors by readers that an error was made in reporting the range of the Avoidance Coping subscale of the Proactive Coping Inventory. It should range from 3-12 and not from 3-9. This notice is accordingly being issued to correct that oversight. The corrections, with reference to the relevant section of the original publication, are as follows:

In the results section of the Abstract: The incorrect statement ‘Total coping score was 142 ± 26.43 (maximum 217)’ should be correctly read as ‘Total coping score was 142 ± 26.43 (maximum 220)’

The corrected Table 1 is provided below:

Table 1

Proactive Coping Inventory scores in 60 participants with low vision or blindness

Proactive coping inventory subscales (Minimum-maximum score)	Range Average score ± Standard deviation	Number of participants who scored above the halfway score (%)
Proactive coping	22-54	29 (48.3)
(14-56)	36.0 ± 7.15
Reflective coping	10-43	45 (75.0)
(11-44)	26.5 ±7.72
Strategic planning	4-16	20 (33.3)
(4-16)	9.7 ± 2.97
Preventive coping	15-39	34 (56.7)
(10-40)	27.1 ± 5.99
Instrumental support seeking	12-32	32 (53.3)
(8-32)	21.9 ± 5.36
Emotional support seeking	8-20	38 (63.3)
(5-20)	13.9 ± 2.93
Avoidance coping	3-9	40 (66.7)
(3-12)	7.8 ± 1.86
Total coping (55-220)	89-200	32 (53.3)
	142.9 ± 26.43

In tables 4, 5 and 6, the range for Avoidance coping stands corrected to 3-12 and that for Total coping is corrected to 55-220.

The authors regret any inconvenience this oversight may cause to readers and editors of this article.

Acknowledgment: The authors are grateful to Trisha Mae I. Alcovendas, Anna Mickaela M. Caingat, and Jerylle Owie Fayezah M. Calderon, Bachelors of Science in Psychology undergraduate students from the University of Santo Tomas, who notified about the error.