JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Prevalence of falls among adult mothers in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Version: 2 Date: 12 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Tarek Tawfik Amin
Reviewer's report:
BMC Women’s Health
Title: Prevalence of falls among adult mothers in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study".
Comments to the authors
Abstract:
- Data collection for different morbidities was also inquired??
- (22.7%; n = 224). What do you mean by this figure?
- How much the risk among those suffering from asthma or hyprercholesterimia
- How did assess the cholesterol level?
Introduction:
- Annually instead of annul falls.
- “Owing to the considerable increase in the age-group population, it is imperative to
investigate the prevalence of falls among mothers to create effective and efficient prevention
and intervention programs. This is not a rationale?????
- Objective of the study: You can’t determine prevalence from a convince sample, your aim
would be instead to explore the annual frequency of falls among a sample of Saudi Arabian
mothers (18-49 years), the subsequent injuries and the possible contributing factors.
- What do mean by open cross-sectional study?
- Questionnaire: parts instead of blocks, Replace all prevalence with incidents of falls
- Repetitions and redundancies for example “Data regarding personal sociodemographic,
presence of comorbidities and questions related to falls were reported using self-reported
measures.
- How did you inquire about comorbidities *what format was use to ask???
- Nothing called effectiveness of the questionnaire, validation could be used instead.
- What about the reliability measures of your data collection form (15 is pretty small number
to assess reliability of your form)?
- Repetitions and redundancies: These questions aimed to estimate the prevalence of women
who reported falls over the past 12 months, evaluate the rate of falls for each participant who
experienced a fall, and assess the resulting injuries from those falls15.
- What do you mean by count and frequency?
- Comments about handling data in performing logistic regression models were not addressed
properly.
- How many missed items and how many non-responses out of your sample included?
- What did you mean by case-wise deletion?
Results section:
Asthma and high cholesterol level as predictors to falls: Theses query borderline significance
are questionable?
- Table 1: for age groups and educational status: Collapse your categories into wider intervals
and conduct bivariate analysis (reporting Odds ratio and 95% C.I).
- Fallers are overweight and the difference is significant
- What do mean by full time, part time and homemakers (you mean housewives).
- Table 2 is very questionable and not displayed properly? Odds ratios and 95% should be
reported.
- Table 3 has the same problem with improper display and use of statistical analysis and
reporting.
Title: Prevalence of falls among adult mothers in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Version: 4 Date: 12 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Tarek Tawfik Amin
Reviewer's report:
BMC Women’ Health
Title: Prevalence of falls among mothers in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
Comments to the authors
- Problems inherent (built in) in this study includes the sampling, the data collection tools and
methods and the subjectivity which may comprise both the internal but more the external validity
of this study.
Abstract
- In the conclusion section “14.1% of mothers in Saudi Arabia had experienced one or more
falls in the past 12 months” this is not correct as your sample did not represent Saudi Arabia,
it is merely a convenience sample.
Introduction
- “Numerous biological, social, environmental, and behavioural factors that may contribute to
falls” please revise this sentence (remove that).
- women at a higher risk of falling (60.2%) than men (42%): would be this sum to 100%????
Or there may be other fraction missed.
- “……in these populations1” ?????   please clarify???
- Owing to the considerable increase in the age-group population, it is imperative to investigate
the prevalence of falls among mothers to create effective and efficient prevention and
intervention programs: in this age groups, why it is imperative to investigate the prevalence of
falls????
- , less attention has been paid to falls experienced by mothers in the general population,
especially those who have delivered a baby. What do you mean by having a baby? Please be
specific.
Materials and methods:
- Following the pilot testing, have you assess the reliability and validity (construct) of your data
collection tool? If yes, how?
- For inquiring the co-morbidities, was as yes or no? and how the responses were validated?
Results:
For tables comparing fallers and no-fallers use the Odds ratios and 95% Confidence intervals
instead of merely Chi-square test.
For all tables please mention the tests of significance for the concluded P value???
For all tables, state the title in full.
Title: Prevalence of falls among adult mothers in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Version: 5 Date: 28 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Tarek Tawfik Amin
Reviewer's report:
BMC Women’s Health
Title: Prevalence of falls among mothers in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
Comments to the authors
- X (formerly twitter) should be added.
