JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Reviewer's report
Title:Fertility desires and unmet need for family planning among HIV infected
individuals in two HIV clinics with differing models of family planning service
delivery
Version:4Date:21 October 2014
Reviewer: Mellissa Withers
Reviewer's report:
Review:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this paper. I really enjoyed this paper. It
definitely makes an important contribution to the field, both in terms of the results
regarding the high unmet need for PLWHA as well as the percentage of PLWHA
that still want to continue childbearing. I felt the manuscript was very well-written.
It was clear, concise, and easy to follow. I felt the tables were very helpful and
easy to read. It also has some very important family planning policy implications.
I would recommend this manuscript for publication with some very minimal edits.
1. Pg 1: “Knowledge of one’s HIV status is associated 65 with a desire to limit
childbearing with contraceptive use [8].”
I would say that “knowledge of being HIV+ has been associated with a desire to
limit childbearing in some studies” (Not all). There are many other sources for
this. And, indeed, you found that this statement was not true for this study.
2. I feel that the introduction should also make a point about reproductive rights
and how contraception can help promote these rights. This could also be
mentioned in the discussion.
3. In terms of the methods, why did you choose to do interviews? Were these
structured interviews similar to a survey where the interviewer asked the
participant the same question and had pre-determined categories? Was this
because the population had low levels of education and literacy? Since you didn’t
include any direct quotes, I was unclear about the methods as being intereviews.
4. I feel that the results also highlight the importance of family planning
counseling. I assume that the counseling at the Nsambya location was minimal
and contributed to the higher unmet need. I think it is also associated with why
many women were not using the most appropriate method and were inconsistent
in their use. So I feel that the authors should include the recommendation of
increased counseling as a priority.
5. Did you address issues of stigma and judgmental attitudes on the part of
health care professionals? I wonder if this was common at the Nsambya site?
6. Another important point is that older women may be at increased risk of
unwanted pregnancy because they believe they are not at risk of pregnancy. This
has been found in other studies. I think this is also an important group of women
that could benefit from increased FP counseling.
Reviewer's report
Title:Treatment of uterine leiomyoma in adolescence: a systematic review
Version:4Date:16 October 2014
Reviewer: sangeeta senapati
Reviewer's report:
Minor revisions:
line 98-100. further description of this unusual case would be helpful - interval to
second recurrence, length of follow-up
line 100 : myomectomy for what size tumor
line 110: State in the paper that none have any other minimally invasie approach
to treat the fibroids but Previously mentioned that one of the cases had a
recurrence addressed with robotics.
line 119: need citation to support that translocation is commonly found in fibroids
Discretionary revision
line 162-166. It is unclear to me why this section on leiomyosarcoma is including.
It seemss unrelated to the current discussion as this is usually found in older
women. Is there a case report of leiomyosarcoma in adlosencents? If so, state
that.
It might be helpful to list all of the studies in a table for comparison sake - with
variable of interest - presenting symptoms, size of lesion(s), and treatment option
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Treatment of uterine leiomyoma in adolescence: a systematic review
Version:4Date:28 November 2014
Reviewer: Patricia Moorman
Reviewer's report:
This paper describes a systematic review of the literature on uterine leiomyomas
in adolescents. Not surprisingly, the condition is very rare in this age group, and
the literature is limited to case reports describing individual women diagnosed
with leiomyomas. It is an interesting paper and provides a good summary of the
data on a condition that is rarely diagnosed in young women, but can be quite
serious and therefore should be considered in the differential diagnosis of women
presenting with a pelvic of abdominal mass,
Major Compulsory Revisions:
1. The title of the paper "Treatment of Uterine leiomyomas..." is not a good
representation of the contents of the paper since it is not focused solely on
treatment. A better alternative might be "Presentation and Treatment of
Leiomyomas..."
2. Background, line 50. The phrasing "Many risk factors are recognized as
contributors to the development of fibroids..." implies that there is a causal
relationship, which has not been established. It would be better to state these
factors are associated with fibroids, which does not necessarily imply causal
relationships.
3. Discussion, lines 142-144. The description of this study could be made more
clear. First, "women" should be inserted after 21,479. The next sentence should
be changed to something like "The study included 2,180 adolescents aged 15 to
19 years, among whom the estimated prevalence of leiomyoma based on
self-reported diagnoses was o.4%".
4. The discussion should address the fact that the average size of the fibroids
described in the case reports is much higher than the average size of fibroids
reported in studies of older women. This reflects that there have been no true
prevalence studies of fibroids in adolescents, and the cases described here
probably reflect only the more severe or unusual presentations that would merit
writing up a case report. It is reasonable to suggest that the true prevalence of
fibroids is unknown in this age group and the very large fibroids described in the
case reports may not reflect the "typical" fibroids in young women.
5. PRISMATIC flow diagram. The last box in the diagram indicates that 5 studies
were included in the synthesis, but the text and Table 1 indicate that 19 reports
were included.
6. Table 1. The listing of the studies in this table does not seem to have a logical
order of presentation. Listing them by publication date would make more sense.
