JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: The effects of virtual logotherapy on health-promoting lifestyle among single-parent
adolescent girls during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a randomized clinical trial
Version: 3 Date: 12 Feb 2023
Reviewer:  Joel Vos
Reviewer's report:
Thank for giving me the opportunity to review your study.
This is an inspiring study, conducted under the difficult circumstances of the pandemic.
Important work.
Required revisions
-Introduction: please explain HPL in more nuanced wordings, e.g. that this is often considered
to consist of, amongst others, six main dimensions. I would recommend throughout the text to
describe other studies in a more nuanced way, if possible. Similarly, the sentence 'adolescence is
considered one of the most important stages of life' should be written in a more nuanced subtle
way.
-In your introduction, you may want to give more attention to cultural differences in the trends
that you describe, and particularly the role of the country where you conducted your study.
-Give more details on the range of studies that you describe in your introduction; these  sound
like big statements which could be strengthened with extra information.
-Explain whether participation to this study was voluntary or not. Explain that approval was
given by an ethics committee of the participating hospital.
-Explain the content of the intervention, and the statement that 'its content validity was confirmed
by several experts'.
-It is unclear which intervention was given. Give more information on the intervention, e.g.
session topics, therapeutic techniques.
-It is described as logotherapy, but the intervention seemed to be Breitbart and Applebaum
which is NOT logotherapy but meaning-centered psychotherapy. Change the names accordingly
throughout the article.
-In the discussion, more reflection is needed on the specific processes how a meaning-centered
intervention may change health behaviour.
-More attention should be given to the role of risk perception (see eg an overview in: Vos, J.
(2021). The Psychology of Covid-19. Sage; see research on risk perception and meaning in life:
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/17748)
Some not-yet included relevant references for you to consider in this paper include:
Vos, J. (2021). The Psychology of Covid-19. Sage.
Vos, J. (2018). Meaning in life: An evidence-based handbook for practitioners. Bloomsbury
Publishing.
Vos, J. (2016). Working with meaning in life in chronic or life-threatening disease: A review
of its relevance and the effectiveness of meaning-centred therapies. Clinical perspectives on
meaning: Positive and existential psychotherapy, 171-200.
Vos, J. (2015). Meaning and existential givens in the lives of cancer patients: A philosophical
perspective on psycho-oncology. Palliative & supportive care, 13(4), 885-900.
Title: The effects of virtual logotherapy on health-promoting lifestyle among single-parent
adolescent girls during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a randomized clinical trial
Version: 3 Date: 26 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
Congrats to the researcher for focusing on adolescents of single parents.
1. Most important:   APA 7 format must be followed throughout the text.
For example:
As per APA 7, Your abstract should be a single paragraph and should be between 150 and
250 words.
Following APA 7th edition guidelines, the phrase Keywords should be in italics with a
colon, followed by the keywords or phrases separated by commas. After the last keyword, no
punctuation is used.
Per APA 7, Section 6.32, use numerals to express numbers 10 or above (e.g., 11, 23, 256). Per
Section 6.33, write out numbers as words to express numbers up to nine (e.g., three, seven, eight).
2. While describing previous studies and statistics, give details about the countries where the
study was conducted. It will help the reader to understand the analysis.
3. It’s said that ‘the intervention group received VL in 3–5-person small groups’ and ‘Online
sessions were held through WhatsApp.’ Where were the participants? Did they reside in their
respective houses or organizations? Sit together in the room or join individually for group
intervention? Did they use one mobile phone, or what kind of gadgets were they using?
4. The researcher says, ‘The effects of virtual logotherapy,’ but also used offline intervention
via TV and telephone. It doesn’t make any sense.
5. If the researcher used the phone to contact other than the virtual intervention, how can she/
he justify all were given the same program?
6. ‘Its content validity was confirmed by several experts’: It is a research article. There should
be a specific number. How many experts? And what was the inter-rater reliability to assure that
the program is reliable?
7. The discussion is too long. It must be precise.
8. There is no ‘termination session’ at last.
9. What were the challenges and shortcomings while using WhatsApp intervention?
10. English correction is needed.
Title: The effects of virtual logotherapy on health-promoting lifestyle among single-parent
adolescent girls during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a randomized clinical trial
Version: 4 Date: 05 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
Highly appreciate your efforts to answer all the requested clarifications. It's done. Pleasant
reading. Yet, I would like to know the content validity of your Intervention Program (The
VL program). Upon receiving comments from five professors of the Faculty of Nursing and
Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, you might have seen Cronbach’s alpha.
Include this also in your article.
