Review for 10.1186/s12876-016-0564-7 (2017)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Dietary treatment of Crohn's Disease: Perceptions of families with children treated by 
exclusive enteral nutrition, a  questionnaire survey  
 
Version: 2 Date: 04 Oct 2016  
 
Reviewer: Victor Navas  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This is an original paper where the authors exposed the perceptions of families with children 
treated by exclusive enteral nutrition. The information was obtained by a anonymous 
questionnaire survey. In my opinion this is a very well w ritten paper and to my knowledge one of 
the first who explores this area of exclusive enteral nutrition. There are some minor comments I 
would like to share with the authors:  
1. Anonymous: in my opinion this is not the best way to get the information. The vision, 
perceptions and concerns about Crohn´s disease are very dependent on the patient and their 
family. So,  it could be better to know who was answering the questionnaire. I would like the 
authors explain why they chose an anonymous aproach. Do you hav e data about QOL?  
2. EEN protocol: For a better understanding, please, could you explain briefly how is your EEN 
protocol? visits, enteral formula most used, nasogastric tube protocol, etc.  
3. Intructions to patients and parents: No instructions were given  to parents and patients. An 
explanation of the high correlation you found could be because they completed the 
questionnaire together. Please discuss this point.  
 
Minor changes  
1. Page 7. Line 20. Median (IQR): perhaps some data are missed for the IQR  
 
Thank you  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
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assessment in your comments to the edit ors. 
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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