JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Effects of oral contraceptive use on muscle strength, muscle thickness, and fiber size and
composition in young women undergoing 12 weeks of strength training: A cohort study
Version: 2 Date: 12 Oct 2021
Reviewer's report:
Dear Authors,
The research aimed to compare the differences in macroscopic and microscopic parameters
during strength training in the oral contraceptive and non-oral contraceptive groups. This is a
nice design and the results were very interesting. Reading your manuscript excited me to see a
study that will help fill gaps in the literature on oral contraceptive use and its effects on adapting
to strength training. Although the research is well written and the message is clear, adjustments
are needed, which will be presented below.
Abstract: Conclusion was presented twice, in the topic "Results" and "Conclusion", remove: “In
conclusion, Women in the OC group showed similar muscle strength gain to women in the non-
OC group after 12 weeks of submaximal strength training”.
Keywords: Choose other words, do not repeat title words.
Methods: No sample calculation was presented, I suggest considering the inclusion of sample
size calculation.
Was there any nutrition guidance or control? If not, please include as study limitations.
Statistical analysis: The correct is “Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test”.
Results:
In Table 2 and Table 3, include the characteristics of the sample (young women) in the title and
include in the caption: Non-OC, women not receiving oral contraceptives; OC, women receiving
oral contraceptives.
In figures 1, 2, and 3, include in the titles: the characteristics of the sample (young women) and
the intervention that were submitted. Include which moment the images represent (pre or post
intervention?)
Include in the results, as text, the authors' perceptions in relation to the presented figures.
Discussion:
The authors did not present limitations of the study, for example, absence of sample calculation,
less number of evaluated in the group that underwent muscle biopsy, and absence of nutritional
control. I would like to read about this in the manuscript. If any of the suggested limitations are
included or clarified in the methods, please disregard them.
Present and discuss possible adverse effects of the use of oral contraceptive.
The manuscript needs minor modifications before being accepted for publication. I hope that
my suggestions contribute to improving the manuscript.
Sincerely.
Title: Effects of oral contraceptive use on muscle strength, muscle thickness, and fiber size and
composition in young women undergoing 12 weeks of strength training: A cohort study
Version: 4 Date: 31 Mar 2022
Reviewer:  Mikkel Oxfeldt
Reviewer's report:
Comments to the Authors
I would like to thank the authors for addressing the reviewers' concerns. The paper has been
improved. However, the paper still needs correction of several gramma issues and correction of
a few minor issues addressed below.
Title:
Please change “Muscle Diameter” to “Muscle Thickness” in the title and throughout the
manuscript. This is the correct terminology for ultrasound measurements.
Abstract:
The background section is still poorly written. You should focus on oral contraceptives rather
than menstruation. I suggest you start the sentence “Changes in the female sex hormonal profile
due to the use of oral contraceptives……..”
Change “Mdm were” to “Mdm was”
Line 39-41: it appears you show the group*time p-value. Please insert the pre-post (time) p-
value instead and insert (p>0.05) after non-OC and OC group (line 42).
Please change the conclusion: “12 weeks of strength training resulted in similar skeletal muscle
adaptations between OC users and non-users.”
Introduction
Line 94-96: this sentence is poorly written. Please rephrase it and cite proper literature.
Line 97-100: The sentences have several grammatic issues. Please rewrite it and include new
studies instead of old ones.
Line 100-105: Again. Several grammatic issues appear. Please rewrite.
Methods
Line 122-126: Again, please check the sentence for grammar issues.
Line 144-148: Again, please check the sentence for grammar issues.
Line 156-168: This description is difficult to understand. Please insert a figure that visually
summarizes this in detail.
Results
Please read the results section carefully for gramma issues.
Discussion
Line 356-357: Again, please check the sentence for grammar issues.
Conclusion
Please rephrase the conclusion as suggested in the abstract paragraph. In addition, please delete
the last sentence (line 448-450).
Title: Cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women in urban Uganda: A Cross
sectional study.
Version: 1 Date: 30 Jun 2021
Reviewer:  Diama Bhadra Vale
Reviewer's report:
Dear authors,
thanks for the opportunity to review your manuscript and your work.
My comments intend to improve your work.
1 - I would like to hear more on methods on how women access screening in Uganda.
2 - Titles on both tables should be more informative. Should include Uganda, HIV and the total
number.
3 - Figure 2 needs more details: it is about women screened. I would suggest: … among the ever
screened participants (n = x). I have the feeling that the information on those not screened are
more important than those screened, to merit a figure or a table.
