JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Postoperative complications and unanticipated healthcare encounters following mini-
laparotomy vs. laparoscopic/Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: a comparative retrospective
study
Version: 0 Date: 01 Feb 2024
Reviewer:  Majid Yousefi Afrashteh
Reviewer's report:
The topic of the article was outside my area of expertise. Sorry I can't provide a helpful review.
Title: Postoperative complications and unanticipated healthcare encounters following mini-
laparotomy vs. laparoscopic/Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: a comparative retrospective
study
Version: 1 Date: 21 Feb 2024
Reviewer:  Phuc Nhon Nguyen
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
Thank you for addressing all my concerns.
The paper is improved in the current form.
Best regards,
Phuc Nhon Nguyen MD
Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Title: Postoperative complications and unanticipated healthcare encounters following mini-
laparotomy vs. laparoscopic/Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: a comparative retrospective
study
Version: 1 Date: 03 Mar 2024
Reviewer:  Majid Yousefi Afrashteh
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors for the corrections. I think the article is greatly improved.
Title: Association between Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) and some novel anthropometric indices,
including Body Roundness Index (BRI), A Body Shape Index (ABSI), Visceral adiposity index
(VAI), and Body Adiposity Index (BAI), in Iranian women: A cross-sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study entitled " Association between Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) and some novel
anthropometric indices, including BRI, ABSI, VAI, and BAI, in Iranian women: A cross-
sectional study " is interesting. However; I have some comments.
1. It is better not to use abbreviations in the title of the manuscript
2. Every word should be written first in its full form (not abbreviated) and then its abbreviation
should be written. Please check and correct the entire text of this item.
3. "Additionally, due to its simplicity, BMI can lead to inaccurate assessment of the prevalence
of overweight and obesity and underestimate the risk of developing obesity-related disease" after
this sentence, also you can mention that also there is a paradox association between BMI and
all-cause and disease-specific mortality in some chronic diseases like chronic kidney disease
and cardiovascular diseases (you can refer to these two article :10.1016/j.pcad.2022.11.013 and
10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.016)
4. "A group of 217 women between 18 and 48 years old participated in the current study." For a
cross-sectional study on obesity with a high prevalence, this sample size seems small. By what
method and based on which study did you calculate the sample size? Please add this information
to the article.
5. "The TUMS Medical Research Ethics Committee approved the study with the following
designation." Please add the approval code.
6. As mentioned, the main limitation of this study is its sample size, which strongly affects the
power of the results.
7. In the inclusion criteria, given that there is a concentration of triglycerides in the formula,
were people who were taking triglyceride-lowering drugs or triglyceride-lowering supplements
included in the study?
8. Are each food item adjusted for energy in the calculations of the LLDS or not?if yes, please
add to text.
Title: Association between Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) and some novel anthropometric indices,
including Body Roundness Index (BRI), A Body Shape Index (ABSI), Visceral adiposity index
(VAI), and Body Adiposity Index (BAI), in Iranian women: A cross-sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 05 Feb 2024
Reviewer's report:
thank you for involving me in the review of this article
The following are some comments:
Has the LLDS been validated on the study population?
why was a female sample selected?
how was the age range chosen?
the cross-sectional design is a major limitation, and should be included in the limitations
Acronyms should be made explicit when first appearing, review.
It is known biologically that women have more fat than men, so there is a selected population
bias at the start. Please note this.
Discussion: the authors write : "A healthy diet rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains,
and unsaturated fatty acids, including PUFA and MUFA, was reported to improve weight
and anthropometric indices by regulating energy hemostasis, upregulating PPAR-# expression,
inducing fatty acid #-oxidation, inhibiting the expression of lipogenesis genes, and increasing
insulin sensitivity (31-34). " please consider that a plant-based, Mediterranean diet is also
associated with reduced mortality, and physical frailty, among other things. It is necessary
to implement the bibliography and implement discussions: 10.3390/nu12041070, 10.1007/
s00394-022-03066-9)
English needs revision
Title: Association between Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) and some novel anthropometric indices,
including Body Roundness Index (BRI), A Body Shape Index (ABSI), Visceral adiposity index
(VAI), and Body Adiposity Index (BAI), in Iranian women: A cross-sectional study
Version: 2 Date: 03 Mar 2024
Reviewer's report:
I thank the authors for addressing all the critical issues highlighted.
Title: Centring participant experience: a realist evaluation of a menstruator-friendly facility
design project in a refugee settlement, Lebanon
Version: 4 Date: 25 Nov 2023
Reviewer's report:
This study holds significant importance and relevance within the field. It is crucial to emphasize
and address menstrual hygiene in humanitarian settings, as neglecting this aspect can lead
to long-term consequences for women and girls. Furthermore, examining the effects of
participating in menstrual health projects is an equally important and often overlooked area of
discussion.