Minor comments:
1. Background, lines 53-54. The word "few" should be inserted before "reported
cases" and "import" should be "important".
2. Results, line 90. "Histeroscopically" should be "Hysteroscopically".
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Media coverage and awareness of violence against women in India: a
review of the December16, 2012 New Delhi gang-rape
Version:1Date:29 September 2014
Reviewer: Allen Furr
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
Your paper is interesting and confirms the importance of analyzing media
behavior and output. I have a couple of suggestions that I think will improve your
study.
1. The introduction section is too brief and excludes the academic context of the
study. Previous literature is mentioned as existing, but not discussed, which
means that no theoretical background is provided. Line 102 states that "it is
important to understand..."; however, without theory and previous literature, it is
difficult to say how and why this is important, other than the authors telling us it
is.
2. The introduction section can be improved by making a theoretical argument as
to how media create stories, why the content of stories vary, and why some
stories "catch on" more than others.
3. In line 103, it appears that the study is about how media affect social
movements. Social movements, and their relationship to the media, however, are
not discussed in the paper.
4. Line 108, the objective of the study is in part to "inform and visually represent
media's role..." -- it is not clear what or who is being informed.
5. Stating raw numbers of events such as rapes is misleading because of
variance in population size. In addition, higher number of rapes in Delhi could be
a function of better reporting -- perhaps more awareness among the population,
more police stations dedicated to crimes against women, etc.
6. I encourage an explanation of why a news item spreading quickly in
contemporary global communications is a significant, science-worthy finding and
not a triviality.
Minor Essential Revisions
1. Line 145, "rational" should be "rationale".
2. Please clarify if the the data reviewers were authors. Was the "third reviewer"
mentioned on line 146 an author?
3. Line 335-6, "individual citizens or students..." The distinction between citizens
and students is not clear. The latter seems a subset of the former
4. Line 374, wording is off -- "...and fast the is media as a ...."
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Uterine rupture disguised by urinary retention following a second trimester
induced abortion: a case report
Version:2Date:3 October 2014
Reviewer: Teresa Depineres
Reviewer's report:
Minor essential revisions
1. Page 3, line 43-44; Please propoerly refernce “Practice Bulletin-Second
Trimester Abortion”
2. Page 4, line 74; How much time was there between the mifepristone loding
and the 1st dose of misoprostol?
3. Page 5, line 131; “pathology from our CASE” (not “cased”)
Discretionary Revisions
4. Page 3, line 44; Would put “surgical” evacuation instead of manual evacuation,
since it implies MVA, which can be used in the 2nd trimester by ecxperienced
providers, but is less common
5. Pge 5, line 115; ‘Uterine rupture is a rare but serious complication of second
trimester INDUCTION abortion.”
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Uterine rupture disguised by urinary retention following a second trimester
induced abortion: a case report
Version:2Date:2 November 2014
Reviewer: Rosita Aniuliene
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript is original and interesting.
Please,check on 77line- the doses of misoprostol (mg ?)
111 line D@E can not find in abbreviations part.
It is not necessary to include authors position and list of publications.
Minor essential revisions need to perform.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Reviewer's report
Title:Comparative study on stigma against HIV among female sex workers and
general migrant women in eastern China
Version:1Date:25 April 2014
Reviewer: Chen Zhang
Reviewer's report:
- Major Compulsory Revisions
Authors addressed an important issue on stigma against HIV among FSW and
GMW, however, a few issues need to be taken care of before publication.
1. Authors may need to further explore specific domains within the overall stigma
measurement, as different domains may be associated with different correlates.
For instance, social norms towards people living with HIV (PLHIV), blame for
PLHIV, or sympathy to PLHIV. Authors can trace evidence from existing literature
and analyze the data specifically within different domains.
2. Authors need to provide a conceptual framework as guidance for the current
study. How stigma is affected/affects other covariates. With the conceptual
framework, readers can better understand the association between stigma and
its correlates.
3. In the data analysis, I would recommend that authors analyze correlates with
stigma separately between FSW and GMW, as these two groups are
conceptually different from each other. In addition, correlates may need to be
distinguished between FSW and GMW. Authors need to identity relevant
information from existing literature.
4. In global literature, many correlates associated with stigma among PLHIV.
While in the current study, authors only reported limited correlates (e.g.,
demographics, HIV knowledge, HIV testing). Authors may further explore the
data set and identify if other variables are available. Or authors need to discuss
why these important variables are not collected.
