JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Spatial variations and determinants of knowledge of ovulatory period among young
women in Ethiopia: A spatial and multilevel analysis using 2016 EDHS
Version: 0 Date: 21 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
Title: Spatial variations and determinants of knowledge of ovulatory period among young
women in Ethiopia: A spatial and multilevel analysis using 2016 EDHS
Reviewer name: Mesfin Abebe
Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to review this work. I thoroughly read the
paper and found it to be well-structured and well-written.  However, I have made some minor
remarks and suggestions below. I'm hoping that the comments below will help address these
gaps and increase the paper's quality.
Significant revision required
The general linguistic quality of the work is poor, with several grammatical problems across the
entire article. I urge that the entire text be edited by a native English speaker before the next
submission.
Specific comments/suggestions
1. The written English is not appropriate for publishing and requires substantial correction.
2. The abstract's background does not make it apparent to the reader why a geographical analysis
is required to guide policy.
3. The reason for adding both individuals and community level factors in the model should be
discussed, as well as how this will solve the present research gap.
4. Please include the conceptual framework.
5. Why was the Somalia region chosen as an index/reference point?
6.  It is necessary to discuss whether or not there were any biases in the study and how they
were handled.
7. It should be mentioned that the cross-sectional nature of the study design may alter causality.
8. The report also fails to address the limits of DHS data on knowledge of the ovulatory period,
particularly in regard to the definition.
9. The key findings of the paper are the identification of specific 'hot spot' where knowledge
of the ovulatory period is low. However, neither the discussion nor the conclusions sections
fully examine what might explain this regional tendency. This would need to be addressed in
the revision because it is critical in terms of policy ramifications.
Title: Spatial variations and determinants of knowledge of ovulatory period among young
women in Ethiopia: A spatial and multilevel analysis using 2016 EDHS
Version: 0 Date: 06 May 2023
Reviewer's report:
The present study aimed to assess the spatial variation and factors associated with knowledge
of ovulatory period among youths in Ethiopia.
However, Authors need to majorly revise the article by enhancing the following sections:
The major issue of this article is methodology.
1-More explanations should be provided about the method of clustering, systematic selection
and final sampling method.
2-Calculating the effect size is very important.
3-What were the confounders?
4-The included and exclusion criteria should be seen more clearly.
5-Sampling should be expressed more clearly.
6-Have you checked the reliability of the instruments in your own study?
7- What variables did you include in the regression and which ones were excluded?
Best wishes
Title: Factors affecting quality of life in women with breast cancer: A path analysis
Version: 2 Date: 17 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the respected authors; comments have been provided to improve the article:
According to BMC journal policies, tables and figures should be placed in the appropriate place
within the text. They do not need to be in a separate file, unless the size of the table is larger than
A4. Also, the space between lines in the text of the article and references should be double line.
Abstract
1. In the method, the location of the study and the name of the statistical software used should
be mentioned.
Introduction
2. "However, there is little information about the effects of resilience, hope, and social support on
the quality of life of individuals with cancer, particularly in Iranian patients with breast cancer."
Many studies have been done in Iran in the mentioned fields. Certainly, the current research had
different strengths and methods. Therefore, the importance of the present study and the gaps in
past studies should be clearly mentioned. Among the demographic variables, why is the person's
age included in the conceptual model?
Methods
3. How long has the study been conducted? Mention the start and end months of the study.
4. Tabriz hospital is located in which country? Although it is mentioned in the Procedure section,
there should be no ambiguity at the beginning. "Center of Valiasr International Hospital in
Tabriz, Iran."
5. How was the sampling method?
6. The information presented in "Baseline information" is not the same as Table 1.
7. In the introduction section of the questionnaires, mention the designer of the questionnaire
in one line and cite the main reference.
8. It is better to draw figure 2 with better quality.
9. Ethical considerations section should be added to the work method section.
Results
10. It is ok.
Discussion
11. More recent studies should be used in the discussion. Most of the references are old.
12. Did the current study not have any strong points?
Conclusion
13. At the end of the conclusion, mention the impact and application of the findings in different
fields.
References
14. In addition to updating references, the way of writing references should be modified. It is
better to write the full name of the journal and the first letter of the name of the journal should
be capitalized.
15. The text of the article needs revision.
Title: Factors affecting quality of life in women with breast cancer: A path analysis
Version: 2 Date: 21 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
First of all, I would like to highlight that your article is well written and appropriately structured.
The methodological steps followed are clearly described and consistent throughout the article.
The presentation of the data and the analyzes carried out are solid and contribute to the
understanding of the topic that your research addresses.