- Chi-square tests (what types of tests used)??
- it was found that only asthma (p = 0.047) and high cholesterol levels (p = 0.044) had a
significant effect on the history of falls among participants replace with “the presence of
bronchial asthma and high blood cholesterol were found marginally correlated with the history
of fall among the included Saudi Women (P = 0.047 and 0.044 respectively)
- A title called limitations of the study should be added.
Title: Healthcare provider experiences interacting with survivors of intimate partner violence:
A qualitative study to inform survivor-centered approaches
Version: 1 Date: 17 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
The importance of this topic is well established, specifically noting the prevalence rate of GBV
in the study setting of Uganda.  The study is qualitative in nature, and so the methodology is
consistent with that approach. Also, the inclusion of healthcare providers in strategies to reduce
IPV, is a relevant research topic, especially in areas where knowledge of or access to IPV
resources may be limited.  However, some sections of the manuscript could be strengthened to
explain methodological choices and enhance the clarity of the study’s aim.
• Within the introduction, the literature review needs to be strengthened to articulate the role of
healthcare providers in IPV disclosure or interventions. It is not clear to this reviewer whether
there is evidence that survivors are more likely to disclose to medical providers, and whether that
is unique to healthcare providers or any other type of professional.  If there isn’t any research
on this, state that and why this population was selected for interviewing.
• If centering survivor experiences is the goal, why were survivors themselves not considered?
I am assuming this is due to feasibility or for a future end goal with providers. Just make that
known earlier in the article.
• The inclusion of a theoretical framework would have provided needed structure  in describing
the research process and overall findings.
• The study purpose statement/objective needs to be more concise, focusing on the experiences/
perspectives of the healthcare providers in their interactions with IPV survivors. This is their
perception of survivor interactions.
Methods
• Clarify that Kisenyi refers to the urban area clinic mentioned in the previous sentence.
• Describe any inclusion or exclusion criteria for clinicians that participated
• Missing details on recruitment methods. Was there a recruitment flyer shared via email, or
only in person, and how did interested parties engage with the research team?
Data analysis:
• Manuscript is lacking discussion of methods used to enhance the rigor of the research findings,
and whether any type of triangulation was used?
Findings:
• There are simply too many themes within the article that distract the reader from the main
findings or conclusions. More attention should be focused on discussing how the three major
themes are represented by participants' quotes.
The conclusion section is well-written and lays the foundation for future research.
Title: Healthcare provider experiences interacting with survivors of intimate partner violence:
A qualitative study to inform survivor-centered approaches
Version: 3 Date: 30 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate the authors for taking the time to address my concerns. These revisions have
strengthened your paper.
I suggest all sub-themes be italicized to differentiate them from the 3 major themes:  perceived
survivor needs,  survivor fears/concerns, and normalizing violence.
Also on page 8, line 300: Replace form with from.
Thank you for an excellent study and informative paper.
Title: Diagnostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jul 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 to the updated literature especially to the
influence of endometriosis on quality of life as well how these pts usually  have a low ovarian
reserve and need to recure to IVF procedure to get pregnant sometimes preserving their fertility
by vitrification oocyte.
I suggest you to read and ci te these articles:
Open vs. closed vitrification system: Which one is safer?
Association of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and CA 125 with the endometriosis score
Impact of lifestyle and diet on endometriosis: a fresh look to a busy corner
Psychological variables in medically assisted reproduction: a systematic review
Title: Diagnostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 29 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Phuc Nhon Nguyen
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
Congratulation for a greatly interesring work.
I would like to thank to authors for their attempt to add the new insights into the literature.
Endometriosis is a major concern in gynecological subjects. However, some issues needed to
be addressed before publication.
-In this study, a lot of study related to Asian population, this must be a bias.
-The study could not exclude the population which had factors related to the change of NLR
such as infection or diseases in associated with hematology.
-The grade and degree of migration of endometriosis may change the NLR.
-Before and after treatment of endometriosis affect significantly the NLR.
-How the authors determine the patients were only diagnosed with endometriosis. One patient
may have other coexisting lesions.
-The variation of NLR according to the menstrual period should be expanded in the discussion.
After all the concern issues addressed in the paper, I believe that the paper is significantly
scientific, deserves to be published, and contribute greatly to the literature.
