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27 January 2017

Corrigendum

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Following publication of the Research Article by Craig T Hartrick, Jeffrey Abraham & Li Ding titled ‘Ease-of-care from the physical therapists’ perspective comparing fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system versus morphine intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in postoperative pain management’, which appeared in the November 2016 issue of Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research (J. Comp. Eff. Res. 5[6], 529–537 [2016]), it has been brought to our attention the headings in Table 1 were incorrectly printed. The correct table headings are shown here:
The authors and editors of Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research would like to sincerely apologise for any confusion this may have caused our readers.
Table 1. Overview of included studies and subject characteristics (evaluable for efficacy population).
ParameterGrond [20]Hartrick [21]
 Fentanyl ITSMorphine iv. PCAFentanyl ITSMorphine iv. PCA
LocationEurope USA 
Surgery typeOrthopedic, abdominal, pelvic, general Hip replacement 
Evaluable population (n)322334389397
Sex, n (%):    
– Female184 (57.1)190 (56.9)204 (52.4)202 (50.9)
– Male138 (42.9)144 (43.1)185 (47.6)195 (49.1)
Age (y), mean (SD)53.4 (14.5)53.0 (14.6)62.8 (12.0)62.8 (12.4)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)29.7 (5.5)29.2 (5.5)
Race, n (%):    
– Caucasian305 (94.7)322 (96.4)356 (91.5)365 (91.9)
– Black4 (1.2)6 (1.8)24 (6.2)21 (5.3)
– Asian2 (0.6)2 (0.6)3 (0.8)0
– Hispanic005 (1.3)6 (1.5)
– Other/unknown11 (3.4)4 (1.2)1 (0.3)5 (1.3)
ITS: Iontophoretic transdermal system; iv.: Intravenous; PCA: Patient-controlled analgesia; SD: Standard deviation.