JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Spatial variations and multilevel mixed effect analysis on determinants factors of modern
contraceptive utilization among reproductive age women in Ethiopia; proven by Ethiopian mini
demographic health survey 2019.
Version: 1 Date: 12 Sep 2022
Reviewer's report:
This original paper entitled "Spatial Variation and Multilevel Mixed Effect Analysis on
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age in Ethiopia;
proven by the Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey 2019" is an epidemiological study.
The presenters presented the given objectives of the work in an adequate way, with excellent
graphic, pictorial and numerical representations, and comments in the components of the article,
along with a discussion of similar research and citations of adequate fresh literature. In this paper,
which points to the individuality associated with the demographic characteristics of developing
countries, there is absolutely nothing to add or subtract, so I propose it for publication in this
form.
Title: Spatial variations and multilevel mixed effect analysis on determinants factors of modern
contraceptive utilization among reproductive age women in Ethiopia; proven by Ethiopian mini
demographic health survey 2019.
Version: 1 Date: 16 Sep 2022
Reviewer:  Martin Wiredu Agyekum
Reviewer's report:
Introduction
Kindly provide the year and source for the statement “There are currently 1.9 billion women in
the globe who are of reproductive age (15–49), of whom 1.1 billion require family planning,
and the number of women in this age group is predicted to rise”
The problem statement for the study is not clear. What gap is the paper addressing? The authors
need to situate the gap in the literature.
What is the relevance of the paper in Ethiopia and beyond. Authors need to make all those things
clear.
They need to work on the background. Though the study focuses on modern contraceptives,
they should mention or elaborate on other types of contraceptive methods. Again, they need to
make their case clear and concise.
Methods
The authors should explain how the individual-level and community-level variables were
measured.
Kindly explain your inclusion and exclusion criteria well.
Evidence shows that paternal characteristics have a significant influence on the use of
contraceptives. The authors should consider including partner characteristics in the analysis.
Results
Is it the sex of the household head or the sex of the household?
Kindly explain why you included respondents who had never used any contraceptive method
in the analysis. I thought your sample is made of those who had ever used any contraceptive
method.
Kindly provide the chi-square test results (p-value and df)
Discussion
Avoid mentioning studies done in sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa etc. Kindly mention the
specific country
I bet to differ; the reasons provided for the low use of contraceptives in the rural areas are
similar in the urban areas. For instance, low economic status, poor spousal communication,
low educational attainment, decision making and side effects. You need to explain further and
provide clear reasons.
The authors should discuss the spatial analysis
What are the limitations of the study.
Title: Spatial variations and multilevel mixed effect analysis on determinants factors of modern
contraceptive utilization among reproductive age women in Ethiopia; proven by Ethiopian mini
demographic health survey 2019.
Version: 3 Date: 06 Oct 2022
Reviewer's report:
The revised paper in this form has all the scientific and professional components of the papers
published in BMC Women's Health. The authors accepted the reviewers' suggestions and
included them in the text that I now recommend for acceptance in this form.
Title: Spatial variations and multilevel mixed effect analysis on determinants factors of modern
contraceptive utilization among reproductive age women in Ethiopia; proven by Ethiopian mini
demographic health survey 2019.
Version: 3 Date: 07 Oct 2022
Reviewer:  Martin Wiredu Agyekum
Reviewer's report:
1. they should combine the univariate table with the bi-variate (cross tab) table to make one table.
2. the responses for the research gap provided in the response sheet should be integrated into
the main work
3. I dont think recall bias is the main or only limitation. They should explore more limitations
for the study
Title: Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this
understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys
Version: 2 Date: 03 Nov 2022
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
It was a great pleasure reading your manuscript. Congratulations for coming this far
Kindly address the following comments
1. Revise your TOPIC. Sources of what?
2. Revise method section in ABSTRACT
3. Do a thorough proofreading of the manuscript.
Title: Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this
understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys
Version: 2 Date: 13 Dec 2022
Reviewer's report:
Many thanks for inviting me to review this work.
Please address the following comments:
English-language editing is required.
Abstract: Please clarify the method used and add the total sample size recruited in the study
The conclusion of the abstract needs to be restricted comprehensively and should answer the
research question.
Introduction: It is lengthy and needs shortening.
