JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Reviewer's report
Title:Determinants of sexual health knowledge among adolescent girls in
schools of Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
Version: 2Date:4 March 2013
Reviewer: Artemis Tsitsika
Reviewer's report:
The study aims to explore an interesting topic: the evaluation of the determinants
for sexual health knowledge among adolescent girls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The study is sizeable. Overall, the paper is clearly written, sections of the paper
(Introduction Methods Results Conclusion) are properly formatted in abstract and
text. Some specific comments are listed below to assist the authors to improve
the manuscript.
Discretionary Revisions
Although the sample was drawn from a voluntary association which may have
resulted in a non-representative sample that would limit the ability to generalize
the results to the general population. Self reported questionnaires by young
people usually suffer from non completion of a series of questions or provision of
unreliable information. How have the authors checked for the reliability of
replies? Therefore, limitations should be expanded to include potential selection
bias of cases (unless can provide evidence to the contrary).
A study of this nature would have benefited from more qualitative approaches
(that might have provided at least some clues to the direction of causality), such
as a systematic comparison of the study data with those from international and
regional ones). In fact the ms could be strengthened with a systematic review to
be undertaken aiming to improve the comparison of these results with those of
previous or similar studies for example, should include comparison to adult
studies and briefly explain why results may be different. In general, the
comparison of these results with those of previous studies should be improved.
Given the study design and the type of data used, the authors should avoid
over-interpreting the results. As expected, however, the specific dataset and
methodology employed in this paper do not allow generation of any novel
hypotheses over and beyond what is already known in the literature. The authors
should be more precise on the prevention measures that should be
recommended following the results of their study.
In conclusion, the authors have made an intensive effort to exploit and present
data from Riyadh, concerning sexual health knowledge of adolescent girls of
Saudi Arabia. The whole work meets the standards of the Journal. Overall, some
improvements would make this study well-worth publishing.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:A cross-sectional analysis about women's mental health problems.
Exploring the associations with different types of violence in a sample of Brazilian
mothers
Version: 1Date:6 August 2012
Reviewer: Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha
Reviewer's report:
Firstly I congratulate the authors for their work, which presents an important
issue for public health with a discussion about an emerging and original theme,
the violence study, mainly because it is a study in a locality in which the state is
intensifying violence fighting actions.
I suggest a more detailed collection instruments utilized in the research, which
would make the procedures data collection understanding easier.
Regarding to the statistical analysis would be relevant to add more details about
hierarchical model and reference it.
Results are well described and the discussion provides important reflections
about study findings. From discussion were presented new knowledge about
women violence comprehension.
Emphasize a greater detail is required about study limitations.
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:A cross-sectional analysis of women's mental health problems. Examining
the association with different types of violence among a sample of Brazilian
mothers
Version: 2Date:6 February 2013
Reviewer: Jean Martial MARI
Reviewer's report:
The authors have made an appropriate revision of their manuscript. The study
draws conclusions which are essential for future studies in the field. I recommend
publication.
Major Compulsory Revisions
None.
Minor Essential Revisions
None.
Discretionary Revisions
None.
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:A cross-sectional analysis of women's mental health problems. Examining
the association with different types of violence among a sample of Brazilian
mothers
Version: 2Date:15 February 2013
Reviewer: Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha
Reviewer's report:
The authors satisfactorily respond to all inquiries in the opinion referred earlier.
My opinion is in favor of publishing the article.
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:Digging over that old ground: an Australian perspective of women's
experience of psychosocial assessment and depression screening in pregnancy
and following birth
Version: 3Date:19 February 2013
Reviewer: Susan Ayers
Reviewer's report:
no further recommendations
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 have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Digging over that old ground: an Australian perspective of women's
experience of psychosocial assessment and depression screening in pregnancy
and following birth
Version: 3Date:27 February 2013
Reviewer: Sally Chan
Reviewer's report:
The authors have revised the paper. The paper has much improved. However,
there are a few areas that the authors need to address:
1. What were the inclusion criteria for midwives and CFHN? I note that some
were student midwives.
