Stalking by Patients

Abstract

We have detected a statistical error affecting one paragraph from our article “Stalking by Patients: Doctors’ Experiences in a Canadian Urban Area” (Abrams and Robinson, 2011). The paragraph affected is the last paragraph under the section “Persistence of Stalking” at the top of page 742 beginning with “Using ordinal logistic regression...” Please note that the statistical changes do not in any way affect any of our conclusions and in fact reinforce our conclusions as they provide stronger support for the associations discussed. We apologize for this error and herewith provide the corrected paragraph and statistics: Using ordinal logistic regression, a number of factors were identified that affected the persistence of stalking behavior. Stalkers were significantly more persistent when identified as being delusional (p = 0.015) and when they sent unwanted mail (p = 0.001). More specifically, the chance of being stalked longer increased by 2.14 when stalkers were delusional and 3.00 when they sent unwanted mail. In contrast, stalking was reported to be significantly more transient when related to anger over care (p < 0.001) and to being upset over treatment (p = 0.39). These reasons for stalking were associated with a 5.81 and 2.25 decreased chance of being stalked for longer periods of time, respectively.