JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of past use of oral contraceptive on bone mineral density, bone
biochemical markers and muscle strength in healthy pre and post menopausal
women
Version: 1Date:17 October 2008
Reviewer: Marco Gambacciani
Reviewer's report:
Major comments
The AA should discuss the differential effect of OC administration on bone
density and metabolism in estrogen deficient wone and in normal menstruating
women.
Minor comment
The paper needs a language improvement
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of o past use of oral contraceptives on bone mineral density,
biochemical markers and muscle strength in healthy pre- and post-menopausal
women: a cross-sectional study
Version: 3Date:28 January 2009
Reviewer: Adolfo Diez-Perez
Reviewer's report:
The revised version of the manuscript "The effect of past users of oral
contraceptives on bone mineral density, biochemical markers and muscle
strength in healthy pre- and post-menopausal women: a cross-sectional study" is
now suitable for publication since the problems and caveats have been
sufficiently addressed and the revisions made.
I only see now a typing error in the title where instead of "The effect of o past
use..." should read "The effect of past use..."
Reviewer's report
Title:The effect of o past use of oral contraceptives on bone mineral density,
biochemical markers and muscle strength in healthy pre- and post-menopausal
women: a cross-sectional study
Version: 3Date:10 February 2009
Reviewer: Marco Gambacciani
Reviewer's report:
paper now is suitable for publication
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.
Reviewer's report
Title:Suboptimal management of severe menopausal symptoms by Nigerian
Gynaecologists: a call for mandatory continuing medical education for
physicians.
Version: 2Date:29 March 2009
Reviewer: Sonia Cerdas
Reviewer's report:
- Discretionary Revisions:
Some information may be of interest to evaluate the information gave by Dr.
Peter O Nkwo in this paper:
1- Social and economical origen of the treated population regarding rate of
demands of treatment.
2- Which is the medical impression about the efficacy of their treatments?
3- Is there differences of the use of HRT in areas where this alternative is
available?
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Reviewer's report
Title:Suboptimal management of severe menopausal symptoms by Nigerian
Gynaecologists: a call for mandatory continuing medical education for
physicians.
Version: 2Date:1 May 2009
Reviewer: Ivan Fistonic
Reviewer's report:
It is unknown what psichotherapy stands for and methodology used in solving the
problem of symptomatologic woman. Methods should have been described in
brief.
However, this paper has an interesting subject and provides a data from a
seldom researched part of the world. Nevertheless, it has several serious
methodological problems, which require a complete redoing of the paper. Author
states that "The more recently qualified gynecologists were more likely to offer
HRT.... for its non-use." and in the next sentence "and the difference is not
statistically significant". It is unclear how the two (or more?) groups of
gynecologists were selected and what the sub sample sizes were. Also, if
claiming that there is a difference, it would be better to state that the significance
level was set to 0.1. Alternatively, there is the need to report that "no differences
were observed" and not that „there is a difference“.
It is wrong to state that the fractures and urogenital symptoms were
rare. It is only known that these are symptoms few doctors reported. It might be
that the doctors are not asking the patients about these
symptoms, but there is no evidence either way.
It is unclear what is meant by "most severe symptoms"? Is it the main symptom
that the patients complain of or the symptom the doctor
considers severe?
If it is doctors' perception of symptoms' severity it should be used to compare the
Nigerian doctors' perception to some other source based on evidence.
It is unclear how the author arrives at the conclusion that the
postmenopausal symptoms are prevalent among patients, but seldom seen by
the doctors. The author should either interview patients (at least in his own
practice, if not nation-wide) or interview doctors about methods of taking history
from patients.
In the Discussion the author uses some data that does not appear in the Results
(9.5% of doctors do not use HRT for fear of side-effects).
The author should discuss in more detail:
-low total number of postmenopausal patients seen by gynecologists in Nigeria
-what determines the prescribing of HRT among doctors
-some supporting evidence of Nigerian women having the symptoms and
presenting for treatment
Minor comments
Discussing the life expectancy, Nigerian data are missed as well as mean age of
the menopause.
