Reviewer’ s report
Title: Factors influencing women’ s sex work in a Lebanese sample Results of a case-control study
Version: 2Date: 11 May 2020
Reviewer: Teresita Rocha-Jimenez
Reviewer's report:
The abstract has important grammatical mistakes and the results are not clear. The manuscript is
not suitable for publication. An English native speaker should review it extensively.
Background: Why is it interesting to explore and understand factors associated with SW in
Lebanon? Associated with what of SW? Entry? The abstract has major grammatical issues and ituses colloquial words like going into SW. Does this mean entry? Pathways? Results: "The resultsof linear regression, taking being a sex worker vs not being one as the dependent variable, and thesociodemographic characteristics, child (psychological, neglect, physical and verbal) and partner(physical and non-physical) abuse, as well as depression, anxiety, and stress as independentvariables, showed that higher anxiety (aOR=1.08) and higher physical abuse by a partner (aOR=1.02) is significantly associated with higher odds of being a sex worker. This is a very longparagraph that is hard to read. The results of linear regression analysis? What does that mean? Ofan analysis? Which sociodemographic characteristics?Does partner abuse mean inter partnerviolence or domestic violence? Is this ever or recent? The results as they are written are not clearand the statistical analyses conducted are not properly described. Does it mean that after adjustingfor sociodemographics, child (means when they were kids? So lifetime?), and IPV . Anxiety and
violence from a partner were independently associated with have a story of SW? How is it that
only the aOR of anxiety and abuse by a partner are included in this section? If you are includingmore than one variable ARE should be used not IS.When alcohol was assessed does it mean abivariate analysis was conducted? How was this performed? What does it mean multivariableanalysis were similar? Which is the third model?
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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NoDoes the work include the necessary controls?
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YesAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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No
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require furtherassessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statistics
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