JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Effectiveness of motivational interview on psychological distress of women with human
papilloma virus: A randomized clinical trial
Version: 3 Date: 14 Jan 2025
Reviewer's report:
The paper is interesting. However, I raised some concerns that may improve the paper.
1. Was the sample size adequate to draw generalizable conclusions? Did the study include a
diverse population in terms of age, ethnicity, and socio-economic status?
2. Was there a control group in the study? If not, how can the effectiveness of motivational
interviewing be accurately assessed without a comparison?
3. Does the study address the long-term effects of motivational interviewing on mental health
outcomes? Are there follow-up assessments to evaluate sustained benefits?
4. What specific tools were used to measure depression, anxiety, and stress? Are these tools
validated and reliable for the population studied?
5. How was the fidelity of the motivational interviewing intervention ensured? Were the
practitioners trained adequately, and was there oversight during the sessions?
6. How engaged were the participants in the motivational interviewing process? Were there any
barriers to participation that could affect the outcomes?
7. Did the study consider the need for additional psychological support or therapy for participants
who may have severe mental health issues?
8. Was the motivational interviewing approach culturally sensitive and tailored to the specific
needs of women from different backgrounds?
9. Is there a potential for bias in the study design or data interpretation? How were conflicts of
interest managed?
10. Does the study explore the relationship between improved mental health and physical health
outcomes related to HPV, such as adherence to treatment or screening?
11. Can the findings be generalized to all women with HPV, or are there specific characteristics
of the study population that limit this?
12. Does the study provide clear recommendations for future research? What gaps remain that
need to be addressed in subsequent studies?
Title: Effectiveness of motivational interview on psychological distress of women with human
papilloma virus: A randomized clinical trial
Version: 3 Date: 15 Jan 2025
Reviewer:  Marzieh Beigom Bigdeli Shamloo
Reviewer's report:
Hello, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity, it is a very good study, but you
should read some important points: 1. The introduction is too long, summarize the paragraphs.
2. Use connecting sentences between the paragraphs. 3. In line 170, instead of "against", write
the word "accordig".
I think the rest of the article is well reported
Title: Effectiveness of motivational interview on psychological distress of women with human
papilloma virus: A randomized clinical trial
Version: 4 Date: 21 Jan 2025
Reviewer:  Mahboubeh Dadfar
Reviewer's report:
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Dear Authors,
Thank you so much for your good revised manuscript "Effectiveness of motivational interview
on psychological distress of women with human papilloma virus: A randomized clinical trial ".
Almost my previous comments have been done except one thing.
1. Authors should add research questions/assumptions of their study in the end of Introduction
section.
2. The whole paper should edit by a native English person.
Sincerely,
Title: Utilization of Full Antenatal Care Among Scheduled Caste Mothers in India, 2015-2021
Version: 1 Date: 21 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
Reviewer Comments on a manuscript entitled “
Differentials and Determinants of Full Antenatal Care Utilization among Scheduled Caste
Mothers in India: Evidence from NFHS-5 (2019-21)”
It is my great pleasure to review this manuscript. This is very meaningful research work done
by the authors.  The study conveys a clear message regarding maternal healthcare utilization
among the Scheduled Caste women in India. It is great research work. So, I recommended that
this work must be published.
I have attached my comments on the manuscript:
General Comments:
Need grammatical check of the manuscript. There are many grammatical mistakes.
Point Specific comments:
Page-2
Line 54-55: replace lines with introductory lines focusing on global-level scenarios. Need to
add the references.
Line 64:
Add reference after ANC.
Page 4:
Line 111. Insert a short statement of policy implementation of the research work for the
researcher community.
Line 141
Add a citation after “100 days during pregnancy………”
Line 155
Explain the categorization of the variable “exposure to mass media” with proper citation.
Line 163
Replace the word “conducted” with “performed”
Line 165
Replace the word “net impact” with other “words”.
Line 258 “
Replace the words “little literature” with “lack of studies”
Page 14:
I suggest that please rewrite the conclusion section.
Need to add a summary line regarding policy recommendations.
Title: Utilization of Full Antenatal Care Among Scheduled Caste Mothers in India, 2015-2021
Version: 2 Date: 07 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
The authors substantially made impressive amendments to their manuscript. This revised version
of the manuscript is more scientifically sound and comprehensive compared to the previous
version. But a few issues remain to rethink before publication.
1. Please check Table 4. The variable name after parity is missing. Moreover, religion is not a
significant predictor of full ANC. But in the discussion section, it is highlighted and elaborately
discussed (lines 451-464).
2. The authors mentioned about full ANC of NFHS-3 several times but didn’t include them in
the trend analyses. It is not clear why they overlooked the NFHS-3 survey.