It is uncommon to refer on abstract. Reference no. 15 should be replaced with
full text article with good amount of evidence.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare, as reviewer, that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Age at Menarche and the Menstrual pattern of secondary school
adolescents in North Western Ethiopia
Version: 2Date:16 June 2009
Reviewer: Lai Kah Lee
Reviewer's report:
Study data did not show any new findings. Minor discretionary revisions needed
example spacing between paragraphs, irregular font size, minor spelling
mistakes. No definition is given for urban residence and rural residence. In
Discussion, low socioeconomic status was linked was linked to late onset of
menarche. However, there was no mention of socioeconomic data in the Result.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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.
Reviewer's report
Title:Age at Menarche and the Menstrual pattern of secondary school
adolescents in North Western Ethiopia
Version: 2Date:16 June 2009
Reviewer: Murat çakir
Reviewer's report:
Although there are some grammatical mistakes, the manuscript is well written
and well designed, but the study subject is not original and many reports about
Menarche and the Menstrual pattern of adolescents have been reported
previously in different regions of the world. The manuscript does not add any
additional new information to the literature. Anyway, the result of North Western
Ethiopia may be remarkable.
Reviewer's report
Title:Age at Menarche and the Menstrual pattern of secondary school
adolescents in northwest Ethiopia
Version: 3Date:19 August 2009
Reviewer: Dan Apter
Reviewer's report:
Several important improvements have been made.
Only some minor corrections remain:
In the abstract, average age at menarche by recall 15.3 should be corrected to
15.8 as in Results.
Spelling in abstract two sentences later, delete "while".
The authors might include a comment in the Discussion, that as age and age at
menarche were asked as age in whole years, the data about age and age at
menarche are not very precise.
The statement in Abstract, Conclusions:
“A significant number of students have been found to be suffering from abnormal
menstrual cycle, dysmenorrhoea and premenstrual symptoms which call for
appropriate public health intervention.”
seems to me somewhat overestimating the problems, and the possibilities to do
something about it: Could be modified. Particularly, the students were not
necessarily suffering from abnormal cycles, and health interventions hardly
needed for this. Please consider suggesting appropriate counseling instead of
appropriate public health intervention, or something like this. (of course
counseling can be one form of health intervention, but it sounds less dramatic
and avoids the misinterpretation that 70% of the girls would need medical
treatment).
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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'
Reviewer's report
Title:Complications associated with transobturator sling procedures: analysis of
233 consecutive cases with a 27 months follow-up
Version: 1Date:1 July 2009
Reviewer: Mark Vierhout
Reviewer's report:
The article provides data in a large series about complications of TOT
procedures.
The strong points of the article are:
* A large consecutive series of TOT's with exceptionally high %tage of f-up.
* Relatively long follow-up
* well written and reported.
* Data on erosions presented as Kaplan -Meyer curves.
The weak points are:
* Only telephone interview; no physical exams and no validated quetionnaires
available . We know that erosions for instance can be only minimal symptomatic.
In addition no information on the palpation of the tape and whether it is painful or
palpable are provided.
*. Mix of solitary TOT's and combined procedures which make interpretation of
some complications difficult if not impossible. For instance TOT with vaginal
hysterectomy: who to blame for the dyspareunia?
* No data on continence rates are provided. Normally complications are
"balanced" against succes for the primary complaint. A very high succes rate
make a higher complication rate more acceptable.
In conclusion, with recognition for the hard work of the authors of tracing and
contacting all the women, I am sorry to say that I find the article relatively weak
with substantial major missings and therefore not suitable to be published in
BMC/WH
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
My department has received a unrestricted educational grant from
Ethicon/Johnson & Johnson, Gynecare Holland (manufactors of the TVT-O) in
2005 to study the Prolift system.
Reviewer's report
Title:Complications associated with transobturator sling procedures: analysis of
233 consecutive cases with a 27 months follow-up
Version: 1Date:31 July 2009
Reviewer: Roger Dmochowski
Reviewer's report:
The authors present a retrospective review of complications associated with
three types of sling “kits” used for obturator insertions.
The complications are not surprising and are consistent with previously reported
experience, especially that associated with the Obtape variety.
The authors describe dyspareunia as being seen in 9%. Please state when, in
general this complication was noted by the patients and any effect that this may
have had on satisfaction. Do the authors have any sexual function questionnaire
which may help to assess the dyspareunia?
The term perineal pain is unusual. DO the authors really mean internal obturator
pain? Or do they mean vaginal pain. What course of action was taken to resolve
this pain and was the action successful in doing so?