Slowly read the article again to correct a few spelling and grammatical mistakes.
Congratulations for your contributions to society and the psychological forum.
Title: Herbal medicine use during pregnancy and child birth: Perceptions of women living in
Lilongwe rural, Malawi – A Qualitative Study.
Version: 0 Date: 23 Feb 2023
Reviewer:  Chisale Mhango
Reviewer's report:
“Herbal medicine use during pregnancy and childbirth may prevent its related complications”:
Perceptions of women living in Lilongwe rural, Malawi – A Qualitative Study.
Makombe D et al
The manuscript covers a very important aspect with regards to health in the study location. The
approach was sound, and the findings are of public health importance. However, there are a few
comments regarding a few things if corrected can make this a perfect manuscript for the journal.
• The title does not really capture the work done in this study. A revision of the title to fit the
work will help bring clarity to the work.
• In line 40, correct “Qualtitative”
• In line 75, add “which” between properties and hasten.
• In line 86, replace “hastens” with “hasten.”
• In lines 164, what does the author mean when they say, “reached primary school?” Does the
author imply that they attained a primary school leaving certificate as stipulated but the Malawi
government or just managed to attend primary education up to any grade?
• In line 173, the heading “Herbal medicine are beneficial to a pregnant woman” does not truly
encompass the findings of the author. The supporting statements from line 174-176 suggest there
were mixed views regarding the use of herbal medicine to both the mother and child. A better
subheading encompassing both aspects of the argument could bring out clarity from the section.
• In lines 174-176, the author has used a vague term “some.” Could the author state the number
or percentage of participants that had either a positive or negative perception toward the use of
herbal medicine.
• In line 178, could the author state how many or a percentage of participants that thought herbal
medicines hastens labour.
• Overall, the author has terms like “majority, some, most, a good number of, most commonly”
to point out a few in to quantify the participants in the result section. These terms are not adding
any value to results. Could the author state the exact numbers instead.
Title: Herbal medicine use during pregnancy and child birth: Perceptions of women living in
Lilongwe rural, Malawi – A Qualitative Study.
Version: 4 Date: 07 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
The authors have addressed all the concerns that were raised during the first review.  The paper
reads well.  However, there are a few issues that need to be addressed:
1.  Page 5, lines 18-19: Focus group discussion has been described as a methodology, but it is a
data-collecting method. Therefore, the authors should use the correct terminology.
2. Page 5, lines 18-19: How does FGD, as a data collecting method, minimize the chances of
verbal misrepresentations, which often arise during field data transformation?
3.  Page 12, lines 24-25: Include the participant's code number for the quote.
4. Page 15, lines 10-11:  Include the participant's code number for the quote.
Title: Herbal medicine use during pregnancy and child birth: Perceptions of women living in
Lilongwe rural, Malawi – A Qualitative Study.
Version: 4 Date: 09 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Chisale Mhango
Reviewer's report:
The authors revised the original manuscript incorporating this reviewer’s comments and
suggestions, and this reviewer now finds this revised manuscript far clearer than the original
version. There are only a few requests for further revisions and clarification before this reviewer
recommends acceptance to the editor.
The authors keep on using vague terms like "many", "majority" to refer to the number of people
who agreed with the stated views in the result section.  Could the authors qualify these statements
with the actual number of participants when they say "many".
Title: Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of
Female Staff in a Nigerian University
Version: 1 Date: 29 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for your best work. Ca cervix is a huge reproductive health concern in Nigeria..
Title:: can this be a KAP study. It may be difficult to assess  awareness. Did you use frequency
or prevalence?
Background: To long. Should be focused on KAP  of cervical cancer  prevention.  What is known
and gaps especially within Nigeria and sub saharan Africa.
Method:  Method if sample size calculation is ambiguous. Also you calculated 188 but used 200
in your analysis. Did you give allowance for attrition or  non respond
Results: Can you include parity in the respondentscharacteristics? Can you consider differences
between academic and non academic.?
Discussion: Has not been robust. Need to compare and contrast findings from similar studies
within the Nigeria context before studies in Ethiopia etc. Devoid of a critique and lacks future
research directions.
Limitations: Vague. Did not state any Limitations which will be address. Read it again.
Conclusions: Needs to be concised.
References: well styled but very lengthy
Title: Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of
Female Staff in a Nigerian University
Version: 1 Date: 29 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Ilaria Cuccu
Reviewer's report:
In my opinion, this topic analyzed is interesting enough to attract readers’ attention. The goal
of this study is to assess knowledge, awareness, and attitude of female staff of Afe Babalola
University towards cervical cancer screening and vaccinations.
