Corrigendum to: Patient coaching in specialist consultations. Which patients are interested in a coach and what communication barriers do they perceive? (vol 102, pg 1520, 2019)

The authors regret that there is an error in the references referred to in their original article. The correct reference 41 is as follows: Pieterse AH, Jager NA, Smets EM, et al. Lay understanding of common medical terminology in oncology. Psychooncology 2013; 22(5):1186-91. doi: 10.1002/pon.3096 [published Online First: 2012/05/11] Furthermore, on page 1524, reference 41 should be changed to reference 57 so that the correct paragraph reads as follows: “When we focus on patient characteristics, the need for communication support depends on self-management and communication skills [27,31–33]. The level of these skills is affected by age [34], patient activation level [35], educational level and socioeconomic status (SES) [36], sex [37], illness burden [38] and health literacy [39, 40, 57]. In our systematic review we did not find a relation between communication outcomes and these factors though [13], which is confirmed in the current study.” On page 1525 reference 41 should also be changed to reference 57 so that it reads as: “According to Pieterse et al. [57] complex medical language does not affect measures of perceived efficacy, but when a patient expresses low confidence in understanding medical terms this might be an indication to explore the patient's interest in a coach.” The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.