JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Effectiveness of Mobile Technology and Utilization of Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review
Version: 0 Date: 12 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Esmaeil Mehraeen
Reviewer's report:
I may require some comments on the following issues.
Title:
It is suggested to rewrite the title according to the research results.
Abstract:
Abbreviations should be written in long form in the abstract.
Check keywords with mesh to make sure they are standard.
Introduction:
In the second or third paragraph of this section, mention the importance of mobile health in the
management of chronic diseases. For this purpose, use the following related articles.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29726430/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29726434/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211883720300642
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33227362/
Methods:
why did you search only three databases? You should search other popular databases such as
Web of Science and Cochrane.
Considering that this is a systematic review article, the following structure should be observed
for the method part:
1. Study Design and Search Strategy
2. Data sources
3. Study selection
4. Data extraction
5. Quality and risk of bias assessment
Results:
It is suggested to add more information such as the name of the application and its main users
in the table.
Discussion:
Use the references mentioned above in this section as well.
Please include a limitations section within the discussion section (preferably the last paragraph).
References: I think the authors should add the latest references in this manuscript. So, you should
mention the following high-quality related papers in the introduction or discussion sections:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29726430/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29726434/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211883720300642
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33227362/
Title: Effectiveness of Mobile Technology and Utilization of Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review
Version: 0 Date: 13 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
Overall comments:
1. The English need to be proofread by a fluent English speaker as they are typo, grammatical
errors, and illogical and unclear sentences.
2. The title does not specifically reflect the manuscript content. "Effectiveness" can be included
in the title.
3. Please provide the full phrase as it is the first time used in the manuscript.
4. Please explain further how the narrative synthesis strategy including gathering, combining,
and summarizing was conducted.  The criteria for the critical evaluation approach and how the
evaluation was conducted also need to be explained further.
5. There are some studies (e.g. 7, 21, 34, 35) were included in the review. However, the study's
findings/work were not described in the Results section. Please include the study's findings/work
in this manuscript. If the study is not relevant, please exclude it.
6. The authors claim that the study differed from the existing studies by including experimental
and cross-sectional studies in the review. However,  lack of explanation on how the study design
(e.g. experimental and cross-sectional studies) influences the review findings, and how findings
from the study design differed from other non-experimental designs. These findings should be
included in the manuscript.
7. Please refer to my comments in the manuscript for details.
Title: Learning from Women Veterans Who Navigate Invisible Injuries, Caregiving, and
Reintegration Challenges
Version: 1 Date: 31 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Shawn Dunlap
Reviewer's report:
Page 4 bottom paragraph: The authors have a one sentence reference to TBI rates in women
veterans but do not mention it again in the paper. This citation might be removed or combined
with another sentence since it doesn’t appear as though you revisit the topic anywhere else in
the paper.
Middle of page 5, end of paragraph: The authors reference other studies focused on transitions
of women veterans like this one but do not mention what those studies found and how this work
might build on those findings. Consider expanding (1-2 sentences) this part of the introduction
since it is a major basis of what makes your work novel.
Middle of page 6: The authors should clarify in the first sentence of the Methods section that
there were multiple interviews conducted with each veteran, highlighting the longitudinal nature
of the study described both at the end of the introduction and in the Data Collection subheading.
Data Collection: Were the participants paid for subsequent interviews and if so how much? The
authors only describe the payment for the initial interview.
Top of Page 8: Change the word “identify” to “identity.”
Discussion: The authors should pull more on the specific veteran’s experiences in their
discussion, referencing them by name so the reader can connect the discussion to the results and
the figures. The first paragraph of the discussion is a good example this. Given the length of the
primary data section, it may be hard for readers less versed in the subject matter to remember
multiple specific issues highlighted by the individual veterans when they are discussed in this
detached way.
Discussion: The discussion focuses on the methodology and the quality and depth of the
information it can generate, but this is not mentioned in the conclusion. If the paper is mostly
concerned with the methods and results they can generate then it and its implications for VA
healthcare and research should be a bigger closing point.
Conclusion: The conclusion mentions that the results presented in the paper can help with patient
engagement, but this is not mentioned anywhere else in the paper. The authors should consider
expanding on this topic in the discussion if it is a major implication of their work.
Title: Learning from Women Veterans Who Navigate Invisible Injuries, Caregiving, and
Reintegration Challenges
Version: 1 Date: 13 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
1. In the first few pages (p. 5-6 especially), you have multiple sentences that begin with "we"
- please edit for less duplication and a more varied narrative. This continues in your Methods
section and Data Collection sections. This will allow for a smoother "read" of this important
content.