Title: Utilization of Full Antenatal Care Among Scheduled Caste Mothers in India, 2015-2021
Version: 2 Date: 06 Aug 2024
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
No - there are minor issues
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
No - there are major issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Maybe - with major revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: The authors addressed the comments of the initial reviewers
reasonable. They have included other rounds of survey but there are gaps in the analysis.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
L67: How many rounds of survey did you use? 2 or 3? Your responses to comments in the
last round of reviews suggested that you used three rounds of survey: NFHS-3, NFHS-4, and
NFHS-5. It contradicts L81-82 and L297
L68: the outcome is full ANC…define what a full ANC is. How did you come about it?
In the abstract, you stated the other 3 components of your full ANC except TT injections. Why?
L72: “Bivariate statistics was employed to determine the significance of association between
full ANC utilisation and its predictors.”…if they are the predictors, there is no need to check for
association. Rather say “Bivariate statistics was used to assess the significance of association
between full ANC utilisation and the independent characteristics”.
L96-104…what are the comparative groups…higher education compared to what? Etc
L270-278: justification for the trend analysis is missing
L305: there are more than one survey. Are the sampling methodologies the same?
Figure 1: NFHS-3 is missing
Figure 3: NFHS-3 is missing, I don’t understand the justifications
Figure 4: Present for each of the three years
Table 4: Check the date..in the title… (2015-21)???
Table 1 is better as a supp
Table 2: Provide the characteristics for each of NFHS-3, NFHS-4, and NFHS-5 in the same
Table 3: Provide the prevalence of full ANC by characteristics for each of NFHS-3, NFHS-4,
and NFHS-5 in the same Table
Table 3: Provide the aOR of full ANC by characteristics for each of NFHS-3, NFHS-4, and
NFHS-5 in the same Table
The effect of changes per survey year was not presented.
Before Table 4..there is a need to provide separate analysis for each of the 3 survey rounds….
What are the public health implications of your findings?
Title: Determinants Underlying Teenager’s Accessibility to Contraceptive Methods and HIV
Preventive Measures in Rwamagana District, Rwanda
Version: 2 Date: 08 Oct 2024
Reviewer's report:
1. There is a discrepancy in the sample size that is reported in the abstract, Methodology and
results. Please work on rectifying this.
2. The discussion can be strengthened because this is an important topic and issue
Title: Determinants Underlying Teenager’s Accessibility to Contraceptive Methods and HIV
Preventive Measures in Rwamagana District, Rwanda
Version: 2 Date: 09 Oct 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for allowing me to review the paper on ‘’Determinants Underlying Teenager’s
Accessibility to Contraceptive Methods and HIV Preventive Measures in Rwamagana District,
Rwanda’’. This is an important area. Below are some of my comments
1. You should rearrange your introduction to start with the WHO/ Global perspective and then
specifics to Rwanda
2. Provide a reference for lines 56-57, 58
3. Ethics – provide the ethics number
4. The aim in your abstract does not match the aims you are stating in lines 109-118
5. What was the justification for looking at only adolescent girls?
6. On socio-demographic characteristics of the participants- What is the difference between
single and single not in relationship
7. Didn't you have some of the adolescents who are married?
8. You have two dependent variables: contraceptive use and HIV Prevention methods. In the
section on measurements, how did you define these concepts? You combined them in your
analysis to determine where they should be measured differently. Only one contraceptive method
can Prevent HIV (Condoms), and HIV preventive Methods can include abstinence, faithfulness,
and consistent use of condoms and others like Prep.
9. Your aim of the study is to assess determinants, needs and barriers. However, I don’t see
results on the needs and barriers
10. On the discussion- could you please show the implication of the result you are discussing or
what needs to be done? And if there are any limitations, please state them
Title: Prevalence and Factors Influencing Intimate Partner Sexual Violence against Women
Aged 15-49 in Kenya: Findings from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
Version: 5 Date: 21 Jan 2025
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has improved. Please consider the following comments:
- In the abstract, descriptive analysis includes bivariate analysis. Data cleaning could be omitted.
- Improve upon the presentation of results in the abstract and the main text. Always state the
reference categories; “compared with” sounds better than “than”.
- The dependent variable is intimate partner sexual violence. It refers to the current or last partner
if the characteristics of the partner are considered. The term “lifetime” should be because it
usually refers to violence experienced from childhood, before marriage or getting a partner,
which is not the case.
- The methods part should show the variable used to apply weights with reference to the domestic
violence module.  If the SVYset was used, it should be stated in the methods part.
- “Intimate Partner” sexual violence should be included in the title.
