JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 1 Date: 21 Oct 2022
Reviewer's report:
The Study, a longitudinal cohort study on the prevalence, persistence , clearance and risk factors
of Human papilloma Virus  infection in rural Uyghur  women  in  China,  has been conducted
according to the objectives it set out to accomplish.
The authors should however critically appraise one of their recommendations which
recommends the promotion of late child bearing as a means of  reducing persistence of HPV
infection. Also indicate if analysis of data was per protocol or by intention to treat, given the
fairly high rate of attrition
The reporting of the study has been observed to have many spacing/ typographical errors. the
authors should  correct the spacing errors. The typographical errors are  as detailed below:
Line 9-the authors contributed (not the authors contribute)
Line 11-  1 Fifth department of surgery (1 should be a superscript)
Line 28- Methods should indicate type of study being undertaken i.e a longitudinal cohort study.
Lines, 48,51,53,57,58,60,68- all the sub headings under "Declaration", should be followed by
a colon(e.g Funding:)
Line 82- New sentence should begin with a capital letter.
Line 98- highlight inclusion criteria (embolden)
Line 110, should be reconstructed to read, following histology, patients with grade2.....
Line126- report in the past tense
Line 134- persistent instead of persist
Line 143- on table instead of in table
Line 144- delete occupied
Line 145- farmers not farmer and illiterate, not illiteracy
Line 157 -Particularly, not particular
Lines 178- 189, 192-199- delete space
Line 191- delete epidemic
Line213- to participate in, rather than to attend our study
Line 215- 18 were lost to follow up , rather than 18 lost contact
Line 218- After 24 months, rather than after 24 month
Line 232- delete epidemics
Line292- replace "till now"
Line 262-  state year of report
Line269-HPV clearance, not clearness
Line 270- farmers rather than farmer
Line 287- Begin new sentence with a capital letter
Line 292-Replace "till now" with ""Currently"
Line 234-nor parity rather than no parity
Line 397- UNIVERSITY wrongly spelt
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 1 Date: 13 Feb 2023
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)?
No - there are major issues
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?
Yes - experiments and analyses were performed appropriately
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are major 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: In this manuscript, Tuerxun et al. report epidemiological data on
HPV infection in Uyghur women.
While having some interesting observations, this study does not provide clear data for the
authors' conclusions such as the age of 50 for regular HPV screens and a longer duration of HR-
HPV infection in Uyghur women.
The correlation between HPV infection and taking shower frequency (P=0.047) is marginal.
What does ""high-risk factors for HPV infection and persistent HPV infection as targets for
intervention"" mean?
Significant English editing will be necessary.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
Significant revision with English editing"
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 4 Date: 11 Apr 2023
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?)
No - there are major issues
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
No - there are major issues
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with sufficient 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 major issues
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?
Maybe - with major revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: The manuscript has been slightly improved but still has a few main
concerns and numerous spacing errors, typos, and grammar issues.
How can the high incidence of persistent high-risk HPV infection be the main reason for the
decrease in the HPV infection rate?
The study design might be flawed, as the first detection of HPV infection in >50 years old
women does not indicate that it is from initial HPV infection. Rather, it is very likely that the
majority of the >50 years old women already have persistent HPV infection established from
initial infection many years ago. Obviously, established persistent HPV infection will not be
cleared at older ages.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
A revised manuscript should address the abovementioned concerns and have significant
grammatical editing."
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 4 Date: 18 Apr 2023
Reviewer's report:
- Although the Authors revised the manuscript, English proof editing is still recommended.
There are many typographical errors throughout the text.
- What are the limitations of the study?
- For the following statement typographical errors should be corrected and the reference need
to be provided: “C astellsaGué X reported that IUD use might act as a protective cofactor in
cervical carcinogenesis.”
- References 17, 19 and 31 are the same!
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 6 Date: 19 May 2023
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?
No - there are major issues
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with sufficient technical rigor to
allow confidence in the results?
No - there are major issues
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are major issues
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?
Maybe - with major revisions
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: My two main concerns have not been resolved. The high incidence
of persistent high-risk HPV infection cannot be the main reason for the decrease in the HPV
infection rate, because coinfections of different HPV genotypes are very common. In addition,
it is unacceptable to determine new HPV infection rates based on two-year follow-up data.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
The authors need to address the two issues described above.
Title:  Prevalence, persistence, clearance and risk factors for HPV infection in rural Uyghur
women in China
Version: 7 Date: 05 Jul 2023
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?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this 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: The revised manuscript looks good. I have no further issues.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
No revision is required.
Title: Nutritional Status and Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Patients undergoing
treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Version: 1 Date: 10 Jun 2023
Reviewer's report:
The authors should be commended for such a wonderful piece of article.
I have the following points to be addressed:
`1) I suggest authors to re-write their title as " The impact of Nutritional Status on the Quality
of Life of Breast Cancer Patients undergoing treatment in Ethiopian Tertiary Care Hospitals" to
better reflect the aim of the study.