However, there is an important conceptual error in the study because the variables hope and
life expectancy are treated interchangeably, being two different concepts. Life expectancy is a
demographic calculation of the average age that individuals in a specific population can reach at a
given time, in this case cancer patients. Hope, for its part, is a concept that reflects an individual's
perceptions of his or her ability to conceptualize goals, develop strategies to achieve goals, and
maintain motivation to use them. It is suggested to dispense with the term life expectancy and
only use the term hope.
Title: Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the IOTA SRR and LR2 Scoring Systems for
Discriminating Between Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses by junior physicians in Chinese
Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study
Version: 3 Date: 16 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Basilio Pecorino
Reviewer's report:
Dear author, the novelty of the manuscript is very low and the retrospective evaluation of a
limited series makes it difficult to be published.
Title: Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the IOTA SRR and LR2 Scoring Systems for
Discriminating Between Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses by junior physicians in Chinese
Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study
Version: 3 Date: 18 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
Title: change it to (Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the IOTA SRR and LR2 Scoring
Systems for Discriminating Between Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses by junior doctors
in Chinese Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study)
A- Abstract:
1-abstract lacks the summary of the introduction
2- Method lack the place, time and duration of the study
B- introduction
1. Write about the epidemiology of overian cancer in china
2. Describe the diagnostic features of each diagnosis model
C- method
1. Method lack the number of patients.
2.Method lacks the place, time and duration of the study.
3. Inclusion criteria:
- if the mass was surgically removed,  so what will be the purpose of ultrasound examination?
Or you main ultrasound was used as preoperative evaluation tool. Specified the meaning
- what is the purpose of fourth Inclusion criterion
- were the pathologists who were dealing with the biopsies, experienced and had dependable
results?
4- remove the paragraph covering the results in the section of ultrasound evaluation
5- move the (Receiver operating characteristic curves) to the statistical analysis
D- results
1. Some data lack their corresponding percentages
2. Change the terms (this study) to (the current study)
3. Below each table of results add the the type of statistical test that was used, and when p-value
is significant in the table?
Title: Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the IOTA SRR and LR2 Scoring Systems for
Discriminating Between Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses by junior physicians in Chinese
Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study
Version: 4 Date: 16 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Basilio Pecorino
Reviewer's report:
Dear author, I have read all the answers of the revision and my decision is to propose the
manuscript for acceptance.
Title: Status of Common Sexually Transmitted Infection in Population Referred for Colposcopy
and Correlation with Human Papillomavirus Infection
Version: 1 Date: 20 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
The study by Disi et al. demonstrated the prevalence of HPV and STI infection among women
who were referred to the Peking University First Hospital for colposcopy. The study design
is sound. However, the manuscript is confusing and difficult to understand. The grammar and
punctuation throughout the text should be thoroughly checked and curated.  The introduction
should be expanded. The discussion part is essentially a replica of the results.  OR and CI values
should be there in the result part, not in discussion.
Short forms should be properly explained, e.g.:
-histopathology # high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
-#LSIL and #HSIL
-What is "indications for colposcopy" and "HPV 21 genotyping"?
-What do you mean by  "Significant differences were observed in the negativity rate, single
positivity rate and multiple positivity rate of detected STI pathogens in different HPV infection
types", "quantity of subjects"?
Title: Status of Common Sexually Transmitted Infection in Population Referred for Colposcopy
and Correlation with Human Papillomavirus Infection
Version: 1 Date: 24 Jul 2023
Reviewer's report:
- The introduction section is poor of background and epidemiological data. The Authors should
improve this section.
- Should the Authors indicate where the study was conducted? It is important to compare their
results to other geographic regions.
- The reference for commercial kit used for diagnosis of STI and HPV infection must be added.
- Lines 57, 61, 98, 104, 137, 141, … The dot should be put after the citation and/or the name
of “figure/table”.
- Line 139 “also mainly single infection” could be changed in “mainly sustained by single
infection”.
- I would suggest that the Authors revise the results section and make it clearer for readers.
- Reference 8 and 13 were reported twice.
- Line 220 and 223: Please, review the name of reference reported (These are the Authors’ names
not surnames).
- It is important that beyond the prevalence of infection, a measure of risk of developing multiple
infections based on demographic and clinical data in the patient cohort is considered. A more
in-depth statistical analysis should reported before publication.
Title: Status of Common Sexually Transmitted Infection in Population Referred for Colposcopy
and Correlation with Human Papillomavirus Infection
Version: 1 Date: 28 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Illari Sechi
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript offers a current and interesting overview, which deserves attention as little
addressed in the gynecological field.
However, several changes are required to be published:
- I would advise authors to modify the title, to make it less repetitive with the term "Infection".
-Abstract, Line 26: Enter the acronym STI, sexually transmitted infection.
- Lines 34-44: I would suggest authors to delete numbers when listing results.
- Results, Lines: 133-135: As it is presented, it looks like a repetition with 154-156 lines.