- In the abstract “Data cleaning and descriptive, bivariate “should be phrased better.
- Independent factors in the methods section – how come Muslims are missing from the
categories of religion?
How different is employment status and whether the respondent was working?
- Edit the language.
Title: Cervical cancer screening: Comparative study of human papillomavirus detection
between cervical cytology and urine samples
Version: 0 Date: 28 Sep 2024
Reviewer:  Michael Odida
Reviewer's report:
Comments on Jiandong Wang manuscript
The manuscript is on important topic and focuses on use of urine samples for HPV testing as a
preventive measure of cervical carcinoma. The manuscript is fairly well written, but there are
some issues to be addressed.
1. The English used should be in past tense and the grammar also requires some attention.
2. In the Materials and Methods section
a. Urine sample collection. The procedure for urine collection and processing should be
summarized. For uniformity, the sample for testing should have been stored at comparable
conditions, for example, only use samples which were kept at -20#C.
b. Cervical cells collection. The process need to be summarized.
c. Vaginal sample. The process need to be summarized. Other details to be deleted.
d. Please provide information on how tissue samples obtained from vagina and cervix were
handled and processed.
e. The authors need to provide some information on the test for detecting HPV, type of probes
(name) and indicate how many HPV types the particular test used can identify.
f. Data analysis and statistical tests.  The use of AUC for sensitivity/specificity should be
indicated to be mentioned as well as the value which was considered statistically significant
with 95% CI.
3. Results. These are fairly well presented, but require some improvement. AUC point estimate
and 95% CI should be given. In some cases, 95% CI is given as (0.895~0.946). This should
be given as (0.895-0.946). In tables 1,and 3-5, point estimate values should be given, then the
95%CI.
4. Discussion. Fairly well done. The number and percentages should be put as follows: n(%). In
the present form, it is given as 383 (83.62) %. The correct way is 383 (83.62%).
5. References
The first reference has the full names of 1st and 3rd authors. Please correct and give name the
initial as in references number 2 onwards.
Title: Cervical cancer screening: Comparative study of human papillomavirus detection
between cervical cytology and urine samples
Version: 0 Date: 29 Sep 2024
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript entitled “Comparison of the Application Value of Urine Samples and Cervical
Vaginal Swab HPV Detection in Screening for Cervical Precancerous Lesions” is deemed to be
of high quality and interest.
I would suggest the following recommendations:
- I suggest correcting a few typographical errors and revising the language.
- Considering the topic of this study and the state of the art in literature, It would be interesting to
discuss relevant evidence and the key points of cervical cancer development. I would be glad if
the authors discuss this point with:  “State of the art on HPV-related cervical lesions, Tullio Golia
D’Augè, Ilaria Cuccu, Andrea Etrusco, Antonio D’Amato, Antonio Simone Laganà, Ottavia
D’Oria, Giorgio Bogani, Violante Di Donato, Ludovico Muzii, Andrea Giannini, doi: 10.36129/
jog.2024.16.
- I suggest adding recent evidence about lower genital tract lesions and the potential role of
various therapeutic strategies, such as the HPV vaccination. I would be glad if the authors discuss
this important point, referring to PMID: 37978580
Considering these minor revisions and after improving these points, the manuscript could have
the priority to be published.
Title: Cervical cancer screening: Comparative study of human papillomavirus detection
between cervical cytology and urine samples
Version: 2 Date: 06 Nov 2024
Reviewer:  Folkert J. van Kemenade
Reviewer's report:
Much improved. Still, the discussion is needlessly extensive. Please omit the following:
" Cervical cancer...  until ... continued development of cervical cancer [20].Start with The  results
of 458 samples  ,etc.
I think the editorial bureau can do this.
Some unusual word constructions can be changed, such as abondon circulation (should be:
discard supernatant) or proliferate wholehartedly (should be: proliferate extensively).
ibid as above
Title: Cervical cancer screening: Comparative study of human papillomavirus detection
between cervical cytology and urine samples
Version: 2 Date: 11 Nov 2024
Reviewer:  Michael Odida
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been revised, but require some minor corrections. At the end of the
background, the sentence 'The research content is reported as follows" should be deleted.
In the Materials and Methods section, past tense should be used and the grammar modified.
Numbering 1, 2, 3 in the section could also be removed.
Title: Comorbid Bladder Pain Syndrome and Vulvodynia - A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the
UNICORN-4 Study
Version: 0 Date: 29 Sep 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity of reviewing your work. The paper adds important important
knowledge to the field. There are some points that need to be addressed. Please see my
suggestions in the attached file.
