JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Factors of decisive importance for being in work or not during two years after breast
cancer surgery: content analysis of 462 women’s open answers
Version: 0 Date: 16 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
The authors describe factors that help or hinder women’s return to work after breast cancer.
They are to be commended for an interesting research question and a clear explanation of the
Swedish context, especially how their study fits into a broader policy context. I do have some
comments that I believe would strengthen the manuscript if addressed.
Abstract
In the abstract, the Conclusions section just repeats the themes that were identified. It would be
helpful to hear more about potential practical applications of these findings.
Methods
How were questionnaires administered? (Mail, online, etc.) Were there incentives for survey
completion?
The authors write, “the ranking was not used since it was apparent that many women had not
ranked their answers.” If there were 3 numbered lines, how was it apparent to the researchers
that women had not ranked their answers?
The explanation of the coding is a bit confusing.  Were the coders trying to independently agree
on the codebook, or the coding of individual responses?
Results
The authors note that some of the women’s comments were ambiguous about whether certain
factors helped or hindered a return to work.  What do they know from the quantitative questions
in this questionnaire about how many women had returned to work? Likewise, it seems that one
of the limitations of this study is the lack of stratification based on whether or not women had
returned to work at the time of questionnaire completion.
Who was responsible for translating the women’s comments into English? How was this
translation verified? In some instances, the quotations read a bit awkwardly in English.
The authors note that most of the codes fell into the first category (about health and wellbeing).
It would be helpful to have a sense of the proportion of codes that fell into each of the five main
categories.
Discussion
The authors correctly note that these brief responses did not allow for an in-depth understanding
of their research question; in the introduction, they also note that a limitation of past quantitative
literature is the use of predefined measures.  It would be very helpful if they could discuss what
their exploratory findings indicate about past research on this topic.  For example, do they think
there are domains that have been overlooked that should be studied in more depth in the future?
If so, what are they? Or does their study confirm that past research has sufficiently captured the
important domains regarding return to work?
Title: Factors of decisive importance for being in work or not during two years after breast
cancer surgery: content analysis of 462 women’s open answers
Version: 0 Date: 24 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
This study addresses an important issue about return-to-work of breast cancer survivors from
patients’ perspectives. The research findings provide many valuable information in content.
Comments and suggestions including as follows: (1) The title of the manuscript is too long, and
need to be verified. (2) The time of data collection is from June 2007 to November 2009? (3)
The results of content analysis are only in the category level, but lack of codes. That is, the
quality of content analysis is poor and lower. (4) the tables of the findings are not standard. (5)
the manuscript is too long, and need to be revised.
Title: Women’s self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran
Version: 1 Date: 28 Mar 2021
Reviewer:  Sina Ahmadi
Reviewer's report:
The paper is generally well written and structured. However, in my opinion the paper has some
shortcomings. Below I have provided some comment.
1. According to the objectives and results of the study, the title of the article is not appropriate
and needs to be revised. (current title appropriate for experimental study)
2. My first and main concern is about the important of study. There is no new conclusion or
discussion, and no specific interpretation especially for each region.
3. There is need to more explain about the sampling method.
4. Although, accuracy of the interpretation of results is good, but for some of them should be
revised for example report and interpretation of table4.
5. The conclusions should be based on the results of the study. First, a reiteration of why it is
important to understand this problem and/or the magnitude of the problem would be useful to
remind the reader of why they should be interested. Paragraphs are not coherent in some parts.
The results of other studies should be compared with the present study and focus on the results
of the present study, not the previous study report
6. Some revision of the manuscript would be appreciated. There are a number of English
grammar and language errors throughout the text. In addition, the authors should follow carefully
the spacing rule.
7. It is better to evaluate the differences between the three areas.
Title: Women’s self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran
Version: 4 Date: 14 May 2021
Reviewer:  Sina Ahmadi
Reviewer's report:
- Discussion is about interpreting your study results. When you discuss the study results, you
relate your study findings to previous studies, but in your study the difference between these
section isn't clear.
- The conclusion of the article is weak. It is recommended to discuss their impact.
Title: Women’s self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran
Version: 4 Date: 28 May 2021
Reviewer:  Mohsen Mirzaei
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors for paying attention to the comments of the reviewers:
Background:
- Revised background is Ok.
Methods:
- The explanation of the classification of areas in Yazd has improved, although its reference is
not available for evaluation.
The comments of the working method have been adequately answered, except:
The criteria for selecting a person in each house is not specified. For different age groups; Is
there a proportionate quota to complete the sample size in each group?
