JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Socio-economic inequalities in modern contraceptive use among women in Benin: a
decomposition analysis
Version: 1 Date: 14 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
ABSTRACT
In the last paragraph of the abstract, authors must state why wealthy women are more likely to
utilize contraceptives than the poor.
INTRODUCTION
The authors have adequately provided enough motivation for the study by presenting a strong
global and local background to the study.  However, I strongly believe that in the introduction
the authors must define what modern contraceptive is and why it is better and must be pursued
compared to traditional  method of contraceptives.
DATA SOURCE AND STUDY DESIGN
Authors should only state that they used secondary source of data (i.e BDHS).
OUTCOME OF VARIABLE
Authors should assign a value for the last option “modern method.” Judging from the preceding,
I suspect it should be given the value “3”.
Also, authors must explain what they mean by traditional method, folkloric methods and no
method.
GENERAL COMMENTS ON METHODOLOGY
The methods section failed to indicate clearly the sample size for the study.  They should indicate
how they arrived at the 7360 i0 7359 (refer table 1).
RESULTS
On table 1, I am confused.  The totals for the demographic variables are not the same and the
changes in the totals are also not explained.  For example the total respondents for the age
distribution is 7359, religion  is 7360. Ethnicity is 8302.   So the big question is what was the
sample size for the study as taken from the mother data of BDHS?
INEQUALITY IN MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES
The narration here do not support figure 2. Here authors are comparing the concentration of
modern contraception among the rich and poor.  How the black curve was derived must be
explained and why it lied behind the red equality line must be explained.
GENERAL COMMENTS ON RESULTS
What is the findings with regards to modern contraceptive use.  That is if rich women are more
likely to use modern contraceptives, what was the contraceptive options used by the women?
What was the extent of inequality? The study failed to measure the extent of inequality. How
do the study define wealthy women? Is it by income, assets or what? This clarification must
be made.
Title: Socio-economic inequalities in modern contraceptive use among women in Benin: a
decomposition analysis
Version: 2 Date: 14 Aug 2023
Reviewer:  Muyiwa Oladosun
Reviewer's report:
1. The authors have done justice to the majority of reviews and comments and these have
enhanced/improved  the quality of the manuscript a great deal.
2. The current abstract word count is 370 not 339. Authors should please, check again and do
the needful.
Title: Effect of Salvia officinalis scent on postmenopausal women’s sexual function and
satisfaction: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 3 Date: 12 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
Your manuscript need more work. This article has the problems mentioned below. Overall, the
ENTIRE of your manuscript needs scientific editing.
1-The introduction should be written based on the main variables.
2- The necessity of implementation is not well explained.
3- Study Design Described insufficiently. Please describe the study population and how women
recruited for this study. How many women were excluded or did not meet inclusion criteria?
Did any women decline participation?
4- The results of the study are not reported according to the purpose of the study.
5- The results of the study are not reported according to the purpose of the study
6- The discussion is weak and superficial.
7- The strengths and limitations of the study should have been outlined and its implications for
day to day clinical practice and future research should have been explored.
Title: Effect of Salvia officinalis scent on postmenopausal women’s sexual function and
satisfaction: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 3 Date: 15 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Farangis Sharifi
Reviewer's report:
Dear colleague, greetings, and regards
How to prepare the medicine and its dosage should be explained in detail.
How the amount of medicine used by each person was carefully controlled. The amount of
inhaled medicine may be different for different people.
Title: Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients with Isolated Anterior
Compartment Defect Repair or Stress Urinary Incontinence
Version: 3 Date: 29 Jan 2023
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting paper on Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients
with Isolated Anterior Compartment.
I have some comments:
Page 5; line 108-112
Of the remaining 90 patients with isolated ACD, midurethral sling with mini-sling and retropubic
transobturator tape methods was applied in 24, iliococcygeal fixation in 28, trapezoid repair in
9 patients, anterior bridge operation in 14, and plication of PCVF to the cervical ring in 15. Pre-
operative and post-operative 12th month POP-Q and LUTS were compared (Fig. 2-3).
You have performed six different surgeries on your sample, which means that the sample for
a particular procedure ranges from 9 to 28 patients. I see a number of problems here: you
should explain why you chose these different procedures, moreover, the scientific findings for a
particular procedure will not necessarily carry over to the others, consequently the sample size
for each group is very small—too small to have statistical significance.
