Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: The acceptability of using IUDs among Egyptian nulliparous women . A cross –sectional  
study  
 
Version: 1 Date: 20 Jan 2020  
 
Reviewer: Radwa Rasheedy  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
Line 52 to 55 in page 4 == very old reference for IUD users in Egypt====DHS 2014 is available 
instead of 2005  
The rationale and the pre specified hypothesis should be inserted at the end of the introduction.  
 
 Methods:  
The inclusion and exclusion ccc better be rephrased in a paragraph form  
You should not write the criteria in the inclusion and its opposite in exc lusion (only to be written 
once in either inclusion or exclusion)  
 
if you mean Cu IUD only in your questionnaire it should be specified in methodology/ inclusion 
ccc 
 
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Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
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Unable to assess  
 
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Yes 
 
 
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