The article is well-written, although there are a few grammatical errors and language
inconsistencies that require attention. For example, on page 2, the phrase "experiences for
participants each stage" needs clarification.
In terms of specific comments on the different sections:
Background:
While the background section is informative and well-structured, it would be beneficial to further
discuss or clarify the reasons behind centering participant experiences at all stages of menstrual
health projects in humanitarian settings. Highlighting this justification in the abstract as well
would strengthen the use of the Realist Evaluation method.
Methods:
It may be helpful to explain the distinction between a soft and hard WaSH officer to ensure
clarity for readers. Additionally, the authors should provide more details about the recruitment
process, including any refusals and reasons for them. Furthermore, information regarding the
age and marital status of the participants involved in the FGDs would be useful when presenting
the results. It is also necessary to mention who facilitated the Key Informant Interviews (KII),
along with their training and experience. Similarly, presenting the training level of the individual
who facilitated the FGDs is important. Pre-testing the interview guides before their use should
also be mentioned. Lastly, it would be helpful to clarify the abbreviation MCMO.
Results:
Within the Results section, I suggest moving the literature review portion to either the
background or discussion sections. Differentiating between the literature review and the quoted
material is challenging, and it would be beneficial for the authors to specify the sources of
the quotes. For instance, there are no quotes provided to support PT 8, as the authors solely
discuss the literature review. Additionally, I am unsure if PT 9 should be categorized under "post
participation," as it discusses non-menstruators' support that influences participants' motivation
to participate.
Discussion:
In this section, there is the inclusion of quotes that are being presented for the first time, which
should instead be included under the results section. One intervention that could be discussed is
addressing the gaps identified by participants, such as difficulties in accessing menstrual hygiene
products. In such cases, organizations should strive to find ways and strategies to facilitate access
for menstruators.
Addressing these comments and incorporating the suggested revisions will enhance the overall
quality and clarity of the study.
Title: Urinary incontinence following successful closure of obstetric vesicovaginal fistula repair
in southern Ethiopia
Version: 1 Date: 26 Nov 2023
Reviewer:  Charles Njoku
Reviewer's report:
The investigation is relevant and publishable if the authors  pay keen attention to the comments
and effect the corrections. Significant deficiencies reflects more on content structuring of the
work. The design is in alignment and  good for publication. This is a very  prevalent health
disorder in Africa and should be made available for scholars. I recommend the work for
publication if all corrections are effected by the authors.
Title: Women’s Experiences of Seeking Healthcare for Abdominal Pain in Ireland: A
Qualitative Study
Version: 0 Date: 17 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
This was a well written and interesting analysis of women's experiences of seeking care for
abdominal pain in Ireland. Findings were not surprising but the authors explored previously
identified issues in depth and present a well-developed analysis of the data. I recommend
publication of the article and have only a couple of minor points for consideration:
Who undertook the analysis? Was this undertaken by one person only or were themes and
analysis discussed between authors?
You mention the need to study this issue in Ireland but do not explain why this is necessary.
Could you elaborate more on the unique findings of this study?
Title: Women’s Experiences of Seeking Healthcare for Abdominal Pain in Ireland: A
Qualitative Study
Version: 0 Date: 18 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for this interesting and well-written paper. I enjoyed reading it, and wish you every
success in your ongoing research.
I have a few very minor comments and suggestions.
Can you please clarify who transcribed, and who verified the transcripts? This is important to
ensure the rigour of the data, as the transcript becomes the primary data, not the audio, so it is
vital that there are no errors in the transcript.
Who was involved in analysing the data? How did you determine the codes, categories and
themes, i.e. did one person do it all and the others look over to check, or did you independently
code a transcript to agree codes…? Please include a paragraph on how you actually conducted
the steps of the analysis.
The four themes are coherent, and make sense. Well done.
Towards the end, you refer to reflexivity, and that was really good, however, including a
couple of sentences about the relationships between the researcher/s and the participants, would
give some indication of the power dynamic etc. It would also be helpful to understand how
the interviewer's assumptions and biases were managed? Was the interviewer of a similar
demographic to the participants? Had they received training in qualitative interviewing and
data analysis? If others were involved in the analysis, how were their assumptions and biases
managed?
