JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Reviewer's report
Title:Does female sex hormone supplementation (FSHS), exercise or a
combination of both, improve pain and function in post-menopausal women with
greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)? A randomised controlled trial.
Version:4Date:9 May 2016
Reviewer: Nese Yuksel
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review the revised manuscript. I believe the
authors have addressed all of the reviewers comments. I have no further
suggestions.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Does female sex hormone supplementation (FSHS), exercise or a
combination of both, improve pain and function in post-menopausal women with
greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)? A randomised controlled trial.
Version:4Date:21 May 2016
Reviewer: Mette Hansen
Reviewer's report:
I am satisfied with the changes made in the revised version of the manuscript
Level of interest: An article of outstanding merit and interest in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests'
Reviewer's report
Title:Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and Associated Factors among
Pregnant Women in Erer District, Somali region, Ethiopia
Version:2Date:13 November 2015
Reviewer: KAREN PHILLIPS
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions (which the author must respond to before a
decision on publication can be reached)
Abstract
p. 2, Methods- should include major interview topics to have some sense of the
scope of the study, year(s) of study collection, suggest omitting “After entered
into Epi11 data version 3.1, the data were exported to SPSS for windows version
16 software for analysis. ….Statistical significance was declared at p-value less
than 0.05.”- save for Methods section in text body
p.2, Results: unclear “Grand multi-gravidity” and “ANC”
Introduction
p.3, line 40-43: this section needs tightening, very redundant “the causes”
repeated over and over
What is meant by ‘indirect’ causes of maternal deaths?
p.3, line 51- “The obstetric complications have signs and symptoms called
obstetric danger signs”, specify these signs are important in absence of clinical
laboratory tests?
General comments- the Introduction should provide context to the reader
unfamiliar with life for pregnant women in Erer District of Ethiopia. Please provide
some general information regarding demographics, racial/ethnic groups, urban
vs. rural and most importantly, access/barriers to prenatal and antenatal care.
The writing in the Introduction could be significantly tightened- written more
concisely to allow for these additions.
Methods- pregnant women- are there cultural taboos regarding women who
become pregnant out of a partnership? Teen mothers? Cross-racial/ethnic
partnerships leading to pregnancy? E.g. are there any pregnant women who
would not have participated in the study? Were male partners a barrier to women
participating in study?
Ethics- with most participants lacking formal education, please elaborate on
mechanism for informed consent
Results
Line 180- define HEWs
Discussion
Line 213- elaborate on the differences (SES or otherwise) between the Erer
District and other Ethiopian study regions
Add Limitations section
Add- recommendations to improve lack of awareness of ob danger signs
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests'
Reviewer's report
Title:Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and Associated Factors among
Pregnant Women in Erer District, Somali region, Ethiopia
Version:3Date:4 January 2016
Reviewer: KAREN PHILLIPS
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
44 About seventh two percent of maternal deaths (should be 72%??
seventy-two)
47 While most pregnancies and births are uneventful, all pregnancies are at risk.
(requires context, not ALL pregancies are at risk)
84-87 A recent report of FMoH showed a wide variation in ANC coverage across
regions,
ranging from the lowest 41.6% in Somali to the highest 100% in Tigray region
and pregnant
women are ill-equipped to make appropriate choices especially when they are in
danger 80% of the ANC clients were not told about pregnancy complications [26].
(fragmenting sentences- revise. Also character not recognized in PDF file-
appears as a square)
115- equation- font is blurry, edit
234- square character appears in PDF
General review of English and formatting is recommended.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Covert contraceptive use among women attending a reproductive health
clinic in a municipality in Ghana
Version:2Date:9 December 2015
Reviewer: Jane T. Bertrand
Reviewer's report:
Please see attached file.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
no COI
Reviewer's report
Title:Covert contraceptive use among women attending a reproductive health
clinic in a municipality in Ghana
Version:3Date:18 January 2016
Reviewer: Jane T. Bertrand
Reviewer's report:
see attachment
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
none
Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research in A frica: A systematic review from 
a public health perspect ive 
 
