JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: “This is really something: same place, same day result, same day treatment” Women’s
experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea:
an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Version: 4 Date: 12 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Tullio Golia D'auge
Reviewer's report:
In my honest opinion, the authors have responded satisfactorily to the reviewers’ criticisms.
The manuscript is well written and falls within the aim of this Journal.
Title: Protection of Gender Health and Fight Against Gender Violence During The COVID-19
Pandemic: The Experience of our Street Clinic in a Disadvantaged Suburb of Rome Metropolitan
City
Version: 3 Date: 14 May 2023
Reviewer:  Giuseppe Gullo
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
I read with great interest the manuscript, which falls within the aim of this Journal. In my honest
opinion, the topic is interesting enough to attract the readers’ attention. Nevertheless, authors
should clarify some points and improve the discussion, as suggested below. Authors should
consider the following recommendations:
In my opinion you have to improve the paper refering in the text to updated literature on covid
19 and to the  possible management of other infections:
I suggest you to read and cite these articles:
Symptomatic COVID-19 in Pregnancy: Hospital Cohort Data between May 2020 and April
2021, Risk Factors and Medicolegal Implications
Factors Associated with Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Acceptance among Pregnant Women: Data
from Outpatient Women Experiencing High-Risk Pregnancy
Convalescent plasma use in pregnant patients with COVID19 related ARDS: a case report and
literature review
Congenital Zika Syndrome: Genetic Avenues for Diagnosis and Therapy, Possible Management
and Long-Term Outcomes
Title: Protection of Gender Health and Fight Against Gender Violence During The COVID-19
Pandemic: The Experience of our Street Clinic in a Disadvantaged Suburb of Rome Metropolitan
City
Version: 3 Date: 01 Jun 2023
Reviewer's report:
The authors have presented a great work with interesting findings from the perspective of their
country. I have just some points that present below:
1. Introduction: The authors should explain why the study is necessary
2. Methods:
- The authors should add more information on how to recruit participants.
- The authors should mention sampling criteria,  data analysis, and the reference number of Ethics
3. Discussion:
- The implications of the findings for future research and potential applications should be
discussed.
- Limitations of the study should be presented
Tables and figures: More data are presented as figures. The authors should consider present in
the table.
Title: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SIDE EFFECTS OF HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES
AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN KITWE DISTRICT OF ZAMBIA: A
QUALITATIVE EXPLORATIVE STUDY
Version: 1 Date: 15 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Julie H. Hernandez
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this very interesting manuscript addressing the role of
side-effects from hormonal contraceptives in women’s use and discontinuation in Zambia.
We first would like to congratulate the authors on a very thorough and methodologically sound
qualitative study that raised important questions and articulate crucial programmatic suggestions
in the Discussion section (e.g. the importance of discussing menstrual cycles and health as part
of contraceptive counseling in low income settings)
Our main suggested revisions have to do with the presentation and writing of the Background
and Results section.
First, we suggest an external reviewer, possibly with professional scientific English expertise,
to edit the manuscript to tighten paragraphs and eliminate repetitions.
In the Background section in particular, we suggest reorganizing the different statements in
thematic paragraphs (e.g. importance of contraception for women’s health, possible negative
impacts of unwanted pregnancies, reasons for nonuse…) For example, the mention that side-
effects might have a deterring effect on contraceptive use is spread across three separate
paragraphs (references [3], [9] and [14] should be grouped)
Some of the background ideas might be irrelevant to the study topic (e.g. p? 3 power inequity
discussion)?
Please, include a more extensive Limitations discussion (which would typically be expected
as part / at the end of the Discussion). It should among other include a discussion of possible
selection bias since the participants where (1) women who were already motivated by accessing
FP (i.e. women who would be truly deterred by side-effects might not even attempt to patronize
these services), and (2) women who had access to a clinic at all. Therefore, the findings could
be limited in their applicability to poorer or more marginalized segment of the population.
Data collection: Clarify what was done during the “4 weeks” period and how many times each
woman was interviewed? Current formulation makes it sound like there could have been multiple
interviews.
The Data Analysis section is excellent and helps considerably to build the replicability of the
study (esp. the “Trustworthiness” sub section)
Results: we strongly suggest removing all the tables (except Table 1 presenting the socio-
demographic characteristics of the participants) as they do not add to the results presented in each
paragraph, and their placement is confusing. Detailed review of key findings and illustrative
quotes shall suffice to present the findings of this research)
The Discussion section is also very engaging in the points made by the author. Again some
editing could help tightening the arguments further.
