Reviewer’ s report
Title: CLINICAL ASPECTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG WOMEN WITH
ENDOMETRIOSIS AND INFERTILITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Version: 1Date: 16 Apr 2020
Reviewer: Onur Erol
Reviewer's report:
The current study aims to verify the levels of quality of life and their possible distinctions
according to the symptomatology and staging of endometriosis. Although the subject is certainlyinteresting, a number of comments have to be made:1.Line 54: Authors stated that a total of 100women who underwent laparoscopy were enrolled. But in line 92, '' pathological diagnosisconfirmed by video laparoscopy and/or laparotomy'. There is a discrepancy regarding thediagnosis of endometriosis. In addition, please do not use the term ' video', laparoscopy issufficient. 2.In my opinion, authors should include the indications of surgery in study population.Is there any participant with repeated surgery for endometriosis? 3.Please mention the urinary andintestinal changes in more detail. 4.In table 3; the comparison between 4 domains of SF-36questionnaire and 2 clinical symptoms has been demonstrated; I concern other domains (physicalaspect, vitality, social aspect, mental health) and symptoms (e.g. dysmenorrhea)5.Authors adopteda cut-off value as 60; above this point on a scale of 0 to 100 indicate preservation of quality of life.In the discussion part (first sentence), it has been stated that some domains (vitality, general healthstatus, pain and mental health) were below the cut-off value. In table 2, median pain score seemsto be 63 in stage I-II endometriosis group and 62 in stage III-IV endometriosis group.6.Line 168,please delete the year '2017'. Bento and Moreira (31) is sufficient.7. In table 2 and 3, please use
CI instead of IC for the abbreviation of Confidence Interval.
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