4 - Data on screening are self-reported. That are shreds of evidence that women tend to
overestimate self-care practices when responding to questionnaires. In those with a lower level
of education, they may be confused about what does screening means or that a gynaecological
exam not always means a screening test… In this sense, probably the prevalence of tests are
lower than what was found. In the end, it highlights your results, but this discussion should be
included.
5 - Your conclusions are in line with your results and are very informative. However, it must be
noted that awareness is not enough without access to care. Improve awareness should be part
of a bigger strategy of offering screening regularly through health programs. I may suggest you
including these arguments somewhere in the discussion.
Title: Developing a Culturally Tailored Short Message Service (SMS) intervention for
Improving the Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening among Ghanaian Women in Urban
Communities
Version: 1 Date: 27 Jan 2022
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for submitting this paper. It is an important area of research, especially for reducing
health burden from HPV-related cancers. It is essential to investigate strategies to increase
screening rates. I have some minor comments for the authors:
- What was the reason for selecting this age range of 18 to 39? Based on your literature, women
45 and over are applicable to get Pap smear tests done. What was the reason for not including
older women?
- Was there a reason to recruit bank employees specifically? Seems like a very specific group
to recruit.
- Use a consistent citation style throughout the paper.
- Authors could reduce the number of quotes by including the important ones that help with
results and discussion.
Title: Developing a Culturally Tailored Short Message Service (SMS) intervention for
Improving the Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening among Ghanaian Women in Urban
Communities
Version: 3 Date: 22 Mar 2022
Reviewer's report:
I do not have any further comments. My only suggestion  is that under study design and
participants section, write the sample size justifications in a paragraph form rather than having
multiple bullet points. But overall, good job with the paper.
Title: What can be done to improve Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) healthcare? Insights
from semi-structured interviews with women in Canada
Version: 0 Date: 29 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
I read with great interest the manuscript, which falls within the aim of this Journal. Nevertheless,
authors should clarify some points and improve the discussion, as suggested below.
Authors should consider the following recommendations:
- Manuscript should be further revised in order to correct some typos and improve style.
- As previously stated by many conducted meta-analyses, PCOS can cause a rising risk
of pregnancy complications, including maternal, fetal, and neonatal complications. It would
appropriate to discuss this topic in the introduction part, at least briefly, referring to PMID:
33876903.
- The part of the results becomes very wordy and slow to read to catch the reader's attention.
You should show the questionnaire and schematize in a table the patients' answers, reporting
only some of the phrases reported by the patients that have most influenced your manuscript.
Title: What can be done to improve Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) healthcare? Insights
from semi-structured interviews with women in Canada
Version: 2 Date: 23 Mar 2022
Reviewer's report:
Authors addressed  most of my concerns but the authors are providing suggestions for the
curriculum, which is outside of the scope of the manuscript. Recommend removing  the sentence
"Curriculums in medical school and residency programs may need to..." Even though the authors
use "may", this is still a conditional suggestion that is again, outside the scope of manuscript.
To bring the point home, would the authors be able to tell me in detail  what the average
curriculum on reproductive health is for medical school and residency in Canada (outside their
institution) and the quality of the curricula?  Instead, recommend that the authors really focus
on the  delivery of information (under the policy recommendations and future directions) and
combine the first and second paragraphs together (since AskPCOS is an approach to deliver
PCOS-related information).
I also like the inclusion of Tables 3 and 4. There is no need to address the content validity of the
interview guide as a limitation; it was only an example of the level of description of methods I
was looking for. I recommend removing  it.
Title: Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in
Nairobi slums
Version: 2 Date: 06 Aug 2021
Reviewer:  Chanda Maurya
Reviewer's report:
Comment to the author
This manuscript well documented the Exposure to gender-based violence, adverse life events
and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums. Over it is a well-done and thought-
full manuscript with an excellent discussion and also with limitations. Though I have few
observations-
1. The paper has written well, but it should be read carefully again to avoid punctuation mistakes.
2.  Introduction-in line 67 remove “In Kenya,” no need for this word.
3. In line 69, “that focus” seems unnecessary; remove it.
4. In line 70, very common may replace with widespread.
5. In the methodology section- the outcome variables, household food security and self-efficacy
should be clearly defined. Author should have the exact questions asked in the survey and how
they group them.
6. Result: In result section, please write the interpretation of the variables in order to give in
the table.
7.  In lines 190-192: 3 similar sentence in a row. Please rewrite it.
8. In line 194: “3% of girls were previously or currently married” did not get this percentage in
table1. Author should recheck the table and correct it.