Did the authors routinely do cystoscopy at the time of insertion?
The authors have a high rate of urgency. Were other urinary symptoms
consistent obstruction (strangury, hesitancy, incomplete emptying etc) associated
with the urgency? Was treatments were rendered to these women?
Did pain influence satisfaction as a unique factor?
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
none
Reviewer's report
Title:Complications associated with transobturator sling procedures: analysis of
233 consecutive cases with a 27 months follow-up
Version: 2Date:4 September 2009
Reviewer: Mark Vierhout
Reviewer's report:
I thank the authors for their comments on my first review. A structural physical
examination and the use of validated QOL questionnaires would have
strenghtened the paper significantly. It is however a large series with adequate
percentage of follow-up and is of interest to those working with similar devices
and patients.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
see first review
Reviewer's report
Title:Complications associated with transobturator sling procedures: analysis of
233 consecutive cases with a 27 months follow-up
Version: 2Date:21 September 2009
Reviewer: Roger Dmochowski
Reviewer's report:
none
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Reviewer's report
Title:Group treatments for sensitive health care problems: A randomised
controlled trial of group versus individual physiotherapy sessions for female
urinary incontinence. ISRCTN 16772662
Version: 2Date:10 July 2008
Reviewer: Dudley Robinson
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for asking me to review this paper. Overall the paper is well written,
worthy of publication and I feel would be much better suited to the IUGA journal,
BJOG or Neurourology and Urodynamics.
As we discusssed on the phone I do have a personal issue with on line journals
charging autjors to publish their work and particuarly when reviewers are un paid
and often under very short deadlines.
Noe the less I do think this is a good paper and would encourage the authors to
submit in a paper journal (for free).
I have several specific comments which I make below ( all are compulsory and
suggested)
Did the same physio undertake both group and individual sessions. If not this is a
source of bias
Reference 3 is a little poor - try EPINCONT, EPIC etc.
Reference 6 and 7 seem to be about bladder retraing rather than PFE's
This seems a rather old study - 2004 is a long time ago! Why has it taken so long
to publish?
Was there a age, ethnic and socail class assocaition wth those who chose one
treatment type over another?
How was psychological burden assessed? There is no mention of it in methods.
A major weakness is the length of study. How manty women continued to
perform PFEs and for how long? Equally was there any difference in outcome
other than QoL?
Why couldn't more detailed information regarding costs be gained face to face?
What were the DNA rates in terms of visit number and location. Did they differ
across sites?
Table 1: Statistical comparison of both groups at baseline should be included in
the table
Table 2: I found this confusing and difficult to understand. What do the p values
correspond to?
Table 3: Due to the age of the study I fear these values are no longer accurate!
Figure 1: Very good
Figure 2: Needs a legend
Overall I enjoyed reading this paper and thought the quality was very good. I
would encourage re submission elsewhere
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I have no competing intrests. Clearly this is different to the editorial board as they
are being paid to publish it and thus have a serious conflict of interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Group treatments for sensitive health care problems: A randomised
controlled trial of group versus individual physiotherapy sessions for female
urinary incontinence. ISRCTN 16772662
Version: 3Date:9 June 2009
Reviewer: Richard Berger
Reviewer's report:
It is somewhat unclear to me if the costs of non-treatment and costs of switching
to individual therapy were analyzed in the costs attributable to group therapy.
Reviewer's report
Title:Group versus individual sessions delivered by a physiotherapist for female
urinary incontinence: an interview study with women attending group sessions
nested within a randomised controlled trial
Version: 1Date:10 July 2008
Reviewer: Dudley Robinson
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for asking me to review this paper. Overall the paper is well written,
worthy of publication and I feel would be much better suited to the IUGA journal,
BJOG or Neurourology and Urodynamics.
As we discusssed on the phone I do have a personal issue with on line journals
charging autjors to publish their work and particuarly when reviewers are un paid
and often under very short deadlines.
Noe the less I do think this is a good paper and would encourage the authors to
submit in a paper journal (for free).
I have several specific comments which I make below ( all are compulsory and
suggested):
I like qualitative research and find this paper interesting
2003 was a long time ago
A flow chart would be useful to see patient flow
Was the diference in recriutment between centres based on social class,
ethnicity, geography or other reasons?