- Move  lines 137-141, before Figure 2.
- Change the caption title to Figure 1, use the term "prevalence" and not "quantity".
-Lines: 161,  "hpv non16-18- positive patients", do these samples match other genotypes than
HPV 16-18? I would recommend identifying them by another term.
- Discussion: Too long, I would advise the authors to summarize the various points, otherwise
the reading becomes too dispersed.
I would also suggest updating the literature with more information on STI research in the field
of vaginal self-sampling. As confirmed in previous studies:
i. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000245958.34961.27. PMID: 17091118.
ii.  doi: 10.1177/09564624231152804. Epub 2023 Mar 24. PMID: 36964640; PMCID:
PMC10273862.
iii. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10030459. PMID: 35326937; PMCID: PMC8950387.
iiii. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001586. PMID: 34813579.
iiiii. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01179-8. PMID: 34174905; PMCID: PMC8236142.
Title: Status of Common Sexually Transmitted Infection in Population Referred for Colposcopy
and Correlation with Human Papillomavirus Infection
Version: 2 Date: 21 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
I'd like to thank the Authors to positively accepting my suggestions.
However, some minor revisions are neeeded  before publication:
- line 106: remove "the"
-line 150: "The positivity rate of HPV 21 " is not sound well. Can be change in "The positivity
rate of HPV infection".
- line 154-157: The sentence is not clear. Please review.
- monor editing of English language is required.
Title: Status of Common Sexually Transmitted Infection in Population Referred for Colposcopy
and Correlation with Human Papillomavirus Infection
Version: 2 Date: 04 Sep 2023
Reviewer:  Illari Sechi
Reviewer's report:
The authors have reported, as suggested, all the changes in order to implement the work and
make it even more interesting. Consequently, the manuscript can be published.
Title: Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge
in maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi
Version: 2 Date: 30 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge in
maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi
Thank you for the opportunity to review the above report which presents a combined approach
that includes mentorship and a self-guided online learning platform for maternal health providers
to increase their capacity to provide general and emergency obstetric and newborn care in 24
facilities from two informal settlements in Nairobi.
The work is timely and provides an approach to ensure women in informal settlements receive
services that are critical in reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality.
I have some general comments on the authors reviewing the manuscript to ensure no grammatical
errors and correcting text spacing within the whole document.
Some specific comments for each of the sections include:
The area of Respectful Maternity Care is only listed in paragraph 2 in the background through
it there are results reported about its effect in the results and a discussion is presented. Some
background on the concept and its linkage with EMONC or contribution to MNCH would be
useful.
I note that the team had to transition from delivering the intervention virtually due to the COVID
repetitions presented but there are some questions in my mind about how the team was able to
ensure robustness in delivering the intervention virtually and whether it would still have the same
effect as physically and what measures were put in place to ensure the reliability and validity
of this approach.
In the methods how was onboarding done for the DELTA platform as well as the mentees?
I note from the supplement that the EMONC modules are different for each intervention. What
guided the selection of modules for the MENTOR program and the DELTA? Some clarification
on this would be useful. Also, how did you determine the threshold for each approach and what
made the team decide that it was effective if the respondent only did say 8 out of the 16? Would
we then say the respondent has adequate knowledge of EMONC based on the given thresholds?
In the results Table 1 we have MCH and maternity units.  Differentiate the two based on services
offered/activities that take place
From the results, I also note that less than 50% reported being aware of DELTA from the private/
public sector. Does this mean that no information was provided prior? What implication does
this have on the results?
Table 2 can be split into 2 as it is too long.
Since we are using provider self-reports to test the effect of the intervention? How did the team
confirm that knowledge was gained on the specific EMONC parameters?
Title: Coping Strategies in Postpartum Women: Exploring the Influence of Demographic and
Maternity Factors
Version: 0 Date: 13 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
Articles "Coping Strategies in Postpartum Women: Exploring the Influence of Demographic
and Maternity Factors" presented perinatal epidemiologic original study with sufficient tables,
references and discussion.
References are not edited as instructed - please edit !
Title: Coping Strategies in Postpartum Women: Exploring the Influence of Demographic and
Maternity Factors
Version: 0 Date: 20 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
I would like to express my gratitude for the efforts of the esteemed authors in composing this
manuscript. Certain points are mentioned that will contribute to improving this manuscript.
Abstract:
1- In the "Methods" section, please specify the research method, study type, research location,
and target population.
Main Text:
2- Introduction: Ok.
Methods:
3- If the "Sociodemographic and obstetric/maternal history questionnaire" is indeed a
questionnaire, its validity and reliability should be reported. Therefore, it is recommended to
change the term "questionnaire" to "form."
4- Create a section on the statistical analysis method.