9. In line 213-214, for the sentence “The proportion of respondents with mild, moderate and
severe symptoms of depression were 11.9%, 1.5%, and 0.43% respectively. Overall, 13.9% of
respondents scored 5 or more on the PHQ scale.” the values are not given in the table, author
may give a figure related to these percentages.
10. Discussion- in line 267- “the aim of the study was” may replace with “This study aimed”
11. In line 300, no need for the word “presence of”.
12. In line 301, replace “promote” with “promoting”.
13. In line 318, remove “and also that domestic” and add “.Domestic”.
14. In line 341, major may be replaced with significant.
15. In line 347, there is an unnecessary word “it is possible that”, it may remove.
16. In table 1, add a percentage sign for “Any adverse event in the past year”.
17. In table 1, give the value of N in the last row, for how many experiences physical or sexual
violence, how many say “Neighbourhood not safe” and how many experiences any adverse
event in the past year.
Title: Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in
Nairobi slums
Version: 4 Date: 17 Nov 2021
Reviewer:  Chanda Maurya
Reviewer's report:
Comments;
This manuscript well documented the association between gender-based violence and adverse
life events with self-reported depression among adolescent girls.
The authors have made valuable contributions. The method section is clear and instructive. The
result and discussion are well described. But I believe that the paper needs a few additional
works in that regard.
In the introduction section, add the standard definition of mental health.
In the table, fix the aliment of the figures.
Title: Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in
Nairobi slums
Version: 5 Date: 03 Mar 2022
Reviewer:  Chanda Maurya
Reviewer's report:
Revised comment to the author
This manuscript well documented the Exposure to gender-based violence, adverse life events,
and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums. Over it is a well-done and thought-
full manuscript with an excellent discussion and limitations, though I have few observations.
1. Since in the measurement of the violence, emotional violence is not added. Emotional violence
is a significant factor affecting mental health. Suppose informational was not available in the
data. It can be added to the limitation of the study.
2. In Tables 1 and 2, the table's numeric values can be saved into the center alignment.
I went through the entire manuscript; all the previous comments were incorporated; after
revising, the manuscript can be published.
Title: Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in
Nairobi slums
Version: 6 Date: 21 Apr 2022
Reviewer:  Chanda Maurya
Reviewer's report:
Revised comment to the author
This manuscript well documented the Exposure to gender-based violence, adverse life events,
and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums. Over it is a well-done and thought-
full manuscript with an excellent discussion and limitations.
I went through the entire manuscript; all the previous comments were incorporated. Now, this
manuscript can be published.
Title: Examination of influence of social media education through mobile phones on the change
in physical activity and sedentary behavior in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 2 Date: 28 Sep 2021
Reviewer's report:
This is an interesting study that explores the role of social media in improving the
physical activity behaviors among pregnant women. Congratulations to the research team who
successfully recruited 90 pregnant women to engage in this study, with a seemingly high
retention rate.
To further improve this manuscript, please consider the following feedback below:
1. There is a need to provide further insight and detail into the intervention itself. For instance:
What content was covered during the sessions?
Who conducted these sessions and what are their expertise?
How long were the sessions?
What was the adherence among participants to these sessions?
What social media platform was used? How was it set up? What reminders were sent? Why
where reminders sent? How often were they sent?
At present, there is too little information provided about the intervention itself.
2. Also, to improve clarify, the authors should ensure that their terminology is consistent
throughout. At present, the different intensities reported are inconsistent. For instance, sitting,
light. moderate, intense, severe etc. Further, what are the classifications for these intensities?
How were they determined and defined? Again, additional information would help to enhance
the interpretation and understanding of the results.
3. There is also a need to improve the language, as there are numerous instances throughout
where the point of the sentence is lost or confusing due to language.
Title: Examination of influence of social media education through mobile phones on the change
in physical activity and sedentary behavior in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 2 Date: 18 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
No doubt, this is a highly important research topic about physical activity promotion for pregnant
women. The author adopts the experimental design to examine and explore whether the social
media education via mobile phones can enhance the physical activity level and decrease the
sedentary behavior before and after 8 weeks based on the result from the experiment group and
control group. Some interesting and meaningful results can be found from this work, and the
selection, allocation for participants, as well as the design, control during this experiment are
strict, reliable, and valid. What’s more, this study has been in accordance with the standard of
CONSORT. Given that, I this this work should be accepted and merited to be publish in the
present journal. But  the authors need also address some light detailed shortcomings as follows.
Thank you !
1. The title can be revised as this: “Examination of influence on social media education through
mobile phones on the change in physical activity and sedentary behavior for pregnant women:
An randomized controlled trial”.