2. Methods: in this introduction, you do not describe steps sequentially - you cannot do any of
these activities without first obtaining IRB approval.  Next you would recruit, finally interview.
3. Data collection: once again, you aren't describing activities in sequential order. You obtain
informed consent before collecting any data so move the first sentence.
4. Discussion:  Check the first sentence - not grammatically correct.
5. This statement: "We highlighted only three veteran cases, drawn from a subsample of 16
women, which limit claims that can be made about the generalizability of our findings" needs
to be removed. Generalizability is not a goal of qualitative research; therefore, it should not be
listed as if it is a limitation. - see item #6
6. There is no discussion of steps taken to ensure trustworthiness  (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).  This
is a significant gap in an otherwise excellent manuscript.
Title: Determinants of neural tube defects among women who gave birth in hospitals in Eastern
Ethiopia: Evidence from a Matched Case Control Study
Version: 1 Date: 19 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting and well-written manuscript on an important topic in obstetrics practice.
Health-care systems encourage folic acid replacement and screening protocols are performed all
over the globe to prevent and detect NTDs. The authors have performed a frequency matched
study to determine the risk factors behind NTDs. In my opinion the present study may be
reconsidered for publication after performing some minor revisions:
1) The pathopgysiology of NTDs should be discussed in more detail. What are the novel
insights? Current literature should be presented in a more organized manner.
2) What systemic changes should be performed to decrease NTDs in the region. Please expand
the literature.
Title: Determinants of neural tube defects among women who gave birth in hospitals in Eastern
Ethiopia: Evidence from a Matched Case Control Study
Version: 1 Date: 27 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
Manuscript title : Determinants of neural tube defects among women who gave birth in hospitals
in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence from a Matched Case Control Study
Authors  : Anteneh Berhane 1 & 2 , and Professor Tefera Belachew2
General  Comments
In this case-control study, the authors aimed to identify the determinants for the development of
NTDs among women who delivered neonate in three hospitals that found in eastern Ethiopia.
The result of this study Overall, regarding women who resided in rural areas had higher odds of
newborns with NTDs compared to their urban counterparts. This finding is supported by a study
conducted in Tigray and Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia. They also found that women with
non-formal education had greater odds of newborns with NTDs compared to counterparts. The
authors indicated that the development of NTDs was associated with residential area, history of
abortion, history of severe anemia, history of fever, any antibiotics used before or during early
pregnancy, and exposure to agrochemicals.
The knowledge on literature about NTD in pregnant women was not very poor. At this point of
view this study may  give a new insight to current knowledge. However based on literature it
may enlarge our knowledge about this subject.
Overall the manuscript is well written. The manuscript reported interesting findings, the specific
comments are given below.
Specific Comments
1. English language of the manuscript should be re-reviewed..
2. In the literature section at discussion, current sources on the subject scanned in Scopus and
ESCI indexes can be specified. (examples; DOI: 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2022.8245 )
In conclusion, this manuscript was well-written, this study add new findings to current
knowledge of  literature. In my point of view minor revision is needed.
Title: Prevalence and Causes of Social Media Usage and Addiction Status of Pregnant Women
Version: 2 Date: 09 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  #erif Kurtulu#
Reviewer's report:
Dear author(s);
In your study, social media use, causes and addiction status in pregnant women were examined.
It is known that pregnant women face more health and social problems in real life. Recently, the
more preferred method to solve these problems is social media. I think it is a valuable article
in this respect.
I suggest a few corrections to increase the appeal and fluency of your work to readers...
1. The first paragraph of the discussion section should describe the results of your study.
in the first paragraph
* Data with statistical significance should be written.
* There is no statistical significance, but it can only be written in data that needs to be
emphasized.
Add the first paragraph to the discussion section...
2. Some solution suggestions are presented in the conclusion section. It is noteworthy that these
solution suggestions are limited to psychiatric nursing. Access to health services and especially
psychiatric support units for current pregnant women is controversial. Expanding the solution
suggestions by writing an appropriate sentence by emphasizing the importance of providing
support at every stage of the health system (such as primary care family medicine follow-up
system, Psychiatric nursing, public health nursing, gynecology and obstetrics nursing, .... etc.)
3. A sentence containing the solution suggestions you offer in your study (a sentence containing
a short/clear message) can be added to the conclusion section of the summary section.