Title: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SIDE EFFECTS OF HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES
AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN KITWE DISTRICT OF ZAMBIA: A
QUALITATIVE EXPLORATIVE STUDY
Version: 5 Date: 21 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
It is widely recognized that the use of hormonal contraceptives may be linked to an increased
risk of serious outcomes, such as heart attacks and venous thrombosis. The likelihood of
experiencing such events could be influenced by factors like smoking and unhealthy lifestyle
choices. Moreover, women's responses to real or perceived outcomes play a crucial role in their
decisions regarding the initiation, continuation, or termination of contraceptive use.
Overall, various past and present experiences can shape contraceptive decisions concerning
family planning. Therefore, the recommendation from researchers for a patient-centered
approach is highly significant. Taking into account how side effects impact the quality of life
factors becomes essential in this approach.  This is a very good suggestion and has implications
for current efforts to reduce FP unmet needs in developing countries far beyond the borders of
Zambia.
Title: Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-
going children in Urban Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study
Version: 1 Date: 04 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
Abstract
Use multivariate logistic regression instead of binary logistic regression model. Why you used
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale? Why not other depression scale?
Introduction
Introduction is not properly structured. Please write introduction in 5-6 paragraphs such as
-introduce about mental health and give world statistics/situations.
-Explain different world scenarios of mental health of mothers causing effect on school going
child health.
-Describe different low and middle income countries scenarios of mental health of mothers
causing effect on school going child health including Bangladesh
-mention the bad effects of this and factors influencing them
-research gap and motivation
Methods
Study design and sample collection procedure is not perfect. Why you chose 6 private and 6
public? Even in abstract the authors mention multistage sampling but I didn’t find here any
multistage sampling procedure. Did you collect samples from students or their mothers? Class
V- VIII students not represent the whole students of Dhaka city.
Write the sections in this way
-Design
-Data collection procedure
-outcome variables
-independent variables
-statistical analysis
Results
In result part, you added different variables like eating fruits, sweets and so on but didn’t give
any justification for this in the introduction part. I am confusing whether these variables are
really associated with mental health or not. How child consumption of soft drinks can be related
with mother depressive symptoms?!!
Writing of the full paper is not parallel.
Title: Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-
going children in Urban Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study
Version: 1 Date: 15 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
More information about the previous study findings should be presented for readers to follow
the present study rationale and procedures. But the introduction and background section need
to be reduced in length. Weak methodology section. The methodology section contains only
theoretical information but could not justify the reasons for using particular methods/ techniques/
sampling for the research. Furthermore, the Results paragraph needs to be summarized in order to
provide a more fluent section for the readers. Moreover, the conclusion section is not connected
with the findings.  Finally, what is the take-home message of this manuscript?
The authors should mention Bangladesh's conditions in terms of psychological and mental
disorder issues. It should be replaced in the introduction section. Also, you can cite this article
which is relevant. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3121
Title: Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-
going children in Urban Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study
Version: 2 Date: 07 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Shabnam Naher
Reviewer's report:
Comment from the reviewer
Thank you for addressing the comments on paper titled " Depressive Symptoms among Mothers
are associated with Eating Behaviors of School-going Children in Urban Bangladesh: A Cross-
sectional Study." For further quality improvement, it would be much appreciated if the authors
addressed the following concerns in their paper again.
Abstract
- It is still not clear from the recommendation mentioned in this section. Need to be specified
based on the findings of the study not adopting the national guideline and implantation strategy.
- Is it fewer fast food taking habit that associated with mother’s depressive symptom? Whereas
the table interprets the different thing.
Outcome variables
- Please rationalize the use of SDS scale.
Results
- Please clarify the sentence again for further clarification “Interestingly we found that ….higher
chance of being depressed both in unadjusted”
- Please check the journal guidelines to write footnotes underneath the tables. Still, it is not the
right way to cite p-values.
Discussion
- The in-text citations on discussion section are much more than the study findings that are
relevant to the paper. Please check for further readability and make connections with sentences.
limitations
- Study limitations can be written in paragraph, not in bullet point.
Conclusion and recommendations
- I believe there is no term called in-depth surveys. Please check for clarification.
- We cannot directly claim government and relevant stakeholders’ support. Priority should be
coming from respondents’ perspective and based on their need assessment.
- When saying that “The link between mothers’ depression and children's fast-food consumption
remains unclear”, it implies that the title of the paper should be revised.
Still there are several spelling mistakes (e.g., prople, everal studies, this an insufficient diet on
first page).
Good luck.