Results:
- The results section has been completed, but no results have been reported on the employment
status of women participating in the study. This is an important variable in the study.
Discussion:
- Paragraph 2 in the discussion section is related to the results section and part of it is repeated
here.
- The modified discussion focuses more on the differences between residential areas. The effect
of social capital on self-care and their dimensions have not been discussed and compared with
other similar studies.
- Confounders, that can affect the impact of social capital on self-care, Not discussed.
- The limitations of the studies are not mentioned.
Title: Women’s self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran
Version: 6 Date: 24 Aug 2021
Reviewer:  Mohsen Mirzaei
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors for their efforts; To clear up the ambiguities of the study as much as
possible. However, their explanation of how to select samples in the study does not allow
replication by other researchers.
Title: Women in the 2019 hepatitis C cascade of care: Findings from the British Columbia
Hepatitis Testers Cohort Study
Version: 2 Date: 23 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
This is a timely population based study focused on detailing women along the HCV cascade
of care. Women represent a growing population living with hepatitis C infection and represent
an important group for which we have less information regarding testing/treatment in nations
working towards HCV elimination.  The approach and analysis for this population based study
was clear and thoughtful with limitations detailed in the discussion.  A few thoughts:
1. There have been substantial payer policy coverage and treatment changes in BC over the time
period studied by the authors (2000-2019).  It would have been helpful to assess the impact
of payer coverage in the results and/or discussion.  For example, in 2015 DAA coverage was
limited to F2 and higher which then was changed in 2017 with DAAs, selection of persons pre
DAA era has been presumed to include patients were not as sick who could tolerate IFN based
treatments). Are there any inferences that could be made on available data with this payment
coverage changes on movement through the cascade (testing --> treatment).
2. While geographic differences of Urban/Rural description is included,  the discussion would
have benefited by the addition of information on the settings in which testing and treatment has
increased (if this information is available)- primary care, integration of HCV into behavioral
treatment, etc.
3. 75% of women noted IDU as a risk factor, what did the authors make of the 25% without
IDU? under reporting or risk, iatrogenic causes for immigrant populations?
4. A significant number of women ~25%+ had concomitant alcohol use disorder. There was
mention of HBV and HIV coinfection in the discussion but given national trends in younger
women with significant alcohol use disorder, this could be another compelling reason for
accelerated liver disease in younger women that should be mentioned in terms of urgency for
treatment.
5. Minor comment: Centered is misspelled on page 18
Title: Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy+ Bilateral Salpingectomy Decrease the Ovarian
Reserve more than Total Abdominal Hysterectomy? A Cohort Study, Measuring Anti-Müllerian
Hormone before and after Surgery
Version: 1 Date: 03 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
The title is ‘Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Decrease the Ovarian Reserve more than Total
Abdominal Hysterectomy? A Cohort Study, Measuring Anti-Müllerian Hormone before and
after Surgery
Are the uterine weight, blood loss during surgery related to the main idea of study ?
Hysterectomy ± salpingectomy or only hysterectomy should be given, also the title should be
redesigned
In the discussion section there are two statement: These results indicate that even after preserving
ovaries, both TLH and TAH significantly decrease the ovarian reserve after 4 months, The results
of their study is inconsistent with the present study, as there was a significant decrease in AMH
levels after 6 months in TAH group in the present study. We assumed that there were two AMH
measurements: postoperatively 4 and 6 month; there is no information about 6. months values
or comparison
The age range is much more wide: 35- 50 years; may be the author could have choosen a year
cut off such as 45 year
The AMH values range is also much more wide: 0.18- 2.60 , median 0.40, and may be the author
could have choosen a cut off such as 0.3 ( The very low level AMH is defined as <0.3 )
Is there any FSH level, or only AMH level ?
Title: Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy+ Bilateral Salpingectomy Decrease the Ovarian
Reserve more than Total Abdominal Hysterectomy? A Cohort Study, Measuring Anti-Müllerian
Hormone before and after Surgery
Version: 1 Date: 05 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for submitting your valuable paper.
Your paper is well written, well organized but it is not something new.
Most of the studies mentioned in the discussion are only consistent with your results.
I think that papers with different or opposite conclusions against your results should also be in
the discussion part.
Title: Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy+ Bilateral Salpingectomy Decrease the Ovarian
Reserve more than Total Abdominal Hysterectomy? A Cohort Study, Measuring Anti-Müllerian
Hormone before and after Surgery
Version: 1 Date: 07 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
There is no inclusion of medical comorbidities in cohort matching or in controlling for statistical
analysis. It would be important to know if medical comorbidities bare any effect on the likelihood
and degree of AMH decrease after hysterectomy to better advise patients preoperatively.