I wish you success in your work...
Title: Prevalence and Causes of Social Media Usage and Addiction Status of Pregnant Women
Version: 2 Date: 16 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Dear author
The research topic is original and important, but some corrections are required in the manuscript.
1.A research question should be added to the end of the introduction section.
2.Method section: From which study were the p and q values taken in the design section? Source
must be cited
3.Results: Many data are not in the tables in the results section. All results should be added to
the tables. The meaning of "t, f, X2" in Table 3 should be written below the table. Why are some
data not compared with the level of social media addiction in Table 3? In the last paragraph of
the results, statements such as .....there is no study and ......supports the studies are included.
These should not be included in the results. It should be added to the discussion.  Check the
percentages and numbers in the table. There is inconsistency in some places. (Ex. Table 1: 500
people do not appear in the personal habits section.)
4.Discussion: In the first paragraph, it was stated that 73.2% of pregnant women used social
media before pregnancy, but in table 2 it is stated as 96.6%.
In the second paragraph, "........it was determined that the level of social media addiction was
higher than the pregnant women who received training from health professionals." I could not
see this information in the tables and results. Some information in the 3rd and 5th paragraphs
is not included in the tables and results . The last paragraph has little to do with the results of
the current research. All of this needs to be fixed. Discussion should be made according to the
order in the Table and results. Some information not provided in the results is discussed in the
discussion section. Too many numerical values were given in the discussion, numerical values
should not be given. In particular, all significant data in Table 3 should be discussed. The debate
must be made stronger. The manuscript is complex and should be written more clearly.
I wish conveniences.
Title: Prevalence and Causes of Social Media Usage and Addiction Status of Pregnant Women
Version: 5 Date: 01 Nov 2023
Reviewer's report:
Dear author
Thank you for the corrections you made based on the suggestions. But there are still areas that
have not been corrected. You need to examine it more carefully and correct the deficiencies.
These are stated below;
1.Method: How the sample calculation was done? At least how many people should be sampled?
2. Results: In Table 1, you emphasized that there are 500 people in all the data. However, 410
people appear in the Personal habits section. Please check all data carefully. In Table 2, the
method of connecting to social media is stated as 42.2% in the description, while both are 42.4%.
In the description of Table 3, you said that there is a significant difference between employment
status and social media addiction, but there is no data regarding employment status in the table.
I suggested adding the last paragraph of the findings to the discussion, but why wasn't it done?
(There is no study in the literature on the social media addiction of pregnant women. In support of
the studies carried out, the pregnant women with high SMAS-AF scores stated that they agreed
with the following statements: "I have neglected family members because of social media", "I
prefer friendships on social media to real-life friendships." and "Even when there is someone
around, I prefer to be on social media.")
3.Discussion: Some information in the 2nd paragraph is a repetition of the 1st paragraph. The
information in the 3rd paragraph (In this study, it was determined that the pregnant women who
did not attend pregnancy trainings had a higher social media addiction level than the pregnant
women who attended pregnancy trainings and received education from health professionals.) is
not related to lines 10 and 11 in Table 3, as you stated, but is related to the sources they follow.
There is a confusion of statements or information. Please check this data.
I wish conveniences.
Title: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly
women in China
Version: 0 Date: 28 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Masakazu Imaoka
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author
Response Report
Falls are very high-risk events that cause not only traumatic injuries such as fractures but also
subsequent nursing care conditions, and we believe this is an important paper that suggests that
habitual exercise may help reduce the risk of falls. However, we suggest several improvements.
1. please add a flowchart of this study with a diagram.
2. "The participants of this study were elderly females above the age of 60 years old who had
previously attended an examination for bone health", Please provide details of the recruitment
method. This is to eliminate the possibility of a bias in the population that is originally highly
interested in health. 3.
3. In the survey on falls, please add the location of falls and the factors of falls, if any. Please
reflect this information in the table.
Title: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly
women in China
Version: 0 Date: 28 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
The keywords should be according to MeSh.
The study rationale should be more clear, What is the lack in the previous studies?
The sample size calculation needs to explain.
The validity and reliability of both questionnaires need to mention.
The discussion needs to improve and should be more critical.
The strength and practical implications of the study need to mention. What is the study's novelty?
May some articles of this journal can help you in the current study. Please have a look
https://scholar.google.com/citations?
hl=en&user=IHqQSBgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=1&sortby=pubdate
Title: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly
women in China
Version: 0 Date: 29 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
General comments:
This study examined the associations between exercise components and the prevalence of falling
in older Chinese women. Although this study has important information on the prevention of
falls in older adults, some revisions are needed to enhance the quality of the paper.