Title: Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-
going children in Urban Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study
Version: 4 Date: 25 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Shabnam Naher
Reviewer's report:
Comment from the reviewer
Thank you for addressing the comments. I really appreciate your effort to address those issues
to develop the manuscript further. There are still some issues that need to be addressed.
- The recommendation on abstract section is still not clear. Please clarify the statement “This
could be achieved with the health of the Government and relevant stakeholders.”
- Please clarify the sentence for readers “The study explored that consuming fewer vegetables
(AOR = 0.237, 95% CI: 0.099-0.569), taking fewer fruits (AOR = 0.177, 95% CI: 0.093-0.337),
and fast food habits (AOR = 3.024, 95% CI: 1.517-6.031) were significantly associated with
mothers’ depressive symptoms.” It seems like fewer fruits and fast foods are taking into
consideration together. Please check grammatical issues.
- P-value level of significance should be mentioned underneath the tables. Please check other
relevant articles for further clarifications.
- Sentence should be rephrased “In addition, 38.3% of moms in an Indian study of mothers of
children.”
- Please maintain harmony throughout manuscript in using terminologies (e.g., either mother or
mom, study or research).
- “may be the cause of the differences in findings” is likely to reflect poor justification in writing.
Please state clearly what is clearly found in the field.
- Study mentioned about Nepalese teenagers are not relevant to this study as the subject of this
study is aligned with children.
- Again, we cannot actually indicate govt., rather we can clearly mention what govt. body can
contribute specifically to this regard. Please clarify this statement again here “This could be
achieved with the health of the Government and relevant stakeholders.”
- When saying that the title can be revised, it is implying that, it can be “association between
depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-going children….”.
Thank you and good luck.
Title: Relationship satisfaction and self-esteem in patients with breast cancer and healthy
women: The role of expected and actual personal projects support from the partner
Version: 1 Date: 13 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
The study aimed to explore and compare the role of expected and perceived support for personal
projects received from partners on satisfaction and self-esteem in cancer women and healthy
women.
The study is original and has clear potential. However, there are some concerns that needed
revision/clarification.
- The introduction section could be enhanced. The introduction should be more integrated
and should go to the point, addressing relevant literature sustaining the research question and
hypothesis. Indeed, the rationale for exploring the selected study variables together should be
made more explicit. Moreover, at the beginning of the discussion, the authors stated that this is
SDT-based research. However, they should better explain the theory in particular in the context
of their research in the introduction section.
- I believe the use of the term “wellbeing” here is not the most appropriate. Indeed, relationship
satisfaction and self-esteem are two well-recognized and distinguished constructs that, in my
opinion, should not be merged and generalised as wellbeing. The introduction and discussion
of results should take into account the distinctiveness of these constructs. Mainly, while the
associations between perceived and actual support by the partner with relationship satisfaction
are clear, the link with self-esteem should be better explained.
- Following the flow of the paper (analysis, results, discussion), I would put the research
questions before the hypothesis.
- My main concern is about the measurement tool “Personal Project Assessment (developed by
Little)”.
The authors need to clearly explain the original tool and the changes they have made.
To my knowledge, there is nothing about perceived support in personal project assessment
(while there are specific tools in literature for the assessment of perceived support). Why do the
authors have opted to modify this tool?
Moreover, there is no reference to the psychometrically soundness of the original validation
study and there is nothing about its use among Hungarian samples (the Hungarian version of the
original tool). Did the authors translate it? did they test its psychometric proprieties? I know that
the authors addressed it as a limitation but the degree of modifications they made, along with
the lack of a Hungarian version, warned me a bit.
- In the discussion, I suggest the authors briefly comment on the lack of differences in the
associations between support and outcomes in cancer patients and the control group.
- Implications for research and interventions both for cancer patients and for healthy women
should be strengthened.
Minor comments:
Tables should be edited as they are not high in quality (e.g., by removing vertical bonds).
Title: Relationship satisfaction and self-esteem in patients with breast cancer and healthy
women: The role of expected and actual personal projects support from the partner
Version: 1 Date: 20 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Julia Roick
Reviewer's report:
Dear editor-in-chief,
The authors present results about associations between partners support for personal projects
and relationship satisfaction as well as self-esteem in 137 breast cancer patients and 137
healthy controls. They found that woman with breast cancer had higher levels of autonomy-
support compared to controls. Also, received social support was stronger related to relationship
satisfaction and self-esteem than expected support in both groups.
The manuscript is interesting and well written. However, the introduction is a bit weak and need
to be revised. There are also some information that needs to be added to the methods section.