Methodology is accurate and conclusions are supported by the data analysis. Nevertheless,
authors should clarify some points and improve the discussion by citing relevant and novel key
articles about the topic:
- I suggest a round of language revision, in order to correct few typos and improve readability.
- It would be interesting to discuss how the lack of information/diffusion of vaccination and
screening can inevitably lead to an increase in the incidence of cervical cancer, more invasive
treatments such as surgery and treatment-related morbility complications also in early stage
disease.  In particular, I suggest this article to get deeper in the topic PMID: 35909005 and
36141917)
Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Considering all this 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: Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of
Female Staff in a Nigerian University
Version: 1 Date: 29 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Violante di Donato
Reviewer's report:
In my opinion, the analyzed topic is interesting enough to attract the readers’ attention. The goal
of this  article was to assess knowledge, awareness, and attitude of female staff of Afe Babalola
University towards cervical cancer screening and vaccinations.I think that the abstract of this
article is well organized.
In my opinion, the discussion could be studied in depth and extended. Maybe, it could be useful
the evaluation of some preventing protocols in order to sensitize women (PMID: 35455328 ).
Furthermore, the analysis of outcomes after procedures of conization could make women realize
how important prevention is ( Giannini, A.; Di Donato, V.; Sopracordevole, F.; Ciavattini, A.;
Ghelardi, A.; Vizza, E.; D’Oria, O….Bogani, G. Outcomes of High-Grade Cervical Dysplasia
with Positive Margins and HPV Persistence after Cervical Conization. Vaccines 2023, 11, 698).
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: Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of
Female Staff in a Nigerian University
Version: 2 Date: 07 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Violante di Donato
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the Manuscript titled " Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination:
Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of Female Staff in a Nigerian University" which falls
within the aim of the Journal.
The quality of the manuscript has improved thanks to the changes made. The abstract perfectly
summarizes the contents of the manuscript. The introduction is satisfactory. The methodology is
accurate and conclusions are supported by data analysis. References are relevant to the search.
The discussions are clear and comprehensive citing implications and comparisons with the
literature.
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.
Title: Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination: Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude of
Female Staff in a Nigerian University
Version: 2 Date: 07 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Ilaria Cuccu
Reviewer's report:
In my honest opinion, the topic is interesting enough to attract the readers’ attention. In my
honest opinion, the topic is interesting enough to attract the attention of readers. The contents
and results of the manuscript are clear and useful for an update on the role of screening and
vaccination as the prevention of cervical cancer.  I think it could be of interest to the readers
and, in my opinion, it deserves the priority to be published.
Title: Determinants of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal
Care at Public and Private Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, North-West Ethiopia, 2022:  A
multicenter Unmatched Case Control Study.
Version: 3 Date: 15 Feb 2023
Reviewer:  Theresa Azonima Irinyenikan
Reviewer's report:
The authors tried to find out the determinants for hyperemesis gravidarum among pregnant
women which is commendable. However, the reporting of their findings was not very clear as
there were lots of grammatical errors in the abstract, results and the discussion sections which
will need to be corrected. They have been highlighted in the manuscript.
I just wondered why the authors used unmatched controls with the numbers in the unmatched
controls even higher than the cases, for better comparison equal number of contols could have
been used.
Title: Determinants of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal
Care at Public and Private Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, North-West Ethiopia, 2022:  A
multicenter Unmatched Case Control Study.
Version: 3 Date: 23 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
1.This study is a multicentre facility based unmatched case control study to assess
the determinants of hyperemesis gravidarum  in pregnant women.Data was collected
using an interviewer administered questionniare.Living in urban ,primigravida ,family h/o
hyperemesis ,helicobacter  pylori and depression were determinants of hyperemesis gravidarum.
2.Study is technically sound
3.Aims and objectives very clear
4.Previous data support the study data
5.Statistical analysis of data is correct
6.The  study is discussed in the context of   previous litreture
7.The manuscript need not be revised to address any limitations.
8.Simple ,precise study with clear methodology and data analysis.
Title: Determinants of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal
Care at Public and Private Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, North-West Ethiopia, 2022:  A
multicenter Unmatched Case Control Study.
Version: 5 Date: 17 Apr 2023
Reviewer:  Theresa Azonima Irinyenikan
Reviewer's report:
Corrections effected.
Title: Gender-based violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Recommendations for future
Version: 1 Date: 10 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
I suggest the paper can be improved in the following ways:
Abstract
Please modify the headlines based on the format of the journal
- In the method section, please include the duration of search. Also please bring the keyword
search in methods.