5. After authors address all above-mentioned issues, the revision may consider
being publication.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Stigma against HIV/AIDS among female sex workers and general migrant
women in eastern China
Version:2Date:30 September 2014
Reviewer: Chen Zhang
Reviewer's report:
Minor essential revision
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Feasibility of three wearable sensors for 24 hour monitoring in middle-aged
women
Version:4Date:12 December 2014
Reviewer: Sveinung Berntsen
Reviewer's report:
Twenty-one inactive overweight women were instructed to wear three types of
physical activity monitors, each monitor on the non-dominant hip (ActiGraph
GT3X+), wrist (GENEActiv), or upper arm (BodyMedia SenseWear Mini) for 24
h/day and record daily wake and bed times for one week over the course of three
consecutive weeks. Women received feedback about their daily physical activity
and sleep behaviors. Feasibility (i.e., acceptability and demand) was reported
using surveys, interviews, and wear time. The aim of the present study was
determine the feasibility of three widely used wearable sensors in research
settings for 24 h monitoring of sleep, sedentary, and physical activity in
middle-aged women. The authors concluded that 24 hour monitoring over seven
consecutive days was a feasible approach in middle-aged women. They also
highlighted that researchers should consider participant acceptability and
demand, in addition to validity and reliability, when choosing a behavioral
monitor. Further, the majority of the women preferred GENEActiv and
SenseWear Mini. Mean wear time on valid days was similar across monitors and
feedback was the biggest motivator, while appearance, comfort, and
inconvenience were the biggest barriers to wearing devices.
The manuscript is well written and the topic of the present study is highly relevant
given the last years focus on objective measures of physical activity and
sedentary time. The combination of qualitative and quantitative data adds to the
body of knowledge in this field. In few studies a qualitative aspect of individuals’
perspectives of wearing such monitors has been included. I have some minor
comments presented below:
1. Please give producer/company, city and country for the monitor the first time
mentioned (in the Background).
2. On page 6, did the women wear all three monitors simultaneously?
3. I do not find table 4, referred to on page 17.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Feasibility of three wearable sensors for 24 hour monitoring in middle-aged
women
Version:5Date:20 March 2015
Reviewer: Sarah Keadle
Reviewer's report:
The authors were responsive, I have no further comments or suggestions.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests' below
Reviewer's report
Title:Anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and sexual problems in primiparous
women -what is the role of obstetric anal sphincter injuries vs. episiotomy?
Version:2Date:19 August 2014
Reviewer: Murat Ekin
Reviewer's report:
1.Abstract is too long the aim of the study must be briefly written as objective not
the background.
line 38. mean time should be presented in the results.
line 41-44 statistical methods should not be presented in the abstract.
line 46 p valu should be presented.
2. 111 pg5 the primary outcome and the secondar outcome should be briefly
defined. The primary out come of this study is an expected matter as AI is mostly
expecte in patients with OAS#S than only episiotomy. The interesting part of this
manuscript is the clasification of the episitomies and OASIS ans the secondary
outcomu may be the primary outcome.?
3.pg8 line 181-182 significantly more frequent and p=0.05 is it sig nificant or not?
4.Although it si presented in tables; Double incontinence OR 3.3 is not presented
in the results. OR=3.3 and p value 0,07 not significant? may be consider giving
only OR or P value
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no confict of interest on this manuscript
Reviewer's report
Title:Anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and sexual problems in primiparous
women - a comparison between women with episiotomy only and women with
episiotomy and obstetric anal sphincter injury.
Version:3Date:23 October 2014
Reviewer: Fiona Boland
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
1. The results section in the abstract is slightly unclear. At one point the authors
talk about more women with OASIS reporting AI, sexual pain and less desire
compared to women without OASIS. However, percentages and odds ratios are
presented in the same sentence. The interpretation of the OR in this case is very
confusing and unclear.
2. Is it valid to create an overall sexual problem score by adding up likert scales
and then categorising the overall score? Is this a validated method?
3. In Table 2, sexual problems were measured on a likert scale, summed and
then categorised, yet the ORs are reported in terms of unit increase in score
point. This is a categorical variable and it should be analysed as a categorical
variable.
4. The second aim was to assess if episiotomy characteristics were associated
with AI, UI and sexual problems. Why were episiotomy characteristics and
dysfunctions investigated over all patients rather than comparing women with
OASIS with women without OASIS? I think it would be much more interesting to
look at episiotomy characteristics and OASIS.
5. Spearmans correlation was carried out to estimate correlation but was any
modelling of the data conducted? No adjustment seems to have been made here
or anywhere in the manuscript for any other factors (e.g. age, birth weight etc. in
which significant differences between the groups have been seen).
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and sexual problems in primiparous
women - a comparison between women with episiotomy only and women with
episiotomy and obstetric anal sphincter injury.
Version:3Date:4 November 2014
Reviewer: Amanda Ampt
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
All concerns have been addressed, and explanations very satisfactory
Minor Essential Revisions
All concerns addressed
Discretionary Revisions
All addressed
Some typos/grammatical changes need to ne made:
p4 line99 should be "sufficient length and depth reduced the risk.."
p5 line 116 "OASIS that" should be "OASIS who"
p6 line 122 "Hospitals electronic" should be "hospitals' electronic"
p9 line 197 "there significant" should be "there was significant"
p11 line 246 "episiotomies characteristics" should be "episiotomy characteristics"
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
No
Reviewer's report
Title:Anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and sexual problems in primiparous
women - a comparison between women with episiotomy only and women with
episiotomy and obstetric anal sphincter injury.
Version:3Date:5 November 2014
Reviewer: Murat Ekin
Reviewer's report:
I have re examined the manuscript and the corresponding letter that the authors
have given brief resopnses to our comments. Manuscript can be accepted for
publication. thank you for your efforts
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
none