2) Abstract: under method section, please include the duration of days the survey undertaken
3) Introduction: please write abbreviations in full when first used. For example, SGA is not
mentioned in full in the introduction except in the abstract.
4) Method:
a) You have used Philippine's prevalence data to calculate sample size, but how could you
compare the socioeconomic status of this country with yours?
b) Of the calculated 411 samples, how was the allocation process to the two hospitals?
5) Result:
a) Please include response rate in your report.
b) Include frequency and % into one column throughout the article: 15 (2%)
c)Religion: for others, please mention them under the legend of the table
d) What is objective definition for food security?
Overall, the finding of this study would have been much more interesting if the impact of other
factors, including the stage of cancer and type of chemotherapy, were included in the multivariate
analysis.
Title: Nutritional Status and Quality of Life Among Breast Cancer Patients undergoing
treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Version: 4 Date: 07 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Diriba Alemayehu Gadisa
Reviewer's report:
Abstract
Background: needs to be shorten
Results:’ ‘A total of 411 breast cancer patients (mean age =44.4 (± 11.47 years)’,  please use the
standard way of writing like…… with mean age of 44.4 (± 11.47) years.
In addition, reporting the result with percentage only might not be sufficient, better to report
in both frequency and percentages, n(%). Should be corrected accordingly throughout the
manuscript.
Conclusion: ….’it compromises the quality of life of the  patients’.  Since this study design
was cross-sectional, we cannot conclude as there is ‘cause and effect’ between deterioration of
quality of life and malnutrition, rather it should be reported as ‘under/over? nutrition is associated
with poor HRQoL, OR Vice-versa!’.
In the conclusion; ‘This study indicated that malnutrition is a major problem among breast cancer
patients in Addis Ababa’… were all of the study participants from Addis Ababa? If it was not,
it is difficult to conclude as such. Your conclusion should be about your study participants, not
about the location where they received treatment since around 41% study participants were out
of AA.  Look at and correct it accordingly.
////
Introduction
‘Breast cancer incidence has increased from 18 to 400 new cases between 1997 and 2012 in
Addis Ababa (5)’….. please include the report at the country level, because your participants
were not the residents of  Addis Ababa only.
///
Results: In table for religion classification, there is the term ‘other’ but the authors did not explain
what that ‘other’ mean. Hence, it is recommendable if the religions of the study participants that
classified under ‘other’ is elaborated under the table (as table legend)
///
Conclusions: ‘This study revealed that the magnitude of malnutrition in the breast cancer
population in these treatment centers is very large, in addition to the common problems that
affect women diagnosed with breast cancer, when their nutritional status is compromised it also
plays a significant role in decreasing their quality of life. Nutritional support should be included
as a therapeutic regimen during active oncology treatments. The main objectives would be to
prevent early death, decrease complications, and improve quality of life.’ Better id the authors
clearly summarize the main objectives: Magnitude of malnutrition + the association (i.e., not
cause and effect relationship) between malnutrition and Quality of life, and any recommendation
based on the association between malnutrition and quality of life.
///
Last, but not least, please try to revise your manuscript as per the standards for reporting survey
study: STROBE checklist:https://www.strobe-statement.org/checklists/
Title: Prevalence of preconception TORCH infections and its influential factors: Evidence from
over 2 million women with fertility desire in southern China
Version: 3 Date: 20 Mar 2023
Reviewer's report:
The findings of this study provide important references of preconception TORCH infections
among women with fertility desire in southern China. In general, this study is meaningful and
impressive. I have notice some points not so clear, which need explanations in detail:
1) Is there any relevant data with Herpes simplex virus [HSV]?
2) How to explain “Factors such as having a higher educational level, and being of other
ethnicities were associated with a higher prevalence of CMV and RV infection”?
Title: Prevalence of preconception TORCH infections and its influential factors: Evidence from
over 2 million women with fertility desire in southern China
Version: 3 Date: 29 Mar 2023
Reviewer:  Houqiang Luo
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript by Han and colleagues presents an interesting work aimed at “Prevalence of
preconception TORCH infections and its influential factors: Evidence from over 2 million
women with fertility desire in southern China”. The experimental procedures mentioned here
would be quite informative for a broad range of readers with potential to provide effective
prevention measures for preconception TORCH infections.This experiment has good production
significance. There are some questions.
1.In Introduction, the author started with the aim and objectives without identifying the problem
that led to conduct this study.
2.The description of Results is too long and detailed.
3.The language thorough out the manuscript needs a little improvement regarding the syntax
errors and grammatical errors.
Title: Women’s sexual empowerment and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives
in Ghana: Evidence from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey
Version: 4 Date: 15 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Michael Boah
Reviewer's report:
I have reviewed the revised manuscript and I can confirm that my previous comments have been
adequately addressed. I consider the manuscript scientifically suitable for consideration in BMC
Public Health
Title: Global Achievement of Maternal Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals Targets
Among Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Version: 3 Date: 19 May 2023
Reviewer's report:
Overall this article gives great insight into the nature of IPV across many countries . The different
geographical locations of the countries also makes the result very representatiive.