Minor editing issue:
Theme 4: Write full term form AP
Title: Women’s Experiences of Seeking Healthcare for Abdominal Pain in Ireland: A
Qualitative Study
Version: 0 Date: 29 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this paper which reports on interviews with 14 women
who had sought medical help for abdominal pain. The research appears sound the experiences
of the women is well reported through the results. I have a couple of minor points to increase
transparency for readers.
I see you explain the two-tier healthcare payment system in the discussion but helpful to have a
couple of sentences explaining payment for GP visit in the introduction as this will contextualise
some of the illustrative quotes.
During what time period   was data collected (looking at the COREQ guidelines for reporting
qual research would be helpful).
Did you undertake any form of validation to increase credibility of the results.
Do you think there was any limitation or strength to having quite a young population
Proof reading
Might read better with in order added –‘self-advocating IN ORDER  to be taken seriously’
I suggest you look at expanding key words to increase search ability maybe gendered care or
gender bias
Title: Effects of Pubic Hair Grooming on Women's Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and
Meta-analysis. Running Title: Pubic Hair Grooming and Women's Sexual Health
Version: 4 Date: 02 Oct 2023
Reviewer:  Mags Beksinska
Reviewer's report:
This is an importnat review but I am a little confused with some of the key statements.
Title says Womens health but it is sexual health specifically and  suggest you re word the title.
I think the whole article needs reviewing for language- grammer and sentence construction needs
to be revised throughout.
Background makes sweeping statements such as more than 80% of women groom. Yet this is
based on one reference cited and its on a student population. I think the background needs to
be better explained. You say the aim is to understand the motivation for grooming but this is
not in results but is mentioned in detail in the discussion?- there is nothing about female sexual
function either so i think the discussion is also results? needs reworking. There is a lot of papers
with detail on motivation maybe these should be included as background at least.
I do not understand the key statement that grooming is more prevalent in groomers? surely this
is the case. I would expect it to be more prevalent than non groomers unless it is a language
issue and you mean somthing else? Also the issue of race. I think there is a lack of data in black
women and most data comes from the US and so i am not sure you can claim its more prevalent
in white women if there is no data on black women in the US or globally. I think it should be
noted that most data comes from the US/UK. The results do not go into enough detail.
The discussion start repeats the aims in the background and should be edited. The STI issue
needs further discussion on cause and effect. Did the woman grom due to an STI or a symptom
or was she at higher risk of STI after grooming. We have to be careful here unless studies have
collected cohort data on incident STIs and grooming practice. The discussion is far too long
compared to the results.
Title: Effects of Pubic Hair Grooming on Women's Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and
Meta-analysis. Running Title: Pubic Hair Grooming and Women's Sexual Health
Version: 4 Date: 09 Nov 2023
Reviewer's report:
The topic is a very interesting one. Thank you for this manuscript.  Few comments below as well
as additional data could strengthen this manuscript to provide needed education and additional
information. See below:
-Line 122” correct as missing word “ …did not meet our inclusion “
-Line 124 : close paranthesis
-General comments: This manuscript would be stronger if you can also pull the differences in
1) age (young vs. older or make some age segmentation”; 2) men vs. women in side ffects; 3)
differences in countries; 4) also investigation of the grooming types waxing vs. razors.
-Line 261: what are the motivations? Not clear but did find it at end. Can you pull to the front?
-Line 259: shouldn’t the title of this section be satisfaction? That is what it is describing not
the motivation.
-Line 267: spell STI
-Line 322-323: check the sentence as not correct.
-Line 341-342 what does “… considered as mark for identity of their genitals” really mean?
Please clarify
-Is there a difference in side effects between methods?
-Line 354-355: “..persist for a short time”-do we have data on the specific time? What is
considered short? Minutes? Days? Do you have that data to describe in the manuscript or a
reference?
-Line 360-361 and line 381-382 conclusion contradict each other. Please clarify or rewrite so
the right conclusion/meaning is shown.
-Line 414: “ …WRONG grooming practice”.  Is ther a GOOD grooming practice?  Has this
been demonstrated.  Please elaborate on this.
-Add in the conclusion: That there is limitation in the data as it is also skewed towards more
European data.
-How is Genital allergy defined? Is this medically diagnosed?  Can you please clarify
-Figures are hard to follow as a visualization. Is there a better way to present the data in a better
graph?
Title: Effects of Pubic Hair Grooming on Women's Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and
Meta-analysis. Running Title: Pubic Hair Grooming and Women's Sexual Health
Version: 4 Date: 10 Nov 2023
Reviewer's report:
Thanks to the authors
In the abstract, the years searched should be mentioned.
The searched keywords should be mentioned in the method section of the abstract.