Table 3
37 patients had stress urinary incontinence pre-op. You performed 24 anti-incontinence
procedures and only 2 patients had incontinence post-op. You should explain:
- Why only 24 patients underwent the SUI procedure
- Why 11 patients were cured of incontinence without undergoing SUI procedure
- If there were cases of de novo SUI
- If the SUI procedure was the only surgery carried out on these patients, because if this is the
case you carried out surgery to correct one urethrocele (the correction of a urethrocele cannot
be considered a correction of anterior vaginal prolapse).
There is significant information lacking on:
- Intra and post-op complications
- De novo symptoms
- Quality of life
For these reasons, I am recommending that your paper is not accepted for publication.
Title: Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients with Isolated Anterior
Compartment Defect Repair or Stress Urinary Incontinence
Version: 3 Date: 12 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Paola quellari
Reviewer's report:
In the abstract:  Results
Mini sling, retropubic and transotturator tape technique (line 41).
We compared  the POP-Q score and LUTS, pre and post operative 12th month(line 44).
Between the pre e post operation there was a  statistically significant....(line 45).
In the background : multiparous (line 56)
What kind of specific tests ? (line 71)
You shoud be more direct about the aim of the study: In the current study we analyse the
anatomical and syntomatic changes after surgery in Anterior Compartment Defect (line 73).
In the methods:
Any kind of prolapse (line 80).
Delete parity, it is  included in the obstetrics history(line 83)
Patients were evaluated as preoperative and postoperative 12th month. Delete in two gruops...
and then compared with each other (line96-97).
In the results:
Delete with isolated ACD: A total of 250 patients with every kind of prolapse (line 104)
The paragraph with the epidemiological data of the patients (from line 113 to line 120), should
going before of operations.
MIni sling, retropubic and transobturator tape...(line109)
You should report the references of any surgical technique you use.
In my opinion Fig.2-3 go to the end of the paragraph RESULTS (line 132)
In the discussion:
You repeat the same sentences (line168-169): delete
In my opinion you could spend a few words about sporadic and uncommon anatomical changes
of the posterior vaginal  points, Ap- Bp, even if there is not any significant difference in pre e
post surgery. it could be an interesting topic of discussion.
About Limitations:
I don't consider a limitation that the operation is performed on a single race and by a single
surgeon.  But it is important that the different surgical techniques are reproducible.
Title: Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients with Isolated Anterior
Compartment Defect Repair or Stress Urinary Incontinence
Version: 5 Date: 27 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
Page 5; line 108-112
I asked to:
1. explain why you chose these different procedures—your answer that they all fall within the
Integral Theory. I find this insufficient especially since it does not explain the criteria with which
you chose a determined procedure.
2. You seem to accept my criticism that the sample size is too small in each sub-group to make
statistically significant conclusions. Moreover, you do not give any explanation for why the total
number should be considered, given the variety of procedures used.
In general, I pointed out several methodological defects that make it impossible to draw
reasonable scientific conclusions; however, your explanations are too generic to explain the
choices you have made, and in a scientific paper our procedures must be transparent and
replicable. The Integral Theory maintains that the reasons for incontinence are complex, but this
is not the same as including various procedures in a catch-all. I would have expected you to
explain why each of your treatment choices were made on the basic of what IT sets out.
I’m sorry to inform you that since your data remain inhomogeneous and poorly explained, I am
recommending that your paper is not accepted for publication.
Title: Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients with Isolated Anterior
Compartment Defect Repair or Stress Urinary Incontinence
Version: 5 Date: 27 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Paola quellari
Reviewer's report:
line 144 add SUI
line 56 correct multiparous
Another interesting observation is that: given the significant results regarding the resolution of
urinary incontinence, we belive we should not associate an intervention for SUI during prolapse
surgery.
Title: Anatomical and Symptomatic Mid-term Outcomes of Patients with Isolated Anterior
Compartment Defect Repair or Stress Urinary Incontinence
Version: 6 Date: 06 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the corrections you have made. I suggest only that you make the following change
to the paragraph on the limitations to your study.
Your original paragraph:
In this study, post-operative 12th month results were evaluated, and these results can be
interpreted as medium-term results. We plan to publish long-term results with future studies.
Another limitation of the study were we didn’t use any quality of life questionnaire. "Also the
number of patients seems to be low because of the different operation techniques". We are
planning to conduct studies with the same techniques with higher number of patients.
My suggested change:
In this study, post-operative 12th month results were evaluated, and these results can be
interpreted as medium-term results. We plan to publish long-term results with future studies.
Another limitation of the study were we didn’t use any quality of life questionnaire. "Also, the
number of patients is too low to allow a comparison of the different operation techniques used
during this study". We are planning to conduct studies with the same techniques with higher
number of patients.
Provided that you make this change, I am recommending your paper for publication.