Best regards,
Reviewer
Title: Comorbid Bladder Pain Syndrome and Vulvodynia - A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the
UNICORN-4 Study
Version: 1 Date: 03 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors for acknowledging the comments from the reviewers and addressing the
comments and suggestions. The revised version addressed most of the comments and suggestion.
I believe this manuscript will be a valuable addition to the literature an dI am looking forward
to reading the published version.
Title: Association between blood heavy metals exposure with uterine fibroids among American
women: A cross-sectional analysis from NHANES data
Version: 1 Date: 12 Mar 2024
Reviewer:  Donatella Caserta
Reviewer's report:
I have reviewed the article "Association between blood heavy metals exposure with uterine
fibroids among American women: A cross-sectional analysis from NHANES data" submitted
to BMC Women's Health. The article has already been written nicely and provides evidence of
the correlation between uterine fibroids and blood Hg and Cd levels. Based on the quality of the
article, I recommend publishing it after addressing a major revision.
The abstract and introduction are well-structured and informative. However, I noticed that the
abstract conclusion repeats some of the results, which could be avoided to enhance the overall
clarity and conciseness of the article.
The discussion section could benefit from a more analytical approach. To provide a more
comprehensive analysis, I recommend including more data from the literature, such as [specific
data points]. Additionally, it would be more appropriate to include descriptive information about
heavy metals in the introduction rather than the discussion.
Please double-check the whole manuscript for potential grammar errors and typos, especially
in the materials and methods section.
The English writing needs further proofreading. There are still some linguistic errors and vague
descriptions remaining in the manuscript.
Title: Association between blood heavy metals exposure with uterine fibroids among American
women: A cross-sectional analysis from NHANES data
Version: 2 Date: 27 Oct 2024
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate the hard work made by the authors to address my previous comments. My only
additional comment is to potentially remove the statement of "Posterior inclusion probability
(PIP) values above 0.5 were considered significant" because technically the BKMR is a Bayesian
method that does not involve statistical significance testing. PIP is more depicting the relative
importance of variables. You may compare one variable's PIP to another variables to infer on
their relative importance, but I would advice against using any language relevant to statistical
significance or define any arbitrary cutoff value. Thank you.
Title: Association between blood heavy metals exposure with uterine fibroids among American
women: A cross-sectional analysis from NHANES data
Version: 4 Date: 04 Feb 2025
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses one or several
testable research questions? (Brief or other article types: is there a clear objective?)
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with sufficient technical rigor to
allow confidence in the results?
Yes - experiments and analyses were performed appropriately
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Yes - appropriate statistical analyses have been used in the study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
Yes - the author's interpretation is reasonable
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Has the author addressed your concerns sufficiently
for you to now recommend the work as a technically sound contribution? If not, can further
revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Yes - current version is technically sound
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: I carefully evaluated the revised version of this manuscript.
The authors have performed the required changes, improving significantly the quality of the
paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUESTS/SUGGESTIONS:
I do not have further concerns.
Title: Alterations in Menstrual Characteristics and Associated Factors in Chinese Women Post
SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 0 Date: 06 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
How the study is structured in the material method section is the most important part of the study
and this has been done very well in this article.
There are many studies conducted on the subject of the study. It would be appropriate to include
the first of these studies in the discussion section. In particular, studies conducted on what kind
of changes the anxiety caused by the pandemic causes in the menstrual cycle should also be
included.
Title: Alterations in Menstrual Characteristics and Associated Factors in Chinese Women Post
SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 0 Date: 26 Dec 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study analyzed the changes in women's menstruation and related factors after the emergence
of COVID-19 infection in a large number of Chinese people.
The study was conducted in the form of an online survey questionnaire. The main problem is
that the sample size is slightly small. At the same time, there is no description of the principles
for sample selection, it is suggested to supplement.
If possible, it is recommended to increase the analysis of menstrual changes in people with Long
COVID.
Title: Alterations in Menstrual Characteristics and Associated Factors in Chinese Women Post
SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study
Version: 0 Date: 29 Dec 2024
Reviewer's report:
The article has a good scientific and written standard and only a few points in the article need
editing.
1. In the method, the authors need to explain how they reached the sample size?
2. Since the mean BMI in the study is in the normal range, it is likely that the number of people
who were overweight or obese were low. Did the bootstrap account for the differences when
calculating subgroup results?
3. The authors reported that due to the sufficiently large sample size, it is likely that the large
number of respondents with better memory participated in the study, which was considered as
a benefit of the study. While, there was a significant gap between the outbreak of Covid-19
and the sampling. It is likely that many patients reported signs and symptoms as only guesses
and without certainty. Also, the self-report sample collection method introduces bias itself. I
recommend that the authors add it to discussion as study limitation So that clinical results can
be generalized with caution.