The uterine weights listed in Table 1 suggest enlarged uteri (ranging 300-500g). This number
is inconsistent with the reference in methods that those with structural changes according to
PALM-COEIN which would be assumed to include fibroids, were excluded. The pathology
explaining the high uterine weights would be helpful. The pathology results compared between
groups would similarly be helpful to account for any differences in etiology of bleeding in
relationship to baseline and changed AMH levels.
Line 166: Reference to decreasing AMH level after 4 months. Why 4 months is noted here is
not clear as methods section reports testing was done at 9 months post-op.
Line 171: This sentence suggests that ligature technique difference between abdominal (suture)
and laparoscopic (electrosurgery) had no impact on AMH level. However this conclusion does
not follow the data presented given a significant difference in AMH level between TAH and
TLH groups. The intended meaning of this sentence needs to be clarified.
In the discussion, I would recommend including limitations including no comparison of patient
medical comorbidities, and difficult to generalize to the larger population given limited to one
race/ethnicity.
In the conclusion, it is difficult to state that there were no difference in baseline characteristics
of patients given that a wider assessment of baseline characteristics including medical
comorbidities and final pathology were not reported. It would be interesting to evaluated whether
surgical ligature technique (ie ligature with suture vs electrocautery) vs route of hysterectomy
(ie open vs laparoscopic) are responsible for the difference seen here. This could be done using
electrosurgical techniques in an open surgery.
Title: Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy+ Bilateral Salpingectomy Decrease the Ovarian
Reserve more than Total Abdominal Hysterectomy? A Cohort Study, Measuring Anti-Müllerian
Hormone before and after Surgery
Version: 2 Date: 01 Sep 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your clarifying edits addressing all concerns in reviews stated.
Title: Low self-esteem is related to depression and anxiety during recovery from an ectopic
pregnancy
Version: 2 Date: 13 Jul 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to read the revised work. Despite the revisions made by the
authors, there are still a few points that in my opinion would benefit from being revised.
- On page 5 please replace the sentence "The purpose of the current study was to determine
the status of mental health (total score and subscales of somatic symptoms; anxiety, insomnia;
social dysfunction; depression" with "The purpose of the current study was to determine the
status of mental health (mental distress and symptoms of anxiety, insomnia social dysfunction
and depression)"
My major concern is the way the results are reported.
-Correlations are positive or negative. Please refer to the reverse correlation as a negative
correlation
- At the end of page 9 and beginning of page 10 the authors added information on the t test
results but  did not actually include the result of the t test. Authors should present the result of
the t test and degrees of freedom, and not replicate the means and standard deviations presented
in table 3 (e.g., t(df)=value, p=.02)
- It is still not clear to me if the authors performed one logistic regression per dependent variable.
- In the first paragraph of the discussion section please  report whether the scores increased or
decreased and do not repeat the data of the results
- I found minor typos in the manuscript. I think that it would be important to have the document
proofread by a native English speaker
Title: Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from
China
Version: 3 Date: 21 May 2021
Reviewer:  Asma Basit
Reviewer's report:
the study attempts to explore an interesting area of study however there are certain ambiguities
that should be addressed:
1 - what health issues are under consideration, physical or psychological ones (such as stress,
anxiety, depression etc)
2 - Which industrial sector has been focused upon for this study?
3 - Nascent or fully grown entrepreneurial ventures have been considered?
4. there is a slight mention of Pandemic but how is that related to the study or forms the major
or minor context of the study?
5 - Operational definitions of the dependent and independent variables should be mentioned.
6- conceptual/theoretical framework should be clearly designed.
7 - The reader gets lost when it comes to the use of theoretical construct, what theories (theory)
has been used and how it sheds light on the results?
the study is methodologically strong however it would add further strength to the study if,
- sampling criteria is specified
- population is mentioned
- unit of analysis is specified
I hope the authors will find the feedback constructive and incorporating these suggestions will
further enhance the study.
Thanks
Title: Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from
China
Version: 3 Date: 07 Jun 2021
Reviewer:  Djomo Choumbou Raoul Fani
Reviewer's report:
Abstract
Methods:
Kindly include the sampling techniques and the analytical tool used to analyse data
Background
Add a research gap or related studies carry out in related study to fill the knowledge gap of your
study, cite related studies and show how they differs from your work
Conclusion and discussion
Provide the policy implication of the significance of the following variables on health status and
compare them with related findings
1) Industry art products manufacturing
2) Firm age
Your recommendations should be based on the policy implication of firm age and industry art
products manufacturing
Title: Does persistence make you healthy? An empirical study on female entrepreneurs from
China
Version: 6 Date: 11 Aug 2021
Reviewer:  Asma Basit
Reviewer's report:
Thanks for elaborating the incorporation of previous comments. It is claimed by the authors that
study is considering the context of Pandemic  however, the claim is still not substantiated by
relevant literature, use of pandemic as a construct in the study, or as a context. But the paper is
presenting the conclusion in the pandemic context. it is therefore, recommended that the same
be incorporated.