Title: Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services
among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-
commerce Platform
Version: 1 Date: 02 May 2023
Reviewer:  Yonghong Wang
Reviewer's report:
This is a very valuable paper. But, the overall sample size is relatively small and does not cover
rural women with a high risk of cervical cancer.
In my opinion,it is very important that  the women in rural women have never participated in
NCCSP  who lack access to screening should be the focus of NCCSP in the future. but also
urban women are eligible to NCCSP.
Therefore, it is hoped that the author will increase their discussion on improving screening
strategies for rural women who have never been tested.
Title: Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services
among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-
commerce Platform
Version: 1 Date: 04 May 2023
Reviewer:  Violante di Donato
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled " Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of
Cervical Cancer Screening Services among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional
Survey Based on A Large E-commerce Platform" which falls within the aim of the Journal.
In my opinion, this topic analyzed is interesting enough to attract readers’ attention. The goal
of this review is to assess the knowledge, willingness, and uptake of cervical cancer screening
services among Chinese females and determined associated factors.
The abstract is very clear, well structured and highlights the results obtained in the study. Tables
and figures are clear and interesting.
Although the manuscript can be considered already of good quality, I would suggest the
following recommendations:
- Inclusion/exclusion criteria should be better clarified by extending their description
- I suggest round of language revision, in order to correct few typos and improve readability;
- It would be interesting to discuss how various factors could be crucial in the development
of cervical cancer and how could influence the persistence and / or recurrence of cervical
pathologies. (In particular, I suggest these articles to get deeper in the topic PMID: 36992282
and 35455328)
Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Considering all these
points, I think it could be of interest to the readers and, in my opinion, it deserves the priority
to be published after minor revisions.
Title: Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services
among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-
commerce Platform
Version: 1 Date: 04 May 2023
Reviewer:  Giorgio Bogani
Reviewer's report:
In my opinion, the analyzed topic is interesting enough to attract readers’ attention. This study
attempted to assess the knowledge, willingness, and uptake of cervical cancer screening services
among Chinese females and determined associated factors.
I think that the abstract of this article is very clear and well structured.
Maybe,  the evaluation of the state of the art of preventing and screening protocols with a brief
hint on treatment should be evaluated in order to sensitize women. In particular, I suggest these
articles to get deeper in the topic  PMID: 35909005,PMID: 36141917 . Tables and figures are
interesting. Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Considered
all these points, I think it could be of interest for the readers and, in my opinion, it deserves the
priority to be published after minor revisions.
Title: Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services
among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-
commerce Platform
Version: 2 Date: 13 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Giorgio Bogani
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled " Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of
Cervical Cancer Screening Services among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional
Survey Based on A Large E-commerce Platform”, topic interesting enough to attract readers'
attention.
In the "Authors' response" section, I read  the author's response. I think it would be interesting
to complete the Discussion section by explaining how various factors could be crucial in the
development of cervical cancer and how could influence the persistence and / or recurrence of
cervical pathologies.
Considering the wide prevalence of this infection and the impact that persistence/recurrence has
on the development of cervical cancer, I think it is important to highlight these topics, especially
in the cohort of patients studied.
Although the quality of the manuscript has improved thanks to the changes made, I believe that
adding these latest changes becomes complete and exhaustive on the current scientific evidence
on the topic of the study.
Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Considering this point, I
think it deserves the priority to be published after minor revisions.
Title: Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services
among Chinese Adult Females: A National Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-
commerce Platform
Version: 2 Date: 13 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Violante di Donato
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript revised titled " Knowledge, Willingness, Uptake and
Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Services among Chinese Adult Females: A National
Cross-sectional Survey Based on A Large E-commerce Platform”.
Although the quality of the manuscript has improved with the changes made, I read that my
suggestions have not been considered.
I think it would be interesting to complete the Discussion section by evaluating the topics
analyzed in the recommended articles, as previously suggested.
Because of this reason, the article should be revised and completed. Considering this point, I
think it deserves the priority to be published after minor revisions.
Title: Racial and ethnic differences in physical activity among mothers of young children:
2011-2018 NHANES
Version: 1 Date: 18 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you very much for sharing this article. I think this is an interesting and important piece.
I have several minor comments.
1. The prevalence of the dependent variable is larger than 10%. Is it still a good idea to use
logistic regression instead of other techniques such as robust Poisson or log-binomial regression?
2. Ethnicity/race was included as a variable in the model. In the US, it is important to note that a
large proportion of ethnic/racial minorities are also immigrants and their children. Is it possible
to account for some sort of immigration status as well?
