Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01396-8 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the celiac disease adherence test 
questionnaire  
 
Version: 0 Date: 02 Jul 2020  
Reviewer's report:  
Dear Sir  
I've read with great interest the manuscript by Nikniaz et al. entitled "Psychometric properties of 
the Persian version of the celiac d isease adherence test (CDAT) questionnaire". The manuscrict 
describes the feasibility of the CDTA questionnaire for celiac patients in the persian area  
Questionnaires are very important to monitor CD and this study represents a "step up" in the 
diffusion a  celiac disease "culture" in a large geographical area, and, from this point of view, it is 
absolutely wellcome  
 
I have only few minor concerns  
- Avoid abbreviation in the tile  
- In the abstract there are too many abbreviations  
- I think daniel leffler sh ould be acknowledged in the appropriate section  
- A paragraph describing other possible questionnaires for CD and why the authors used CDAT 
should be inserted in the Discussion  
- Questionnaires can be very important in the Covid era because they could be u sed to "tele -
monitor" patients; A comment about this issue may be inserted  
 
 
 
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