Review for 10.1186/1471-230X-8-45 (2008)

Reviewer's report
Title:Determinants of female sexual function in inflammatory bowel disease. A
survey based cross-sectional analysis
Version: 1Date:18 January 2008
Reviewer: Sunanda Kane
Reviewer's report:
Reviewer's report
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Please number your comments and divide them into
- Major Compulsory Revisions
Was adjustment done for multiple variables? You had 336 patients and
what appears to be 13 variables.
There were 19 questionnaires from the outpatient department, what was
your denominator?
P values are needed in Table 1 and Table 2
In the Questionnaire section, it say that they were identical for "the
two groups". Please clarify what you are referring to.
- Minor Essential Revisions
In the Introduction, the last sentence starts with "These". It is
unclear what you are referring to, is it mood disorders, or IBD?
EORTC should be spelled out the first time you use the abbreviation and
not simply include it in a list of abbreviations.
There is a typographical error in the last sentence of the abstract.
There is a typographical error in the first sentence of the second
paragraph on page 6 "reveiled"
What next?
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Based on your assessment of the validity of the manuscript, what do you
advise should be the next step?
- Accept after minor essential revisions (which the authors can be
trusted to make)
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Statistical review
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- No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
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