Results:
5- Please move the Cronbach's alpha coefficient calculated in this study to the "Methods" section,
at the end of the description of the Brief COPE questionnaire.
6- Specify the currency unit in "Family Income."
Discussion:
7- Please move the first sentence referring to the research location to the "Methods" section and
state the overall study objective here.
Conclusion:
8- Remove the first sentence in this section that refers to the study's objective. In this section,
summarize the researchers' conclusions from this study.
Title: Urine Metabolomics for Assessing Fertility-sparing Treatment Efficacy in Endometrial
Cancer: A Non-invasive Approach using Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography Mass
Spectrometry
Version: 1 Date: 11 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Cristian Delcea
Reviewer's report:
The study is very well documented, corroborated with the specialized literature and with the
method used in the research. The results are in accordance with the minimum requirement to be
published. Discussions and bibliography have a strong point in this research.
Title: Urine Metabolomics for Assessing Fertility-sparing Treatment Efficacy in Endometrial
Cancer: A Non-invasive Approach using Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography Mass
Spectrometry
Version: 2 Date: 07 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
Thank you for your revised manuscript. While your work shows promise, there are still some
feedback points that need to be addressed:
Abstract:
1. The abstract should succinctly highlight the main findings and implications of the study. It
currently provides a broad overview without specific details about the predictive biomarkers or
their clinical significance.
2. Consider including key performance metrics (e.g., AUC values) for the predictive model to
provide a clearer picture of its accuracy.
3. Mention the study's limitations, particularly the small sample size and single-institution
nature, in the abstract.
Introduction:
1. Include recent citations to support the claim of a rising trend in EC cases among young women.
2. Clarify whether the statistic about pregnancy rates after fertility-sparing treatment applies to
the specific patient population under investigation or to EC patients in general.
3. Provide specific examples or references related to the application of metabolomics in
gynecological cancers or fertility-sparing treatments.
Methods:
1. Specify how the collected urine samples were stored before analysis.
2. Include information on the number of patients meeting eligibility criteria and the specific
demographics of the study population.
3. Provide more details about the fertility-sparing treatment regimen, its duration, follow-up
protocols, and potential variations among patients.
4. Specify how the K-nearest Neighbor algorithm was implemented during missing value
imputation.
5. Mention the correction method used for multiple testing.
Results:
1. Emphasize the limitations of the small sample size and single-institution study in the
discussion.
Discussion:
1. Acknowledge that Baicalein's clinical utility and safety in the specific context of EC and
fertility-sparing treatment remain uncertain.
2. Expand on the mechanistic insights and potential interactions between metabolic pathways.
3. Reiterate the study's limitations at the end of the discussion.
Conclusion:
1. Reiterate the study's limitations and stress the need for larger, multi-center studies for
validation.
2. Clarify whether the study obtained ethical approval and highlight the importance of ethical
considerations in future research.
Title: Urine Metabolomics for Assessing Fertility-sparing Treatment Efficacy in Endometrial
Cancer: A Non-invasive Approach using Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography Mass
Spectrometry
Version: 2 Date: 15 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Tarek Tawfik Amin
Reviewer's report:
- In the data analysis: use the interquartile range (IQR) along with the median???? For age and
BMI.
Title: Prevalence of falls among adult mothers in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Version: 0 Date: 06 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
I've had the opportunity to read your article and have the following comments/suggestions:
1. Risk of falls and their potential consequences are particularly higher/more severe amongst
the elderly (which you correctly state in your introduction). More literature needs to be given
as to why you have chosen to include 18-25 year old who we typically call "young adults" in
your study sample, post delivery changes may be one factor (which you have insufficiently
explained), but are there other factors too?
2. Were there any efforts made to the survey to minimize fraudulent responses? Please elaborate
3.  The third question on the consequences of falls, was it an open-ended question? Please
elaborate
4. Language needs to be checked extensively, for example in methods "The Chi-Square test was
used to analysis", you mean "analyse", other mistakes are obvious in results.
5. OK, so what did you do with the incomplete data?
6. Why is the median given as a range?
7. Abbreviations should be given at first time use, revise "body mass index" in results.
8. Give the unit of measurement for BMI.
9. How did you collect data on comorbidities?
10. You mention having performed regression analyses, yet the table is not given?
11. You state that this is the first paper to investigate the prevalence of falls among women in
Saudi Arabia, a simple search on google shows that your statement is not correct. Many articles
have similar objectives to yours and in fact one has been published 3 months ago which looks
into falls amongst mothers. Please remove this statement and cite other papers by comparing
your results to theirs.
12. In the limitations, yes generalisability of your study to the target population cannot be done,
but mainly because you opted for a non-probability sampling technique through social media
which is not the best way for a risk-factor and outcome estimate (Please explain this in the
methods).