Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Differentials in Health -related Quality of Life of Employed and Unemployed Women with 
Normal Vaginal Delivery  
 
Version: 2 Date: 15 Oct 2017  
 
Reviewer: Forough Mortazavi  
 
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It is necessary that the Conclusions of an Abstract be supported by the Results presented in the 
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the abstract should be presented by  means, F, p -value , …  
Since you gathered data in three time points, the best test is "repeated measure ANOVA." It 
seems that you used repeated measure ANOVA for the analysis presented in table 2. If so, please 
indicate it in the data analyses section of the manuscript.  
In tabl e 3, 5 and 7, all means are in 4 decimals. Please change them in 1 or 2 decimals.  
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Yes 
 
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Yes 
 
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