Your sincerely,
P.N.N.  MD, MSc
Title: Diagnostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
Version: 3 Date: 22 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Phuc Nhon Nguyen
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
Thank you again for addressing all my concerns as well as your prompt improvement following
other reviewers.
The interesting paper  of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis  is  clearly valuable
now.
Congratulation for your work.
Best regards,
Phuc Nhon Nguyen MD
Tu Du Clinical Research Unit (TD-CRU)
Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Title: Diagnostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
Version: 3 Date: 23 Sep 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 refer in the paper to the updated literature  on endometriosis and how
usually these pts need to preserve their fertility, as in oncological pts, by vitrification and perform
IVF procedure in their infertility pathway due ovarian reserve reduction.Its also important to
refer to the psycological implication and quality of life of these pts.
I suggest you to read and cite these articles:
Open vs. closed vitrification system: which one is safer?
Fertility preservation in female cancer sufferers: (only) a moral obligation?
Impact of lifestyle and diet on endometriosis: a fresh look to a busy corner
Psychological variables in medically assisted reproduction: a systematic review
Quality of life in women with endometriosis: A narrative overview
Title: Diagnostic significance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in endometriosis: A systematic
review and meta-analysis
Version: 4 Date: 06 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Phuc Nhon Nguyen
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
After reading carefully, I found that the paper is more  valuable and  interesting for publication
now.
The authors have responded to all my scientific concerns.
Thank you for your second revision.
Congratulation!
Your sincerely,
Phuc Nhon Nguyen MD, MSc
Department of High-risk Pregnancy
Tu Du Clinical Research Unit (TD-CRU)
Tu Du Hospital , Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Title: Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Version: 2 Date: 21 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Henry Dilonga Meriki
Reviewer's report:
Summary
Factors associated to traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
The manuscript discusses a significant and compelling study concerning a prevalent issue that
profoundly affects women's self-esteem especially in low-income countries where such studies
are scarce. To improve the manuscript's clarity, the following suggestions are recommended.
Minor suggestions:
The title should replace "to" with "with."
Background:
• Line 58: Delete "for them."
• Line 73-74: Rephrase the sentence about the aim of the study.
Methods:
• Line 78-79: Define "classic" and "high-class" salons.
• Line 87: The standard error is 0.05, not 0.007 when using a 95% CI.
• Line 89: Add "in" to the sentence.
• Line 108: Replace "act" with "exercise."
Results:
• Line 173: Add "enrollment" to the title of Figure 1.
• Table 1: Report p-value=0.000 as "<0.001" and modify it across the manuscript.
• Clarify the criteria for categorization of "native region" in the table.
• Line 192: Rephrase "hairdressing as a job" to "hairdressing training."
• Line 264-265: Omitted "study by."
• Line 273: Replace "participate" with "contribute."
• Lines 279-280: Rephrase "Afro-descending women...to women of Afro-descent."
• Line 290-292: I suggest the sentence below should be rephrased with the TA group
Discussion:
• Line 290-297: This study contradict that of Dadzie and Salam? And so contradicts your
recommendation of using professional hair services for hair grooming to help prevent TA. I
suggest authors rephrase the sentence
•
• Line 304-305: Complete the sentence.
Title: Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Version: 2 Date: 12 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Rene Ning Teh
Reviewer's report:
I recommend rejection. The manuscript is poorly written. The background of the study is not
clear, the  study designed is flawed.  Also, the  sample population is not  a  representative of the
town’s population and therefore, the results cannot be replicated.
Title: Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Version: 3 Date: 31 May 2023
Reviewer:  Henry Dilonga Meriki
Reviewer's report:
The authors have improved on the manuscripts, although there was a misunderstanding
regarding my comment in the previous review mentioned below.
In my comment, I intended for only the p-value of 0.000 to be reported as "<0.001" and modified
throughout the manuscript. However, it seems the authors interpreted it to apply to all p-values.
To clarify, I meant that only the specific p-value of 0.000 should be modified, while the rest
should be reported exactly as they are. For instance, p=0.006 should be reported as "p=0.006,"
not as "<0.006."