The research gap needs to be clarified
Methods: Please add the inclusion and exclusion criteria, sample size calculation, and details
about the statistical analysis
Discussion: please add the study limitations and clinical implications at the end of the discussion
section and separate the conclusion using a specialized heading
Title: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with primary lung cancer and mesenchymal tumor of
sigmoid colon:a case report and literature review
Version: 1 Date: 08 Dec 2022
Reviewer:  Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting paper and the content is very good but I suggest the paper can be improved
in the following ways:
Abstract
Please modify the headlines based on the format of the journal
- In the method section, please include the type of study as well as the method of analysis.
-In the conclusion part, it is necessary to specify the researcher's proposal to improve the
conditions and use of the beneficiaries
Introduction
Please bring the following items
1- Definition of the research problem
2- The magnitude and importance of the study variable
3- Bringing the variable epidemiology information of the study at the world level and the place
of study
4- Bringing theoretical knowledge about the importance of studying
5- Expressing the necessity of conducting the study
Finally, the practical purpose of the study should be stated.
Discussion
In the discussion section, it is necessary to compare the main results of the study with the results
of other studies in this field
Please add the study limitations
Conclusion
# What are your suggestion for future studies?
To strengthen the article, especially in the introduction and discussion section the following
studies are suggested, please to use and cited and add to article references
-Domestic Violence Against Women Working in Four Educational Hospitals in Iran
-Prevalence of postpartum depression in women amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
-Observance of patients' rights in emergency department of educational hospitals in south-east
Iran
-Attitudes of Iranian Nurses Toward Spirituality and Spiritual Care
Best regard
Title: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with primary lung cancer and mesenchymal tumor of
sigmoid colon:a case report and literature review
Version: 1 Date: 27 Dec 2022
Reviewer:  Ban Hadi Hameed
Reviewer's report:
thanks for this nice case presentation
the woman is 47 years why not consider a hysterectomy initially to minimize such morbidity
the frequency of BHCG follow-up is weekly why it is measured very frequently
the prophylaxis is with MTX to minimize the moridity
Title: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia with primary lung cancer and mesenchymal tumor of
sigmoid colon:a case report and literature review
Version: 2 Date: 13 Jan 2023
Reviewer:  Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
Reviewer's report:
Dear editor and authors
Many thanks for your contributions
I suggest publish this manuscript in BMC Journal of Women's health.
Best regards
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 5 Date: 05 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this interesting manuscript. This is an important issue
and your manuscript highlights the stigma that exists surrounding infertility in Ghana. The
following comments are made with the intention of improving the manuscript.
The third sentence of the conclusion is confusing and needs to be rephrased to enhance
meaning. The authors need to be careful not to generalise their findings as they interviewed
only 19 women. The conclusions refer to persons diagnosed with infertility, I would recommend
replacing persons with participants to ensure it is clear you are referring to people who
participated in your study only.
The authors state that the interview guide had two 'folds'. Should this be 2 parts? It would be
good to include the interview guide in the manuscript.
Given the authors acknowledge that experiencing infertility is difficult, it would be good for
the authors to describe how they mitigated and managed risk of distress for participants during
the interviews.
There is repetition in the methods section in relation to data saturation, participants' language
proficiency.
The relevance of the clarification that 21 years of age is the legal age requirement for one to be
able to adopt a child is unclear when the focus of the study is on infertility, not adoption.
Not clear what "interview notes were taken during the fieldwork.." means? Was there any
fieldwork?
It is also not clear what is meant by "observations such as participants' ... general livelihoods..."
How was this observed for noting?
It is not clear how all aspects of rigor were maintained ie. confirmability, credibility, authenticity
and dependability.
There are multiple errors in spelling, grammar and sentence construction that often impede
meaning for example, but in no way limited to "Being infertile is a therapeutic condition..."
What do the authors mean here? Also in the discussion there is the following sentence "Creating
unused talks can demolish and change developments of femininity." The meaning of this is
unclear. Word choice in many parts of the manuscript requires revision.
Font sizes and styles change several times throughout the manuscript
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 9 Date: 20 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this revised manuscript. While some of the reviewers'
comments have been addressed, some concerns remain.
The opening sentence in the  Background provides a definition of infertility but refers
specifically to married people.  I suggest removing the word 'married' as infertility does not
discriminate.
The entire manuscript requires thorough editing  for English language . Multiple sentences need
to be rephrased to ensure clarity, including but not limited to the following sentences from the
background:
"This is often since marriage without children is ordinarily full of pressure from family
individuals, particularly empowering the spouse to require up a moment spouse when the woman
is suspected to be the cause".
"Essentially, Denga (9) posited that the absence of children within the family, particularly when
it is due to an organic cause instead of a choice to remain childless, undermines conjugal
alteration as couples may lock in in practices that disturbed one another ..."