2. What were the strategies to ensure credibility and transferability of the study?
3. It was mentioned that the 4D & 4R data provided frequency of women's
response consistent with the emerging themes of women's experience. However,
the data were not presented. Please clarify.
4. it was mentioned in the data that one informant mentioned the history of
domestic violence was incorrectly reported by the midwife in the medical record.
It was related to the accuracy of assessment which is very important but has not
been discussed. Please clarfiy.
Please check the text for accuracy of referencing.
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:Digging over that old ground: an Australian perspective of women's
experience of psychosocial assessment and depression screening in pregnancy
and following birth
Version: 4Date:14 March 2013
Reviewer: Sally Chan
Reviewer's report:
The paper has been revised according to reviewer's comments.
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:Quality of life, coping strategies and support in infertility: Women's needs
and experiences with Traditional Chinese Medicine in Australia: a mixed methods
approach
Version: 1Date:3 December 2012
Reviewer: Petra Thorn
Reviewer's report:
The focus of the results and discussion sections should be in line with the title of
the article.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no competing interets.
Reviewer's report
Title:Quality of life, coping strategies and support needs of women seeking
Traditional Chinese Medicine for infertility in Australia: a mixed methods
approach
Version: 2Date:14 January 2013
Reviewer: Malika Patel
Reviewer's report:
1. The definition of infertility in Western Medicine is found in the Revised
Glossary for ART terminology, 2009. The International Committee for Monitoring
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the World Health Organization
adopted it after intense input and discussion between world experts and
committees. This is important for standardization for comparisons. This definition
should be mentioned as it is the world standard for ART.
2. Recurrent miscarriage and stillbirth may have similar treatments in Traditional
Chinese Medicine but the authors are assessing the descriptive parameters in
women with infertility, defined by western standards, seeking TCM and therefore
the cohort should include only infertility. The pathophysiology for these conditions
is different in western medicine and the treatment would therefore also be
different. The small numbers in the stillbirth and recurrent miscarriage groups
may not be enough to reach thematic saturation in these categories.
I agree with reviewer 1 regarding the change in title – ‘infertility’ may be the
incorrect term for this group of patients.
3. The conclusion drawn from the systematic reviews on TCM herbal medication
vs in vitro fertilization (IVF) and Western Medical drug therapy for female
infertility is wrong and must be changed. The systematic review is based on
descriptive data and not randomized controlled trials – in the review done by the
author of this paper, there is only 1 case that specifically has 2 failed IVF cycles ,
the other studies are cohorts assessing either CHM with control or clomiphene or
case studies. The other systematic review did not look at IVF but only ovulation
induction with medication. It is therefore untrue to say that TCM has a higher
likelihood than IVF. In addition, if a statement like this is made, it should be
substantiated by the causes for the infertility. This must be corrected.
4. The period over which these patients have had TCM is very large and diverse.
Why was the women not interviewed after a specific time period of TCM. One to
six months is a very varied time. What is the reason for this. Would longer
periods of TCM not be more beneficial? Please explain this lack of
standardization. Did some women drop out, fall pregnant, go back to ART?
5. The objective of the study was to describe quality of life, coping strategies and
support in this group of women seeking traditional chinese medicine, why is there
a comparison with another study from the UK. This is not a study
objective/outcome. Again is the data comparable. Is there heterogeneity? Of
what significance is this.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
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:Quality of life, coping strategies and support needs of women seeking
Traditional Chinese Medicine for infertility in Australia: a mixed methods
approach
Version: 2Date:17 January 2013
Reviewer: Petra Thorn
Reviewer's report:
The authors have incorported changed that improve the quality of the article.
However, I find that my comment of the role of ACCESS and ANZICA regarding
the provision of support for individuals and couples experiencing infertility has not
been addressed. The sweeping statement describing a lack of support has
remained in this version of the paper!