Specific recommendations:
Abstract
In contrast to other exercise items, longer exercise time is a risk for falls. Therefore, it is
incongruous to summarize the results in parallel with other items. I suggest explaining that,
unlike other items, longer exercise time was unfavorably associated with falls in the result.
It would be better to give odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals rather than stating P-values.
Significance can be ascertained from the 95% confidence interval.
Background
“Randomized controlled trails have indicated….a preventative effect on falls.”
Please cite appropriate references for this statement. The correct term is “trials”, not “trails”.
There is no spelling out of RCT. Since the authors use the term RCT only twice, it may be not
necessary to use the abbreviation.
Methods
“Responses were divided into three categories: “Never,” “1 day to 5 days,” and “# 6 days.”
Why did you choose this unnatural classification? Considering the middle, it would be more
natural to classify them as "never", "1 day to 3 days", and "#4 days". Alternatively, in terms of
single and multiple times, it is natural to divide them into one and two or more days. If there is
no clear reason to use this division, it is better to use another division as used in previous studies.
Table 2-3.
“Prevalence (%)” is more valid labeling than “Risk (%)”.
Discussion
“The findings indicate that those with high exercise frequencies, exercise durations less than
two hours, and a long exercise history had a decreased risk of falls.”
As I pointed out in the abstract, the related direction of exercise time is different from the other
two items, so please do not group them together.
Please include a discussion of why more than 2 hours of exercise was associated with more
falls, with reference to previous research. I believe other studies have reported that people who
exercise well are more likely to fall during exercise. For example, it is common to fall during
sports. Did this study assess the severity of the falls, such as the presence of fractures? Regarding
those who fall during exercise, is it possible that they are falling with less severity of injury?
If the authors did not assess the severity of the fall, please explain this as a limitation.
Others
Since this is a cross-sectional study, using the word “risk” should be avoided in describing the
results of this study throughout the paper. For example, “associated with lower odds of falls” is
often used to describe the results of logistic regression analysis.
Title: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly
women in China
Version: 1 Date: 19 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for responding to the comments and revising the paper. My concerns have been
addressed. I have only one minor comment.
Table 3. Crude model of exercise history (years).
Although the OR (0.43 (0.24, 0.77)) of > 3 years is significant, there is no asterisk. Please confirm
carefully.
Title: Physical exercise habits are related with reduced prevalence of falling among elderly
women in China
Version: 4 Date: 13 Nov 2023
Reviewer's report:
Unfortunately, the intent of my previous comment does not seem to have been conveyed. Since
the upper 95% CI is less than 1.0, 0.43 (0.24, 0.77) means that there is a significant difference
from the reference category. However, there is currently no asterisk on this OR (95 % CI). I
think this is just a typo. Therefore, the authors have to put the asterisk on this OR (95 % CI),
such as "0.43 (0.24, 0.77)*".
Title: Isometric and isokinetic strength of lower-limb muscles in female athletes during different
phases of menstrual cycle: a causal- comparative study.
Version: 1 Date: 06 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
1. Please arrange the bibliographical references in the text chronologically.
2. ”Previous studies have introduced neuromuscular risk factors as one of the risk factors for
ACL injury (34)”. Please kindly specify those studies, because only one appears here.
3. The ethical approval has been obtained from the institutional review board of Ethics
Committee of Shahid Beheshti University approved the study, but we don't have any specific
approval code or approval date. Please enter this data in the paper.
4. ”Previous studies have shown that some muscles' timing and activation differ during the
menstrual cycle.” Which are these studies?
5. ”Myer et al. reported that female athletes with ACL injuries have more hamstring muscle
strength than men, although no difference was observed between the two sexes in quadriceps
muscle strength.” Paste the quote at the end of the sentence (19).
6. Please replace the following sentences in the text:
• ” At least two-thirds of ACL injuries occur when an athlete performs acceleration, deceleration
and jump-landing, pivoting and cutting manoeuvres (2)” with ”At least two-thirds of ACL
injuries occur when an athlete performs acceleration, deceleration, jump-landing, pivoting, and
cutting manoeuvres (2)”
• ”One of the most common traumatic injuries to the knee ligament is anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) which often occurs in female athletes (31).” with ”One of the most common traumatic
injuries to the knee ligament is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), often occurring in female
athletes (31).”