"Among marriage people" needs to be rephrased to "Among married people"
The discussion is too long  and should be condensed to ensure the major arguments are apparent.
Can the authors please provide information about how the potential for distress was managed
throughout the interviews? What strategies did the authors have in case participants became
distressed?
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 12 Date: 08 Sep 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this revised manuscript. Overall the authors have
responded well to the reviewers' comments and the quality of the manuscript has improved.
However, many editorial issues remain, some, but not all, are mentioned below.
Page 1, final sentence of the first paragraph requires a capital letter.
Page 5 under data collection technique, quotation marks need to be replaced with an apostrophe
in two separate sentences.
The discussion contains lengthy paragraphs that require breaking up so that one argument per
paragraph is presented.
Page 21 contains an error in formatting and commences a paragraph with "This finding.."
Page 23 under the heading limitations, there is reference to first person and a disconnect between
sentences. This requires rephrasing.
Measures that were put in place to manage potential psychological distress for participants has
not been addressed. There is acknowledgement on page 24 of the necessity to gain informed
consent as participants' "narratives focus on sensitive issues and may arouse emotions" however
no discussion about whether the researcher/interviewer had a management plan in the event of
participants' becoming distressed. This section also uses first person dialogue. The authors may
consider discussing the management of potential distress in the ethics section on page 6 of the
manuscript.
The paper would benefit from thorough proof reading.
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 12 Date: 10 Sep 2022
Reviewer's report:
This article has already been evaluated by several referees. The authors have also edited well,
according to the opinion of the previous reviewers.
Therefore, it was difficult for me to take a new turn for the article. With the description, I present
my opinion so that the editor can decide:
Considering that hundreds of articles have raised the problems of infertile people and have shown
ways to deal with them in a few studies. Therefore, from my point of view, this quantitative
study does not introduce new findings about coping strategies against infertility stress.
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 12 Date: 30 Sep 2022
Reviewer:  Ali Mansoor Alameri
Reviewer's report:
Good job for the interesting qualitative study about  perception and coping strategies of women
with infertility. Just few notes are referred to in the attached word file.
Best Regards.
Ali Mansoor
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 16 Date: 28 Nov 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this revised manuscript. Previous concerns have mostly
been addressed however the manuscript would benefit from close editing to remove multiple
errors in English language and spelling. eg the word Primary seems to have been replace by
Pri19 throughout the manuscript and tables.
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 17 Date: 23 Dec 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to read this manuscript. I have read it with great interest, but feel
it needs some revisions for it to be published:
Data collection:
'Various tools and approaches were used for data collection, including semi-structured
interviews, observation, recording, transcription, taking notes during the interviews, and
documenting evidence'. Can you please be more specific about what and how you used your
'tools' and 'approaches'
Discussion:
The key coping strategies adopted were spiritual (faith-based) and social support. it might be
of interest to elaborate more on your results, especially with an emphasis on your culture and
country.
Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF PERSONS SEEKING
INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS: A DESCRIPTIVE
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Version: 23 Date: 25 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this revised manuscript. The authors have addressed
all major concerns. The first sentence of the abstract requires amendment as words are missing.
Should be "Women seeking fertility treatment face a myriad of challenges..."
Title: Perceived guideline clarity impacts guideline-concordant care for breast cancer screening
in women age 40-49
Version: 4 Date: 28 Dec 2022
Reviewer:  Maria José Pérez-lacasta
Reviewer's report:
The authors have changed the article so that it is now clearer in terms of the concepts used and
the argumentation. I think it has improved greatly. Some minor recommendations I would like
propose to the authors, in case they might find them useful, are:
- Abstract: include, at the end of the Background section, a sentence with the specific objectives
of the paper, underlining its usefulness to "increase guideline concordant breast screening for
those aged 40-49."
- Introduction, page 4. The authors describe some barriers to risk assessment, perhaps they could
add those they found in their previous work that refer to discussion regarding benefits and harms,
decision or referral for mammography. Then, on page 8 (Results), they refer to these barriers on
the topic of referral to patient preferences.
- Methods, page 7: for the secondary aim, the authors write "The TDF domains chosen for the
framework analysis included social influence - radiologists, emotion, beliefs about capabilities,
and beliefs about consequences because they were the most common domains to influence the
third screening behaviour across a subset of participants" Could you clarify whether the social
influence is from radiologists or, as it then appears in the Table 2, from patients, or is it, in
general, an external influence?