Otherwise, the article has improved.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Quality of life, coping strategies and support needs of women seeking
Traditional Chinese Medicine for infertility in Australia: a mixed methods
approach
Version: 2Date:19 January 2013
Reviewer: Viju Thomas
Reviewer's report:
The article is acceptable for publication.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Quality of life, coping strategies and support needs of women seeking
Traditional Chinese Medicine for infertility and viable pregnancy in Australia: a
mixed methods approach
Version: 3Date:13 February 2013
Reviewer: Malika Patel
Reviewer's report:
ARTICLE IS ACCEPTABLE
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.
Reviewer's report
Title:Quality of life, coping strategies and support needs of women seeking
Traditional Chinese Medicine for infertility and viable pregnancy in Australia: a
mixed methods approach
Version: 3Date:18 February 2013
Reviewer: Petra Thorn
Reviewer's report:
non.
I cannot comment on the statistical work.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
i declare that I have no competing interets.
Reviewer's report
Title:Prevalence and Factors Associated with Urinary Incontinence in
Community Dwelling Adult Women: Implications for Health Promotion
Version: 2Date:18 January 2013
Reviewer: ROSLIN BOTLERO
Reviewer's report:
Major compulsory revisions:
1. Referencing style should be uniform and consistent throughout the manuscript.
2. Please mention in the Method section whether a validated instrument was
used to measure the severity of UI symptoms. Also, in the Study Instrument
section consider revising 2nd line of 1st paragraph, 5th sentence of 2nd
paragraph.
3. Data analysis section of Method needs to be elaborated and clearly described.
For example, in multiple regression analysis which variables were considered in
the model.
4. Results section: findings from the multiple regression need more interpretation.
5. Discussion and conclusions: a bit more description is needed on implications
for clinicians and for policy makers in terms of health promotion
Level of interest: An article of importance 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:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Prevalence and Factors Associated with Urinary Incontinence in
Community Dwelling Adult Women: Implications for Health Promotion
Version: 2Date:19 January 2013
Reviewer: Hann-Chorng Kuo
Reviewer's report:
This manuscript investigated the prevalence and factors associated with urinary
incontinence in community dwelling adult women.
Some suggestions/questions follow:
1. General issue to note#The manuscript does not bring a new fact, but
contributes to previous published data. However, this manuscript did not well
presented and some topics are not clearly exposed. Please reformulate and
consider asking for help with writing the manuscript, as grammatical errors make
understanding difficult.
2. In Method section, the statistical analysis should be specifically noted, such as
multiple logistical (or linear) regression analysis. A statistically significant p-value
should also be noted.
3. The sections of Results and Tables should be re-written. First, statistical
analyses should correctly conduct and adequately present in table 1, 2 and 4.
Because this article was to assess the factors associated with UI, the authors
should present the proportion (prevalence) of UI in the associated antecedents
(such as age, body mass index, and so on), stead of the proportion of these
antecedents in women with/without UI did. Second, the authors described only
tables in results. This lack of a clear organization has made the paper confusing.
This is important, a clear organization of paper permits a better comprehension
and supports the discussion and conclusions. Third, the same numbers of
participants in agree or disagree about attitudes towards UI in table 3 should be
corrected. Furthermore, the specific statistical analysis should be cited in all
tables. In table 5, the wrong statistic method was used. Because the UI was a
categorical variable, the suitable statistic method would be the multiple logistical
regression, not the multiple linear regression (for dependent variable as
continuous variable).
4. In the section of discussion, the authors should give some time to discuss
findings from UI symptom Severity (table 4). Some limitation about the
disadvantages in using questionnaire, the convenient sampling and using the
definition of UI (the positive response of the item “do you have urinary
incontinence” also should be noted.