The authors may consider the following suggestions when revising their manuscript:
1. Title: The title is somewhat misleading, because the manuscript is not about well-being per se,
but about satisfaction with the partnership and self-esteem. I suggest to name the terms directly
like this.
2. Abstract: Please mention at least one practical implication in the conclusion instead of pointing
out that the study has practical implications.
3. Introduction:
a. The SDT theory is introduced and only its 3 components are mentioned. More needs to be
reported on what assumptions the theory makes, how applicable it is to the oncology setting,
and what empirical findings exist to date.
b. A large number of literature on well-being is cited. The focus, however, is on partnership
satisfaction and self-esteem. Studies on these associations should also be mentioned.
c. It would be helpful if a few examples of personal projects could be provided. What exactly
can this be?
d. Why are the results compared with a healthy population? What added value does this provide?
This is not made clear in the introduction.
4. Method:
a. Why were 137 patients included? I miss information about sample size calculation.
b. Based on the sample size, a normal distribution of the variables is assumed. However, social
support is often left skewed. Was this checked beforehand?
5. Results:
a. On page 14 you mentioned that a series of paired t-test were done. Did you use Alpha-
correction for multiple testing?
6. Discussion:
a. Since the two groups differ in education and this variable is known to be related to outcomes
like partnership satisfaction and self-esteem, differences in patterns of correlation between
groups could also be due to this.
b. It would be helpful to further articulate implications for clinicians and other supporters.
Title: “Our services are not the same”: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Care
Interactions in Women’s Shelters
Version: 1 Date: 24 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled “ “Our services are not the same”: The Impact
of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Care Interactions in Women’s Shelters ” , which falls within
the aim of this Journal.
In my honest opinion, the topic is interesting enough to attract the readers’ attention.
Methodology is accurate and conclusions are supported by the data analysis. Nevertheless,
authors should clarify some point and improve the discussion citing relevant and novel key
articles about the topic.
Authors should consider the following recommendations:
• Inclusion/exclusion criteria should be better clarified.
• The Authors did not mention the sample size calculation for their study. It is essential to specify
this data in order to guarantee an adequate significance of the results obtained by the Authors.
• Does this manuscript conform the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health
Research (EQUATOR) network guidelines? It would be mandatory to declare about this element
• Was this study registered? I could not find any information about this point.
I would reccomend to highlight the detrimental effects of covid-19 pandemic on women’s
healthcare during pregnancy (authors may refer to: PMID: 32969632; PMID: 32720801).
I suggest to highlight the differences between oncological screening in women during the
pandemic and after the pandemic (authors may refer to: PMID: 34402585; PMID: 36556208).
Title: “Our services are not the same”: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Care
Interactions in Women’s Shelters
Version: 1 Date: 07 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
I recommend that this article be published with minor revisions. I found it to be well-written,
organized, and highly relevant to the fields of public health, women's health, IPV/DV, and crisis
services during the pandemic. The citations were clear and current. The qualitative data was
powerful and presented in a way that raised the concerns and voices of those who have been
impacted. The sections highlighting the workarounds and the strengths and also outlining the
relational challenges and programmatic barriers informed the work were helpful and practical
for those who are currently in the field.
While I am familiar with anti-oppressive, feminist, and trauma-informed these should be more
defined in the literature review for those who are not familiar with these theories and then closely
linked clearly in the discussion section. I did not see any intersectional links around race, or
age it was mainly focused on gender or parentage and we can assume SES and anti-oppressive
practice this is important to discuss and explore. There was a brief mention about folx with
disabilities and how they were impacted as well as mental health but tying this together from the
participants section to the discussion section would have been helpful because I was wondering
if there were any relationships to this. Thank you for sharing this article and I look forward to
reading it again when it is published.
Title: The self-care behaviors and health literacy can play important preventive roles in older
female osteoporosis
Version: 1 Date: 03 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
Dear  colleagues
Thank you very much for diverting the article entitled as
The self-care behaviors and health literacy can play important preventive roles in elderly female
osteoporosis
for peer reviewing by my humble opinion.
I have rad this article many times as really I found it very interesting and agree 100% with
the aim of the study put by the author, The methodology used to prove the assumption as well
as the results and conclusion reached by the author. Indeed, I made a similar study on post
menopausal women about the use of VOICE FREQUENCY pitch decline as assessed by mobile
devices which has the same purpose and found that most postmenopausal women who are self
motivated are less prone to post menopausal complications especially  prevention and treatment
of osteoporosis. Yet this study was unpublished.
So my decision about current study is acceptance after careful reviewing of the statistical
analyses as well as reviewing the results conducted by the author!