3. Please discuss the role of selection bias.
4. For linear regression, please describe how you have met important assumptions. What was
the distribution of weekly MVPA minutes? If it is truncated, is it still a good idea to use linear
regression instead of other techniques such as Tobit regression?
5. This is a population-level study. Providing several policy implications may be useful.
Title: Racial and ethnic differences in physical activity among mothers of young children:
2011-2018 NHANES
Version: 1 Date: 13 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Shabnam Naher
Reviewer's report:
Comment from the reviewer
Interesting research was done on the topic of " Racial and ethnic differences in physical activity
among mothers of young children: 2011-2018 NHANES." For further quality improvement, it
would be much appreciated if the authors addressed the following concerns in their paper.
Title and abstract
- The study subject is to compare PA behaviors between American mothers of young child(ren)
under age 5 years (YC) and American women living without children by their racial and
ethnic background, whereas the title reflects all the mothers of young children. Also, in the
methods section of abstract, the authors mentioned about older children. Please rewrite for
further clarification.
- Please rewrite the last sentence of results section.
- In what way PA promotion can be done is not clear. Please clarify it.
- The keyword gender disparities have been used only one time. Whereas the term racial, ethnic,
and children have been used multiple times.
Background
- The discussion on American women and later part on global situation is not harmonious. Please
rewrite the background section.
Method
- The exclusion criteria for this study might be a different study objective. It is not aligned with
the title of the article too.
- For measurement part, please provide the sources of data for racial and ethnic background.
- Please clarify how missing data were addressed.
Results
- Please indicate number of participants with missing data for each variable of interest.
Discussion
- “Among American mothers of YC, the prevalence of physical inactivity outside of work was
even higher at 43%” -than which group?
- Further citation is required when saying “Such a finding is somewhat inconsistent with the
existing literature.”
- Authors can relate theoretical linkage when saying about control belief and affect-based
behavioral belief.
- Please clarify any efforts to address potential sources of bias.
- Conclusion and limitation section can be separated from the discussion section.
- What best practices are recommending for PA promotion and in what way?
- Overall, the study recommendation is not addressing the study objective. It would be
appreciated to revise it.
Other comments
- Abbreviations are not used simultaneously throughout the writing.
- Line and word spacing problem.
Overall, the writing is required more intensive read-through. I would really appreciate if the
authors addressed the above-mentioned concerns for further improvement. Good luck.
Title: “This is really something: same place, same day result, same day treatment” Women’s
experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea:
an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Version: 2 Date: 03 Oct 2022
Reviewer:  Susan Kelly
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review your article.  This is important and novel work that
should be published.
Your article is generally clearly organized and well structured.
My primary suggestions are around the Methods, Findings and Discussion sections. Several
areas in these section might benefit from a bit more development and explanation.
METHODS:  A little more explanation of "interpretative phenomenological analysis,"  e.g. what
it is and why you chose it would be interesting and useful.  How is it different from thematic
analysis?
FINDINGS:  Interesting findings, however, it appeared remarkable that of the 26 women
interviewed no disclosure concerns or negative disclosure experiences were reported.
Contrasting your cited positive disclosure experiences/narratives with women's reported
experiences that were not completely positive would add richness to your findings and make
them more convincing.  Did some women choose not to disclose their HPV+ status to anyone?
It would be interesting to hear about the range of disclosure experiences from the women
interviewed. If all 26 were positive, clearly state that.
DISCUSSION:  Engaging with and contrast your findings more with the literature you cite
would enhance the depth and readability of the discussion section.  Perhaps engagement with
the existing literature around stigma and HIV and literature around stigma and HPV.  How has
HIV stigma changed with the advent of highly active antiretroviral treatment?
Title: “This is really something: same place, same day result, same day treatment” Women’s
experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea:
an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Version: 2 Date: 04 Oct 2022
Reviewer:  Tullio Golia D'auge
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled " “This is really something: same place, same
day result, same day treatment” Women’s experiences of testing positive for HPV and receiving
same-day treatment in Papua New Guinea: an interpretative phenomenological analysis".
The manuscript is very timely and interesting, however there are some points, in my modest
opinion, to be clarified in order to make the work more understandable.
-Manuscript should be further revised by a native English speaker to improve clarity and
readability;
-"interpretative phenomenological analysis" should be explained and clarified to make it
interpretable;
-Have any patients had negative disclosure? This information must be reported in the text;
-A summary table containing patient data would in my opinion be useful;
-Finally, I suggest to the authors to include some recent articles on the subject in the discussions
and in the  references: PMID: 30489353; PMID: 33140628; PMID: 29958629.