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:Self-Reported Urinary Incontinence and Factors Associated with Symptom
Severity in Community Dwelling Adult Women: Implications for Women's Health
Promotion
Version: 4Date:8 March 2013
Reviewer: Hann-Chorng Kuo
Reviewer's report:
This revised manuscript has been adequately corrected and amended according
to
the reviewer's comments.
It is now suitable for publication in BMC Women's Health.
Reviewer's report
Title:Self-Reported Urinary Incontinence and Factors Associated with Symptom
Severity in Community Dwelling Adult Women: Implications for Women's Health
Promotion
Version: 4Date:17 March 2013
Reviewer: ROSLIN BOTLERO
Reviewer's report:
The author has addressed my comments in the revised manuscript appropriately.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Reviewer's report
Title:Fractures in Women Treated with Raloxifene or Alendronate: A
Retrospective Database Analysis
Version: 2Date:27 November 2012
Reviewer: Kirsti Uusi-Rasi
Reviewer's report:
Minor Essential Revisions
This is an interesting paper, and I have only one request. Please, give the 95%
confidence intervals for all results, not only for rate of fractures (Fig.2). It would
help the readers to interpret and understand the clinical significance. In such a
huge data it is easy to get statistically significant p-values without any clinical
significance.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Fractures in Women Treated with Raloxifene or Alendronate: A
Retrospective Database Analysis
Version: 2Date:18 January 2013
Reviewer: Jun Iwamoto
Reviewer's report:
Foster et al. conducted a retrospective cohort study to compare the effects of
alendronate and raloxifene on fracture and breast cancer incidences in
postmenopausal women aged 45 years or more. They concluded that patients
treated with alendronate and raloxifene had similar adjusted fracture rates in up
to 8 years of treatment, and raloxifene patients had lower breast cancer rates.
Analyses are well done.
Comments
1. First of all, it is not clear what the new findings were in this study. EVA trial has
already demonstrated the similar results, and it is well known that raloxifene is
useful in preventing breast cancer.
2. Second, the definition of vertebral fractures remains unclear. Were clinical
and/or morphometric vertebral fractures included?
3. Third, the authors can suggest the benefit and risk of raloxifene and
alendronate, so that readers can understand the usefulness of both drugs.
4. Did the authors examine atypical femoral fractures?
5. In the introduction section, the following sentence must much more be
detailed: A definitive study comparing the fracture effectiveness raloxifene and
alendronate has not been published. [9]
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:Fractures in Women Treated with Raloxifene or Alendronate: A
Retrospective Database Analysis
Version: 4Date:15 March 2013
Reviewer: Jun Iwamoto
Reviewer's report:
The comments and questions have been adequately addressed.
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 have nothing to declare regarding conflict of interest.
Reviewer's report
Title:Awareness and Attitudes towards Emergency Contraceptive Pills among
young people in the entertainment places, Vientiane city, Lao PDR
Version: 2Date:12 March 2013
Reviewer: Jeffrey Kromrey
Reviewer's report:
The concerns I raised in my earlier reviews of this ms have all been addressed. I
believe the ms is ready to move forward.
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:Reproductive rights and options available to women infected with HIV in
Ghana: perspectives of service providers
Version: 1Date:28 November 2012
Reviewer: Richard Amenyah
Reviewer's report:
- Minor Essential Revisions
* WHO should first be written in full (introduction, paragraph 2)
* prevalence is already a rate and so using the phrase "prevalence rate" is wrong
(methodology, study design, sites and population, paragraph 2)
* weaknesses of the study needs to be clearly articulated: this is very small but
important study and as such can be cited as a limitation as well as the purposive
nature of sampling the sites
- Discretionary Revisions
* It will be good to find out more about the site influence on the decision to
provide contraception for HIV positive women since the two hospitals in the
Manya Krobo district, one of them is a catholic hospital (and the other a
government hospital) and may be this might have influenced or biased their
perspective or action on providing or offering contraception. A sub analysis of this
aspect will be helpful.
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest 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