Reviewer's report
Title:Clients preference for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of
Nigeria.
Version: 1Date:3 September 2008
Reviewer: OLIVER EZECHI
Reviewer's report:
Minor Essential Revisions
Title
1. Replace “preference’ in the title with reason
Abstract
1. Replace 6th word(antenatal)in Line 1 under conclusion with Pregnant
Introduction
1. Provide reference for the 5th sentence, paragraph 2 or delete
2. Replace” prefering” (1st word) in line 13, paragraph 3 with “requesting”
3. Deleted from the begining of the fourth paragraph “ Nigeria............ up to “
services compared to others” Not necessary/not relevant. The new paragraph
starts with “There are also” and delete “ In addition”
4. Replace prefer(5th word) in line 13 4th paragraph “request”
5. Replace “At”(12th word) in line 13 4th paragraph with “In”
Methodology
1. Study population
a. Replace first sentence with “ The study assessed the reason(s) for requesting
ultrasound scan among pregnant women in Ibadan”.
2. Setting
a. Replace two centres with three centres as in the study population section.
Which one is correct two or three?
b. The second sentence starting from “The university............... should end at
........... as referal centre” deleted the rest of the sentence. ??Referal center for
other teaching hospital within Nigeria is debatable – in which speciality?
Obstetrics??????.
3. Data Collection
a. Replace the 7th word (baseline)in 2nd paragraph , 1st line with
“sociodemographic”
b. Delete the sentence from “ what they would prefer” ......... to the end and
replace with “Reasons(s) for requesting USS”
4. Statistical analysis
a. Replace 4th line from “ on the two prefered ..... till end of the sentence and
replace with reason for USS request.
Results
1. Please be consistent. Use only percentages instead of mix of percentage and
fraction.
2. Complete the sentence that ended with “significant”(2nd paragraph, line 9)
with “significantly associated with fetal viablity as reason for sacn request”
3. Replace “ Is significant” ( last paragraph, line 10) with “ retain their association”
4. Line 13 the OR range is too wide , thus the association is too weak to arrive at
your comclusion. Contact a statisitican to confirm your interpretation.
Discusion
1. Replace “antenatal women” (7th word) with “Pregnant women”in 1st
paragraph, line 5
2. Delete or reconstruct “ Although ............................................................. their
community (1st paragraph line 9 to 12) makes no sense.
3. Deleted “were”(6th word) in paragraph 3, line 3
4. Reconstruct the entire line 7-13, paragraph 3. Presently not clear . Also
provide reference for it
5. Replace “Prefered”(1st word) in paragraph 4 line 7 with “requested to know it”
6. Replace “larger” (13th word) in paragraph 5 line 9 with “large”
7. Deleted from “ Further ....... till end of the paragraph (paragraph 5, line 11
8. Replace “antenatal women” (8th word) in last paragraph , line 1 with Pregannt
women.
Reference
1. For all references – list atleat six authors if more than 6 . if not list all.
2. Ref 21 provide author( could be individual or institution)
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