Questions 3-4 months later were too long and there will be considerable recall
bias. This is a major limitation
Who performed the interviews. If it was the physio there would be considerable
bias as they would want to please her with favourable reports and comments.
Second paragraph in results is repetitive and should be deleted
I like the quotes - a strong point of the study
There is a bit of bias in the quotes with very few being negative
Bias again is introduced as those women who refused to join are excluded from
the analysis - hence the results will be skewwed to favour group therapy
Table 3: Virtually all these women were caucasian so we can conclude little
about ethnic diversity and their ideas regarding group therapy.
Otherwise I thought the paper was well written and intresting. I sure it would be
considered for publication elsewhere
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
None
Reviewer's report
Title:Reproductive health history, knowledge, and needs: A community survey
of low-income women in Beijing, China
Version: 1Date:11 May 2009
Reviewer: Kaijuan Wang
Reviewer's report:
Comments to the Author
This study investigated the reproductive health status#knowledge and needs of
low-income urban women in China based on a cross-sectional study#it is very
useful for improving health services interventions.
1. Authors should give a more detailed data in Tab 4, 5. it is only proportions in it,
please show the positive cases or total number.
2. ‘Age’ is an important factor, if authors state the status,compare the difference
of reproductive health, knowledge and needs in age group, it may reveal more
information.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Reproductive health history, knowledge, and needs: A community survey
of low-income women in Beijing, China
Version: 1Date:19 May 2009
Reviewer: zhuochun wu
Reviewer's report:
- Major Compulsory Revisions
The topic on health services of China low income population is interesting ,
especially on women in child bearing period ( aged 15-49 ) . I have following
major comments .
1. In this article , the study subjects covered not only the women aged15-49, but
also aged 50 and above . But the author compared some of the study results (
such as antenatal care use and place of delivery ) with that of other studies in
which the study subject only included reproductive age women (aged 15-49). For
example , the subjects of the third national household health survey and national
family planning and reproductive health survey conducted in 2001 were the
women aged 15-49 ( these two articles were referred by the author in Reference
no 9 and 12 ). When authors make comparison with other studies mentioned
above , I strongly suggest that author only use the subjects aged 15-49. Actually
, to study women aged 50 and above , particularly older women , say 70, or 80 is
not so helpful for obtaining information to improve current women reproductive
health and health care, because the relevant reproductive events might happen
decades ago .
2. The author mentioned that “ All statistical tests were two-sides and p<0.05
indicated significant differences, but did not specify which statistical method was
used to do the test ( Chi-square test or some others ?)
3. In the last paragraph of page 11, I doubt that the number in the sentence “
However , it was still higher than what has been reported in the rural areas of
China (40.9%) “ , it should be 85.6% . This number (85.6%) can be found in
Reference no 9 . I wan wondering why author did not use this indicator both for
urban and rural areas from the same reference.
- Minor Essential Revisions
The title of the article seems not fully reflecting the content of the paper . if only
looking at the title , readers might not consider that many contents of this article
are concerning reproductive health care and family planning services .
- Discretionary Revisions
1. All eligible participants including men and women were randomly selected .
1025 men and 1870 women completed the questionnaire . In this study , only
subjects of women were used for analysis . I would like to know if these 1870
women are good representative of all eligible low income women in the study
area ?
2. It is better to specify why the proportion of sample is 20% in the text.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Reproductive health history, knowledge, and needs: A community survey
of low-income women in Beijing, China
Version: 1Date:5 June 2009
Reviewer: Jianghong Li
Reviewer's report:
Discretionary Revisions
There is a lack of data on and hence comparison with the middle income and
high income urban women in the same district. This is a limitation of the study.
The authors should explain why such data were not collected.
Minor Essential Revisions
1) Methods: page 6, paragraph 2, the authors should make it cleat that 330 Yuan
or $42 U.S is monthly income.
2) Methods: page 6, paragraph 6, it is not clear to me why the authors stated that
the “data analyses for this report study were exempted from full review by Duke
University Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board”, instead of saying that the
study including the data collection was approved by the human research ethics
committee.
3) Page 7, the bottom paragraph, sentence 2 under Questionnaire: the phrase
"China's conservative culture" seems judgemental and even in the some Western
countries unmarried women are not necessarily open about pregnancy, abortion,
delivery and contraception. These are very personal and private issues.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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.