Title: Pelvic floor disorder and relevant factors in Iranian women of reproductive age: a cross-
sectional study
Version: 0 Date: 20 Dec 2022
Reviewer's report:
The proposed article gives us  an interesting topic of  frequency of pelvic floor disorders in
reproductive age in Iran population.
However, there is no valid research question. In Background section, the aim of the study is
different in comparison with Methods where authors said that they want to determine association
between socio demographic and obstetric characteristic and prevalence of pelvic floor disorders.
The research question needs to be clearly written and emphasized.
The methods must be appropriate and properly conducted, and the conclusions drawn must be
fully supported by the data.
It is not clear why some patients use POPDI-6 questionnaire (217), some  of them use CRAD-8
(247) , and some of them use UDI 6 (197)?
As constipation was determined as the only important risk factors , I strongly suggest that all
patients have CRAD-8 questionnaire.
I also recommend that all patients fulfilled all questionnaires.
Results: Table 1 should be corrected in order to understand better . There is a huge number of
variables in Table 1, there is no statistical difference in table?
All tables do not represent data collected and it should be corrected in total.
In Discussion:  clearly demonstrate  and explain why the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders
is  so high in the study?
I hope that this guide authors on how they can strengthen their manuscript to the point where
it might be acceptable for publication.
Title: Pelvic floor disorder and relevant factors in Iranian women of reproductive age: a cross-
sectional study
Version: 0 Date: 23 Dec 2022
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting paper and the content is very good but I suggest the paper can be improved
in the following ways:
Introduction
Please bring the following items
1- Definition of the research problem
2- The magnitude and importance of the study variable
3- Bringing the variable epidemiology information of the study at the world level and the place
of study
4- Bringing theoretical knowledge about the importance of studying
5- Expressing the necessity of conducting the study
Finally, the practical purpose of the study should be stated
Methods
-Explain in detail how to score the tool
Discussion
-please mention limitation of this study
In the discussion section, it is necessary to compare the main results of the study with the results
of other studies in this field and It is necessary for the researcher to provide scientific discussions
and opinions for each result
Conclusion
# What is your suggestion for future studies?
Best regard
Title: Pelvic floor disorder and relevant factors in Iranian women of reproductive age: a cross-
sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 18 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
Authors reply on all  questions.
However,  I would strongly suggest to include those research questions in the Summary:
What is the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders among Iranian women of reproductive age?
- What socio-demographic and obstetric factors are related to pelvic floor disorder among Iranian
women of reproductive age?
After that the manuscript can be accepted for the publication.
Title: Long-term outcomes of Cable-Suspended Suture technique versus conventional suture
for anterior vaginal wall prolapse: a retrospective cohort study
Version: 1 Date: 14 Jan 2023
Reviewer:  Deepa Gopinath
Reviewer's report:
Thanks for the request to review this article.
The authors report long term outcomes comparing 2 surgical techniques of anterior repair by
retrospective analysis. The paper is well written and supported by data. The main strength is
the long term data of both subjective and objective outcomes of prolapse. The weakness is
the retrospective nature, small sample size and sexually inactive women in the sample limiting
generalisability with the use of permanent sutures in the vagina.
Recommendations
Minor only:
1. Authors to justify the use of Stage 1 POPQ  than Ba < or = 0 for objective success.
2. Is the outcome composite or multiple primary outcomes? Its recommended to choose one
primary outcome than have multiple. Could they please clarify this?
3. Sample size- were they primary prolapse or recurrent prolapse?
4. Was preop urodynamics done? What was the number of cases with occult SUI?
5. Clarify the time points questionnaires were administered including patient satisfaction survey.
6. Clarify the mean follow up time - medians different in the main paper and table (60,61m vs
67,69m)
7. Explain why braided silk sutures were preferred over monofilament prolene sutures. It doesn't
make sense. Also any data on women who were sexually active with braided silk sutures from
literature or practice. The original paper referenced used PISQ 12 (Huang 2022) . This should
be more problematic than prolene at least theoretically.
8. How was the epithelial inclusion cyst managed. This would be a specific risk of this technique.
How do they propose to manage this complication with permanent sutures within the cyst?
9. Comment: Denovo SUI is not really a surgical complication. Authors may wish to take this
out of the CD classification. A diagram of the surgical procedure (cable suspension) may help
readers to understand technique further.
10. To discuss the limitation of generalisability of results due to lack of power calculations and
recommendations of sample size based on results including future study design. Also  limitations
in the sexually active women with permanent sutures for repair.