Version: 0 Date: 19 Feb 2016  
 
Reviewer: S Asthana  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
 
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, pleas e specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are 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 further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Reviewer’ s report
Title: A community-based cross-sectional study for relationship of frequency of vegetables intake
and osteoporosis in a Chinese postmenopausal women sample
Version: 0Date: 12 Aug 2015
Reviewer: Edgar Nieto
Reviewer's report:
The conclusions should include another item to the questionnaire. That way prepares vegetables :
Raw , Medium cooked, Thoroughly cooked.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.
YesDoes the work include the necessary controls?
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.
YesAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.
Yes
Are 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 am able to assess the statisticsQuality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
AcceptableDeclaration of competing interests
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1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an
organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of thismanuscript, either now or in the future?
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3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the content of the
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5. Do you have any other financial competing interests?6. Do you have any non-financial competing interests in relation to this paper?
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to the editors, which will not be published.
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Reviewer’ s report
Title: Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of
Ghana: A cross-sectional survey
Version: 1Date: 22 Jan 2016
Reviewer: Andrew Hill
Reviewer's report:
Much improvedAre the methods appropriate and well described?
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.
YesDoes the work include the necessary controls?
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.
YesAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.
Yes
Are 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 am able to assess the statisticsQuality of written English
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:
AcceptableDeclaration of competing interests
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1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an
organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this
manuscript, either now or in the future?
2. Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose
financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?
3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the content of the
manuscript?
4. Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that holds
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5. Do you have any other financial competing interests?
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Reviewer's report
Title:Effects of Rotating Shift Work on Moderate Exacerbation of Menstrual
Characteristics In A Population of Chinese Nurses: A Case Control Study With
Two-Year Followup
Version:4Date:16 June 2015
Reviewer: Massimo Bracci
Reviewer's report:
The article focuses on changes in menstrual characteristics in rotating shift
nurses. The study consists of two parts: a case control on 473 subjects and a
two-year follow-up on 48 subjects. The question posed by the authors is well
defined and limitations of the study are well explained in the specific section.
The article constitutes a useful contribution to the field but several major
compulsory revisions are needed.
Major Compulsory Revisions
1) Statistical analysis should be better described. In particular confounding
factors taken in consideration in logistic regression are not clear.
2) Some important results of statistical analysis are not presented in “Results”
section.
3) The discussion is detailed and does not fit with the introduction that it is too
general.
4) The speculation about polymorphism of circadian genes in the "Conclusions"
section is excessive.
5) The English language should be implemented, the actual writing does not
allow an easy reading.
Minor Essential Revisions
1) Figure legends are too long
2) “References” section can be enriched
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Effects of Rotating Shift Work on Moderate Exacerbation of Menstrual
Characteristics In A Population of Chinese Nurses: A Case Control Study With
Two-Year Followup
Version:4Date:27 June 2015
Reviewer: Sandra West
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
There is a general problem with the shift classification system used in this
manuscript as the shift work definitions used need to distinguished between
evening work only, evening work involving the circadian rhythm disruption
associated with night work and night work only if that shift is involved here.
The speed of shift rotation is also pivotal here but that is not addressed with the
shift schedule being described in terms of days worked only.
The presence of a one month period for recreation every fourth month also
makes this a relatively unique approach to nursing shift work scheduling and this
also needs to be addressed in terms of rapid/ slow shift work cycles. All of these
elements have been demonstrated to effect shift work tolerance and presumably
will also be impacting menstrual cycles etc. but if definitional work is not linked to
existing work in this area the value of this report is limited.
Age of participants is a primary factor here also as this is a known determinant of
menstrual cycle /reproductive health yet while age is addressed in some
analyses there is no discussion of the potential for early onset menopause
although the age of participants extends to 45+. I would strongly suggest
considering reporting all analysis within age related cohorts, particularly as mean
based analyses appear to be the primary method of comparison used here.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare i have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Rotating shift work and menstrual characteristics in a cohort of Chinese
nurses
Version:7Date:5 September 2015
Reviewer: Bente Moen
Reviewer's report:
The file enclosed describe my comments With conclusion minor essential
revisions.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Rotating shift work and menstrual characteristics in a cohort of Chinese
nurses
Version:8Date:18 February 2016
Reviewer: Bente Moen
Reviewer's report:
The Authors have responded well to previous comments, and I have no further
response; no further revision needed.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
'I declare that I have no competing interests'
Reviewer's report
Title:Evaluation of the Female Suicidal Deaths Between 2005-2011 in Van City
of Turkey
Version:2Date:19 June 2014
Reviewer: Evan M. Kleiman
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
- There are English language issues throughout the manuscript and I suggest an
English language proofing service e.g., “For suicides ended in death” and the use
of “besides” many places incorrectly.
- The introduction needs to match the study question. Most of the introduction is
about the problems associated with marriage but a link needs to be made about
why this would confer risk for female suicides.
- Relatedly, there needs to be some framing of what the actual study was. This is
a descriptive study about correlates of suicides in females and that doesn’t
necessarily come through in the paper
Minor Essential Revisions
- The authors confuse with suicide being a leading cause of death in 10-19 year
olds (p. 9, lines 10-11) with the majority of the suicides in the study being under
18 years of age. These are different constructs—the confusion is between
leading cause of death and most represented group in the sample.
- Make sure not to repeat lines from the intro and discussion e.g, the line about
honor murders is seen in both the introduction and discussion.
- Could the authors also report the chi-square value in addition to the p-value of
the test?
- It doesn’t seem like chi-square tests are reported for some of the analyses e.g.,
location of suicide. The authors should report all of the statistical tests they’ve
done (if these weren’t completed, they probably should be)
- There’s a lot of statistics in the discussion section and if this is new information,
it should probably be introduced in the intro—it doesn’t look like the section on
pp. 9-10 is using stats to explain the results and thus should be used in the
introduction
Discretionary Revisions
- The finding about differences in seasons is interesting, could the authors
comment on that more?
- Could the authors discuss why females only were examined? A good reason
would be that the correlates are different between males and females but this
needs to be identified.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interest