-In the conclusion part, it is necessary to specify the researcher's proposal to improve the
conditions and use of the beneficiaries
Introduction
Please bring the following items
1- Definition of the research problem
2- The magnitude and importance of the study variable
3- Bringing the variable epidemiology information of the study at the world level and the place
of study
4- Bringing theoretical knowledge about the importance of studying
5- Expressing the necessity of conducting the study
Finally, the practical purpose of the study should be stated
Methods
The scoping review not need to qualitative assessment
Discussion
In the discussion section, it is necessary to compare the main results of the study with the results
of other studies in this field
-please add the limitation in the end of discussion
Conclusion
# What are your suggestion for future studies?
To strengthen the article, especially in the introduction and discussion section the following
women violence literature review related.
Best regard
Title: Gender-based violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Recommendations for future
Version: 1 Date: 17 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
In my opinion, the title, while important, is repetitive and has been widely discussed in various
studies. Therefore, I think the topic lacks innovation to be published in this journal.
In general, in the introduction section, various studies have been conducted on this issue, it is
necessary to criticize them in depth to explain why the current research was conducted.
In the method section, you should use the Scoping Review study guide. But you have not used.
Refer to the following references;
Arksey H, Malley L. Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. Int J Soc Res
Methodol. 2005;8(1):19–32.
Munn Z, Peters MDJ, Stern C, Tufanaru C, McArthur A, Aromataris E. Systematic review or
scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review
approach. BMC Med Res Methodol. (2018) 18:1–7. doi:
10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x
In the title, you mentioned "recommendations for future", but the recommendations expressed
in the results section lack innovative aspects.
Title: Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A
systematic review and narrative synthesis
Version: 1 Date: 05 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this manuscript. The authors present “Inequality in
healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A systematic review
and narrative synthesis”. This is an important topic and has the potential to inform health
professionals and researchers about this risk in general. The search is limited to specific search
databases and does not cover the main databases and may have created a bias in the review of
articles.
Title: Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A
systematic review and narrative synthesis
Version: 1 Date: 07 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to review this manuscript.
I congratulate the authors for the work done and the effort to plan and carry out a meta-analysis.
Below I will make some suggestions with the aim of improving the manuscript.
Abstract
1. There is no study design at Methods.
2. There is no time of study at Methods.
Introduction
1. Mention to the statistics of POP.
2. Explain about the cause of POP.
3. Who is at risk for POP?
4. Mention the treatment methods of POP.
5. Refer to more studies.
6. It should be emphasized the importance of study well and should be explained why it is
necessary good.
Method
1. I suggest that add the PICO of the study.
2. The outcome of the study was identifying the level of healthcare-seeking behavior of women
with POP. According to the included studies, can secondary outcomes be added to the study and
evaluated and discussed.
Discussion
1. Compare and discuss the results of other studies with the results of your study.
Title: Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A
systematic review and narrative synthesis
Version: 1 Date: 07 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Delena Caagbay
Reviewer's report:
This systematic review and narrative synthesis for health-seeking behaviour in women with a
POP is well conducted and written.  It highlights differences in health-seeking behaviour and
inconsistencies in collecting the data.  Overall, I think this is a great paper!
Just a few general comments.
Results: I'm not sure you need to report on the duplicates in the total number of studies reviewed
In summarising the results for the 8 papers, it would read easier to consistently report the
percentage of women who sought treatment (not percentage of those who did not seek treatment).
The section 'disparities in healthcare-seeking behaviour..." line 205-219 should be put at the
beginning of the discussion because it becomes repetitive to read.
In the discussion, it would be interesting to delve deeper into the inconsistencies of the results.
Is it due to the geographical location of the study (urban vs remote), lack of awareness, lack of
health services, financial constraints,  study methodology or study population?  These factors
are what will help develop further studies and support policy changes within health systems.
Title: Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: A
systematic review and narrative synthesis
Version: 1 Date: 09 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Ilaria Cuccu
Reviewer's report:
In my opinion, this topic analyzed is interesting enough to attract readers’ attention. The goal of
this study is to review and synthesize the existing evidence on the healthcare-seeking behavior
among women with pelvic organ prolapse. I think that the abstract of this article is very clear
and well structured.
In my opinion, the discussion could be studied in deep and extended. Maybe, it could be useful
the evaluation of the state of the art of surgical approaches and new treatment strategies for
prolapse. In particular, I suggest these articles to get deeper in the topic: PMID: 33103408,
PMID: 28786873.
Because of these reasons, the article should be revised and completed. Tables are clear and
interesting. Considering all this 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.