Title:  Assessment of Mothers’ Satisfaction Towards Child Vaccination Service in South Omo
Zone, South Ethiopia Region: a survey on clients’ perspective
Version: 4 Date: 15 Mar 2024
Reviewer:  Ararso Hordofa Guye
Reviewer's report:
Reviewer report
Thank you for inviting me to review the manuscript entitled “Client’s Perspective Assessment
of Mother’s Satisfaction towards childhood vaccination service in South Omo Zone, Southern
Ethiopia "
It is an interesting research topic that has a public health concerns in Ethiopia. I do have the
following comments to the authors.
1. Abstract: Background: The authors should focus on the necessary information and make it
brief by minimizing the words. Please make it brief and concise
2. Abstract: Result- you have written the direct copy of the result narration, please make it short
and revise this section carefully since it is not appropriate.
3. Background: “Globally more than three million children under the age of five years and
in Ethiopia, nearly 472,000 children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases (9aa)”.
What does it mean (9aa) not clear? Remove it and provide citation for it. Also remove (5aaa)
in background section.
4.Abstract: What is the importance of conducting this study on specific selected topic ?
5. “An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from November to December
2020.
Add the date to the November to December 2020. Example. November 10 to December 30, 2020
6. What is your study population? Mothers or children? Please provide clear statements on this
issues in details.
7. “Eligible children came for vaccinations with a caregiver under the age of 18 years and
unvaccinated eligible children on the day of data collection due to different reason were excluded
from the study”. Why you interested to exclude eligible children with caregivers less than 18
years? Please provide the detail justification
8. Is it appropriate to use two-population proportion formula for cross sectional study? Why not
single population proportion formula? If you have any justification provide with citation of the
supporting source. Unless it is not appropriate.
9. What is your sampling frame?
10.How you managed multicollinearity during data analysis? Please describe in your manuscript
and provide the exact value it
11.What is the p-value of the Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test in your manuscript?
12. Classify the variables as dependent and independent variables?
13. Please use the standard tables to display your results
14. Was there any bias generated during statistical evaluation?
15. Indicate the reason for selecting the group of study population in your study.
16. The materials and methods are very concise, they need to be elaborated.
17. Introduction and Discussion: can be strengthened by including the following points:
A. Include a review on vaccination (refer and cite: doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04029-7.)
B. Regional statistical vaccination comparison between Ethiopia and global statistics (refer and
cite: doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.844333.)
18. What is the strengths of your study?
18. Across the manuscript: the English grammar and edition should be improved; there are
several mistakes, used in the manuscript. Please check for it and correct accordingly.