2. The keywords can be listed as following: “Social media education, Mobile phone, Physical
activity, Sedentary behavior, Pregnant women, Randomized controlled trial”.
3. In the section of data analysis, the first letter of “Mean±Standard” should be used in lowercase
rather than the capital letter.
4. In table 1, 2, 3, and 4, the capital letter “P” should be shown in italics, and the specific
numerical values be not presented by italics.
5. In table 1, the P value of “age and job” should retain two decimals in order to be consistent
with other numerical values. And also, I suggest this table can be divided into two tables: one is
about the continuous data, and the other is about the categorical data.
6. In table 2, 3, and 4, the “#0.001” can be revised as “#0.01”.
7. In data analysis, the author applies the independent and paired sample t-test to compare
the relevant results before and after intervention within or between subjects, but whether the
repeated measurement variance analysis could be more appropriate to conduct to compare these
differences here ?
That's all. Thank you !
Title: Examination of influence of social media education through mobile phones on the change
in physical activity and sedentary behavior in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 2 Date: 01 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
Abstract
1. In the background, you should include a sentence that highlights the knowledge gap.
2. In the methods, clarify what is meant by “…randomly included.”
3. In the results, include the effect size (e.g., mean difference) in addition to the p-value.
4. The second sentence is redundant because the first sentence also states that there were post
intervention differences in physical activity between the groups
Introduction
1. Paragraph 1, instead of “improving lifestyles”, you should more explicitly state that increasing
physical activity or reducing sedentary lifestyles is important. Lifestyles is vague and can include
lots of potential interventions
2. The background does know discuss the knowledge gap. Several studies sought to increase
physical activity during pregnancy using mobile devices. The authors should discuss the
limitations of those studies and how this study is an improvement
3. The authors should also include a study hypothesis
Methods
1. The authors should describe the allocation ratio
2. The design and sampling section should describe the study length
3. The authors need to clarify the MVPA index
4. The authors should clarify the unit measurement for MVPA
5. They should clarify why they choose Bisson et al to calculate study power
6. Provide more details on the sampling method. Did you use stratified sampling to include
people at different social and economic situations? How did you recruit participants within each
center?
7. Intervention content lacks detail. For example, how were mobile device used? Were the virtual
meetings only accessible through mobile devices? More detail on the control group. Did the
control group have a similar meeting schedule as the treatment group or was this a one time
meeting with no follow-up? Describe the social network, were these other people at their center?
8. The statistical analysis section should clarify if the author's use intent-to-treat or per-protocol
9. The authors should clarify the comparisons being made
Results
1. No need to include p-values since baseline similarities are by design and differences would
be due to chance
2. Was weight a secondary outcome? If not, you should not include it in the results
3. Include effect sizes in tables 2-4, e.g., mean differences, cohen's D
4. Tables 3 and 4 should footnotes to clarify the two p-values presented
Title: Examination of influence of social media education through mobile phones on the change
in physical activity and sedentary behavior in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial
Version: 2 Date: 17 Dec 2021
Reviewer's report:
The study design is appropriate to answer the research question but expectations regarding the
size of the effects (which need to be reported in the result section as well!!) should be added and
according power analyses need to be run and explicitly included into the report.
The methods are sufficiently as the RCT is great. However, the analyses are too basic: All test
variables need to put into one analyses, such as MANOVA and effect sizes rather than p values
reported. Otherwise and alpha-error inflation is a problem...
Furthermore, an appropriate missing treatment is required!
Relating changes to the discussion are required.
Title: Survey of incidence, lifetime prevalence, and treatment of self-reported vulvovaginal
candidiasis, United States, 2020
Version: 2 Date: 22 Nov 2021
Reviewer's report:
1. This article mainly focuses on  incidence, lifetime prevalence, treatment types and
demographic and health-related risk factors associated with self-reported vulvovaginal
candidiasis through an online survey.
2. In the survey the sample size is small #among the subset of 1,869 women respondents, 98
(5.2%) had VVC in the past year.
3. The langugae writing is correct and analytical and statistical methods used are appropiate.
4. However the rearch is unremarkable with insufficient innovation.
5. What's more, the data was collected from 1,869 respondents, but the key results and
conclusions were concluded from only 98 respondents reported that a healthcare provider had
diagnosed them with VVC in the past year, regardless of the data of 991 women that a healthcare
provider had ever diagnosed them with VVC in their lifetime.
6. And I highly doubt whether the data from the 98 respondents represent the real situation of
"United States in 2020" ,which should be more convinced from a representative large sample
analyzable data.
7. Revise suggestions, the title of the article should be revised, 98 respondents could not represent
the real situation of "United States in 2020".