Considering that it is stated in the introduction that 80% of women do cleaning, this manuscript
has not reached interesting and significant results. The results are not too new and innovative
to be used in society.
Although some results contradicted each other there was no justifiable reason.
Title: Association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with bone mineral density in post-
menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 21 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
The author conducted a well-done meta-analysis, however, I have one question, Figure 9 (funnel
plot) has some clear bias, why did you regard it as no bias? In addition, in studies less than 10,
should funnel plot be used to determine bias?
Title: Association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with bone mineral density in post-
menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Version: 1 Date: 20 Feb 2024
Reviewer:  Hongxiu Zhang
Reviewer's report:
Dear author:
The purpose of this article is to association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with bone mineral
density in post-menopausal women. NLR as a potential biomarker may be used as a prediction
index of osteoporosis.This article has certain clinical utility.There is a suggestion that adjust the
order in the results section, write 3.4 and then 3.3.I think it can be revised for publication.
Title: Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in
South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity?
Version: 0 Date: 08 Aug 2023
Reviewer's report:
Title: Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in
South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity?
Overview
This research presents findings on the role of age-disparity in the experience of IPV among
females with same-sex partners. It draws attention to the prevalence of IPV among females with
same-sex partners and that IPV is a public health problem among these populations.
In general, the authors tried to present a good justification for the study, but the paper will benefit
from careful revisions of tenses before publishing. The research objectives presented by the
authors are clearly understood.
Abstract: Authors should consider using 2 decimal places for confidence intervals.
Background: Authors should consider rephrasing the first sentence. References are missing for
some sentences. E.g. no reference was included for definition of partner age-difference/age-
disparity. In come sentences, authors bundled too many information which makes it difficult
for reader to understand.
Data and methods: Generally, author should use past tense in the methods section
Data source/sample size should be presented in past tense.
Authors should change the title “analysis plan” to “data analysis”. The study is already concluded
and no longer at the plan stage. Authors should include under data analysis, the level of
significance considered for the study.
Under the subhead study variables, authors should clearly explain the independent variables in
the study.
Results: I suggest that results section should start with 1-2 sentences on the socio-demographic
characteristics of the respondents.
Table 1- authors should delete cells with “0” reporting e.g. choke, forced with threats, sexual
only. If no one reported for experience of sexual violence, then “both” or “any” IPV cannot be
an option. Thus, study analysis should be limited to only physical IPV.
I observed that the results for forced sex, perform other sex act, and sex only were similar.
Authors should check and confirm.
Table 2: authors can consider merging N and % in table 2 to reduce the number of column and
allow for p-vale to be included.
Authors should check and confirm the N for “coloured”
Title of Table 2 – “type of same-sex relationship” is unclear and does not speak to the objective.
Authors should consider revising.
Delete “female same-sex relationship” in Table 2 heading.
Authors should present the p-value for socio-demographic characteristics in Table 2. The
footnote alone does not suffice.
The prose for Table 2 should come before the table. Additionally, authors should revise the prose
for table 2. It is not clear in its present state.
Figure 2: limit confidence intervals to 2 decimal places.
Discussion: Generally, the discussion section will benefit from editing. The last statement in
discussion section is suggestive and should be rephrased.
References: references 24, 25, 30 and 34 are incomplete.
Title: Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in
South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity?
Version: 2 Date: 29 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
The authors have adequately addressed my comments from the initial review to the best of
their abilities. While there are limitations in the dataset that render this cross-sectional analysis
a minor contribution to the literature, it is an important stepping stone to understanding how
IPV may operate in female same-sex relationships in a LMIC context. I appreciate the authors'
thoughtful additions to the manuscript and look forward to seeing it published.
Title: Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in
South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity?
Version: 2 Date: 08 Jan 2024
Reviewer's report:
The authors have  effected the corrections highlighted in the first review.
Typographical errors are still observed in some parts of the manuscript.
1. "For example, adolescent and young girls and women (AYGWs) with older male partners,
sexual and physical violence, the inability to negotiate safe-sex and unintended pregnancy is
reported".  I think the author wants to report that "For example, among adolescent and young
girls and women (AYGWs) with older male partners, sexual and physical violence, the inability
to negotiate safe-sex and unintended pregnancy is reported"
2. The reference in this sentence does not follow the general format "While a study on spouses
in India found that violence rates peaked when there was an age gap of 3–4 years (24.4%) and
then declined to 21.9% if the age difference was 5 or more years (Ahmad, 2021)"  The cited
reference is not in the reference list as well.
3. Study variable - "The questionnaire asks..." This sentence should be in past tense
If these changes are effected, the manuscript is recommended for acceptance and publication.