Title: Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal
discharge attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in south-western Uganda: A cross-
sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 03 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Marc Sam Opollo
Reviewer's report:
This paper is technically sound and the data supports what has been reported. the statistical
analysis was appropriate and the results were well discussed. The manuscript however has some
minor  sentence construction issues which may lower the readability. This is well covered in the
tracked changes. The  title of the manuscript is very long.  what is obvious is you could remove
Across-sectional study, which does not add value to the title. Then still shorten the remaining
part.
Title: Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal
discharge attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in south-western Uganda: A cross-
sectional study
Version: 4 Date: 14 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Charles Okot Odongo
Reviewer's report:
14-09-2023
Dear Editor,
I have reviewed the author responses to issues that I raised concerning their manuscript titled
Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal discharge
attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in western Uganda. I would like to respond
to their revisions as follows:
I find most of their responses to the issues raised, and the changes made thereof, sufficient and
acceptable.
I however do not agree with the response regarding testing the microorganisms Strep. agalacteae
and Klebsiella pneumoniae against the drugs ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin, respectively. I find
this to be a technical flaw in the study, done in error, probably occasioned by the lack of a clinical
microbiologist on the study team. Indeed, the authors justify their actions by citing two previous
studies in which similar testing was done. Believing that two wrongs do not make a right, I
suggest that the authors omit this particular data from their results (texts, tables etc) because at the
minimum, it is unhelpful and at worst, it is misleading to the readers (with a real risk of promoting
false treatments of gynecological infections caused by those organisms). Performance standards
on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (and reporting) are periodically issued and revised by
authoritative bodies such as the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST). All microbiologists
appreciate the value of such guidance offered by technical documents whose development
accounts for pathological, pharmacological, epidemiologic and other factors unique to different
organisms.
Under their response to issues raised in the discussion section, the authors have identified two
recent studies that show similar sensitivity profiles against ciprofloxacin in western Uganda,
i.e., Johnson B. et. al., (2021) and Lubega et. al., (2017). They have however, not included these
studies in their discussion, yet this would be helpful in strengthening the generalizability of their
findings, particularly on the high sensitivity to ciprofloxacin that they report.  I suggest they
do so.
It would also be helpful to the reader if authors acknowledged that fungal infections (e.g.,
candida) and parasitic infections (e.g., Trichomonas, Gardnerella etc.,) whose isolation and
investigation were beyond the study methods may have possibly contributed to the high
proportion of clinically symptomatic participants from whom no bacterial pathogens were
isolated. I find this to be critical given that less than half of women with discharges actually
had identifiable organisms.
Sincerely,
Title: Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal
discharge attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in south-western Uganda: A cross-
sectional study
Version: 4 Date: 18 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Marc Sam Opollo
Reviewer's report:
Am grateful the authors have addressed most of the previous comments/suggested tracked
changes.
However, there are some minor suggestions which were not addressed, am not sure whether it
was just not seen. Line 27 under methodology, I suggested including the sample size (361), but
was not  done, maybe there is a reason but I think it will be very informative for someone who
may read only the abstract.
On line 40 and 41, I suggested maintaining one decimal point for consistency such that the
figures    86% and 67% become 86.0% and 67.0% respectively.
Title: Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal
discharge attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in south-western Uganda: A cross-
sectional study
Version: 8 Date: 13 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Charles Okot Odongo
Reviewer's report:
Dear Editor,
Dear Authors,
I have received and reviewed the revised manuscript. I am satisfied with all the changes made
and recommend the manuscript for publication.  I have no further comments.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this work.
Sincerely,
Title: Bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among women with abnormal vaginal
discharge attending the gynecology clinic at a tertiary hospital in south-western Uganda: A cross-
sectional study
Version: 8 Date: 23 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Marc Sam Opollo
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate the efforts of the authors in addressing the concerns I had raised. By now, i believe
they have addressed all the concerns I had raised. Thank you.
Dr. Marc Sam Opollo
Title: Prognostic Impact of PTK6 Expression in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Version: 1 Date: 09 May 2023
Reviewer's report:
In the abstract: The type of study is not mentioned and Keywords should be based on mesh
Methods: The type of study is not mentioned
The description of the method is not complete
What variables were examined? Is only the death rate examined?
In 2013, 200 patients were selected and their mortality rate was checked in 2017.
The criteria for entering and exiting the study are not clear.
It is an interesting study.