Correction: The use and impact of surveillance-based technology initiatives in inpatient and acute mental health settings: a systematic review

Correction: BMC Medicine 22, 564 (2024)

https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s12916-024-03673-9

The authors wish to note an amendment to the following text in the original article:

‘[…] This may be an over-estimation because, while the only published study investigating VBPMM’s impact on self-harm reported a 44% relative reduction in self-harm rates in patients' bedrooms on two VBPMM wards compared to two control wards without VBPMM, the actual reduction in self-harm rates on the VBPMM wards alone was only 22% [1]. Additionally, these models calculated Accident and Emergency self-harm treatment costs using the weighted average of fracture codes, which risks over-estimating cost savings […]’

The authors wish to acknowledge the ‘Stop Oxevision’ campaign’s contribution in the context of this text, and to note that it should instead read as follows:

‘[…] The Stop Oxevision campaign [2] argues that this may be an over-estimation because, while the only published study investigating VBPMM’s impact on self-harm reported a 44% relative reduction in self-harm rates in patients’ bedrooms on two VBPMM wards compared to two control wards without VBPMM, the actual reduction in self-harm rates on the VBPMM wards alone was only 22% [1, 3]. Additionally, they note that these models calculated Accident and Emergency self-harm treatment costs using the weighted average of fracture codes, which risks over-estimating cost savings [3] […]’