Reviewer’s report
Title: 
The Components of Workplace Violence against Nurses from the Perspective of Women Working
in a Hospital in Tehran: A Qualitative Study
Version: 
2 
Date: 
07 Dec 2020
Reviewer's report:
Abstract conclusion: 
Needs rephrasing of the sentence (Therefore, it is…. ) for clear communication, consider
It is necessary for managers to commit to lay the groundwork for reducing violence in the hospital, to
lower the level of violence in workplaces, as well as barriers to report these cases especially in hospitals
through enhancing awareness on violence in workplaces to the managers and officials' with an effort to
prevent and reduce workplace violence.
Background:
General comments: Check for citation and full stop for ending sentences 
Example- P2L31 - harassment (2) - No full stop; P2L36 - last year (6). citation inside sentence; P2L31-
than the past time. (7) change as 'than the past. (7)
Methods:
P4L15 - consent to cooperate… change to 'consented to participate…
P4L15 - ranged between 15 and45 minutes. Change to 'ranging between 15 and 45 minutes.
P5L52 - record their voices for research purpose, …
Results:
P6L7 - 21 female hospital staff nurses in Tehran aged between 25 and 
40 years, with at least ….
P6L20 - at two following levels: change to ' at following two levels: …
P6, Table 1: Restructure the table with table title (Example)
Use one or two decimals uniformly for all percentages of variables in table
Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics
Variables N %
Marital status
Married 14 66.6%
Single 7 33.3%
Age
Less than 25 2 9.52%
P11L22 - forced shifts and high workloads, which not ,,,
P11L42 - due to lack of manpower … change to 'due to shortage of manpower …
P11L45 - long work shifts for the health of the body and psychiatrists, can be raised... 
change to 'long
work shifts may lead to increased physical and psychiatric health problems.
Reference: All references to be checked for style, complete content and uniformity. Use of case - upper or
lower needs to be consistent for all references (Eg. Ref: 1, 6, 11, 22, 26, 30, 32 & 34 needs correction)
Ref 30: Cheraghi MA, Noghan N, MOGHIMBEIGI A, Bikmoradi A. ANALYSIS OF INTENSIVE CARE
NURSES'WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. 2012.
Ref 30: Cheraghi MA, Noghan N, Moghimbeigi A, Bikmoradi A. Analysis of intensive care
nurses'workplace violence. Critical Care Nursing, 2012;5(13):87-94
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