Title: Intersectional social-economic inequalities in breast cancer screening in India: analysis
of the National Family Health Survey
Version: 1 Date: 14 Jun 2021
Reviewer's report:
I want to thank the authors for addressing this important topic.
My only minor suggestions are to expand the discussion of the need for breast examination
somewhat. My understanding, from the United States context, is that there is not good
evidence to support clinical breast examinations based on US Centers for Disease Control
and US Preventive Services Task Force evidence summaries. It seems (based on the excellent
background provided by the authors) that the Indian context may differ in two important ways:
reduced access to mammography, and stigma, lack of awareness, or lack of access that leads to
women not seeking or getting care when they develop clinical symptoms of breast cancer. These
differences may account for why the cited Indian study (ref 10, Mittra et. al.) found such a large
impact of breast examinations when studies in other (usually high income) contexts have not.
I don't not think that this is a critical change to make, but it could help place this work in the
international context for the international readership of BMC Women's Health.
Title: Examining the association between menstrual symptoms and health-related quality of life
among working women in Japan using the EQ-5D
Version: 2 Date: 11 Jan 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors
It was a nice work. but needs some editions.
The title :I suggest to change it to"Association between menstrual symptoms and health related
quality of life among working women in Japan"
The methods in the abstract: in the first paragraph you should do corrections and rewriting the
sentences.
in the main text:in background section, Change the first sentence as you have used the same in
the abstract. Moreover, background is too long.
lone 104, I did not get your sentence , please correct it.
line 166 : meaning is not clear.
In Discussion section:There are repetition and sentences with the same meaning and I guess it
can be remove.
Title: Examining the association between menstrual symptoms and health-related quality of life
among working women in Japan using the EQ-5D
Version: 2 Date: 11 Mar 2021
Reviewer:  Sonia R Grover
Reviewer's report:
A fascinating study of a substantial size that contributes to our understanding of the impact of
not just HMB or pain - but the more extensive range of symptoms that women experience at
the time of menstruation.
I think that the language could be tightened to reduce the word count, some parts seem repetitive.
There are multiple minor grammatical errors ( eg fibroid uterus, rather than uterus fibroid, line
122); line 286 - laziness is not a word I would choose to use - but inertia or lethargy might suffice;
lines 307-308: I do not understand what is meant by the expression "for the state of POD-Pouch
of Douglas 3 to POD 28"
Although I appreciate the reason for excluding women on hormonal treatments, it would be
highly informative to have this cohort as a comparative population - there are so many negative
perceptions in the community regarding hormonal treatments - despite the beneficial impact on
cancer reduction - so it would be really valuable and informative if this study could be repeated
to assess HRQoL in a similar cohort of women - who are on hormonal treatments. Additionally
- as the paper correctly concludes - understanding these issues is important - but providing
information that may assist in solutions - combined with improving japanese womens earlier
access to care would be valuable
Title: Improving preparedness prior to reconstructive breast surgery via inclusion of 3D images
during pre- operative counselling: a qualitative analysis
Version: 1 Date: 11 Jun 2021
Reviewer:  Hirohito Seki
Reviewer's report:
This is an approach to emphasize the preparedness of patients with breast cancer by helping them
visualize cosmetic outcomes of their own breast after breast reconstruction using 3D images
before surgery.
In clinical practice, some patients who wish to reconstruct their breasts regret that the results are
different from their preoperative expectations.
In this respect, this study has the possibility of contributing to the decision-making of breast
cancer patients to reduce regret by providing a concrete visual image of the postoperative result
before breast reconstruction in the future.
Here are a few suggestions to make this paper more valuable.
#1 Figure legend should be described last.
#2 This supplemental data should be considered for inclusion in the Method section.
#3 Did you ask the INTERVIEW questions in the Supplemental data to 7 participants?
 If so, it would be easier to understand how many people responded to each question by using
a table to show the numbers.
#4 Does (P1, P2 and P3 etc) in the results mean Patient 1, Patient 2 and Patient 3, respectively?
 If so, you should explain the abbreviations first.