GENERAL COMMENTS:
1. It would have been  even better to   include measures that assess the  emotional  functioning
given that IPV  has been found to precipitate  mental health problems .. Depression, Anxiety,
Post traumatic stress disorder to mention a few to assess the mental well-being of these women
given  their circumstances.
2. These days, it is even better to proffer solutions /  make recommendations about possible
interventions to  mitigate  problems that have been identified in research  based on prevalence...
does the researcher have any plans of devising interventions  or making recommendation to
inform stakeholder policies  to address IPV? (To be included in recommendation section)
PRESENTATION OF RESULTS:
1.  It would be even better if  the author provides a bar graph   of Socioeconomic determinants
percentage by IPV status to give a more in-depth understanding of the socioeconomic
determinants even for a lay person.
2. Were there any  specific findings on  the experience of emotional violence?
3. What  direct relationship did it have with  the dependent variable?
4. What  reasons could have accounted for the finding.....IPV was highest among women
working as self-employed in agricultural (47%) while it was lowest among women working in
clerical (27%) and professional /managerial jobs (28%).?
5. Could the author provide a section on Discussion to explain the  results and what  other
researchers have found? whether the findings converge  with or diverge  from the findings of
the present study?
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION
Could the author  consider  proffering as part of the recommendations...… an intervention which
could  be used a vehicle to drive implementation science to tackle the issue of IPV?
Title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for female patients with groin hernias
Version: 2 Date: 11 May 2023
Reviewer:  Idris Kurtulus
Reviewer's report:
First of all, congratulations to the authors.
One unaddressed issue in the management of groin hernia repair in women is whether the round
ligament should be divided or spared during surgery. But there is no evidence in the literature
to support either. Therefore, such studies are valuable even if they are retrospective. Therefore,
I think the acceptance of the Article would be appropriate with minor revision., I would like to
focus on down issues.
The first of these is the subject of the name of the company and company belonging to the Mesh
manufacturer on the 110th line of the article. This field should be removed from the article, or
if this article was prepared with support from the company, a supporting contract  statement
should be made in the article ethically. Likewise, the name of a Mesh manufacturer company
should not be mentioned in the video in the file, or if the authors have a supporting contract with
the relevant company, it should be clearly declared ethically.
On the other hand, only the technical side of the subject was analyzed in the research. In other
words, complications such as seroma and postoperative pain after inguinal hernia surgery were
mentioned. However, the main issue discussed in the literature is whether complications such
as dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain  and genital prolapse occur, which are expected to occur if
the round ligament is not preserved. For this reason, if the authors have outputs on dyspareunia
and genital prolapse, it will be more meaningful to support for literture this article if they add
it to the article.
There are fewer implications of division in the preperitoneal space as the nerves are not adherent
to the ligament until it enters the internal ring. Division of the round ligament should, therefore,
be performed proximal to the genital branch meeting, which is typically best performed at the
fusion with the peritoneum where division has no functional implication.The round ligament
was not preserved in the authors' 31 cases. For this reason, it would be appropriate for them to
report how and from which plan they cut the ligament in the methodology section.
Congratulations to the authors. I wish you success
Title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for female patients with groin hernias
Version: 2 Date: 22 May 2023
Reviewer:  Katsuhito Suwa
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for reviewing your manuscript. I read this manuscript with great interest.
Though the guidelines recommended to preserve the round ligament in female TAPP, the
purpose of preservation was unclear. Furthermore, in most cases, the round ligament cannot be
dissected from the peritoneum due to strong adhesion between them.
The manuscript is well written but has several issues to be solved.
1. How did authors choose the actual technique to preserve the ligament among three methods?
Surgeon's preference? or hernia type?
Details should be described.
2. Keyhole technique seems to be friable for indirect hernia repair. How many such cases are
there in the current study? And show its outcome.
3. In the Discussion section, line 5-14 should be deleted.
4. Please  describe the anatomical and embryological considerations of relation between
peritoneum and round ligament.
Title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for female patients with groin hernias
Version: 3 Date: 07 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Idris Kurtulus
Reviewer's report:
Congratulations to the authors. I think that this article in its final revised form will contribute
to the literature.
I would also like to thank the authors for making the necessary arrangements taking into account
our suggestions.
Title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for female patients with groin hernias
Version: 3 Date: 23 Jun 2023
Reviewer:  Katsuhito Suwa
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for letting me review this manuscript again.
This manuscript is very interesting and your results "The incidences of chronic pelvic pain and
genital prolapse seems to be higher in the division group than in the preservation group (6.1% vs.
0.6% and 3.3% vs. 0%, separately). However, no statistical difference was observed (p>0.05).
No patient suffered from dyspareunia in both groups." seem to make a breakthrough in the
function of round ligament. Therefore, we have to discuss carefully.
What was the definition of   "chronic pain and prolapse"  and how long was the follow-up term?
Details should be added.