Reviewer’ s report
Title: CLINICAL ASPECTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG WOMEN WITH
ENDOMETRIOSIS AND INFERTILITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Version: 1Date: 19 Apr 2020
Reviewer: Justyna Sikora
Reviewer's report:
The results of study of de Farias Rodrigues, that it is not the stage of endometriosis that interferes
in the quality of life of women with endometriosis and infertility but rather the clinicalmanifestations, such as dyspareunia and pain outside of menstruation. This paper is interesting;however, I have a few comments and questions:1.Could you clearly explain what is the novelty ofyour research? The topic is not very novel, however it still can be useful. 2.Could you add toabstract how many patients were included to your study?3.Is that statistically correct to comparethese amounts of studied group? (20 and 80)?4.What kind of questions are you considered insurvey? You explain only general parts of survey.5.Did you add question about coexistingautoimmune disease?6.Could you collect all patient data in one table, this article would becomemore transparent?7.The discussion part is very poor, not enough information is included.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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Yes
Does the work include the necessary controls?
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YesAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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YesAre you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require furtherassessment in your comments to the editors.
I recommend additional statistical reviewQuality of written English
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Acceptable
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