Title: Prevalence, Pattern and Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Amongst Female
Undergraduates in Abia State, Nigeria; Public Health Implications
Version: 1 Date: 23 Feb 2024
Reviewer's report:
The study is of public health importance and will add to the body of literature for IPV in the
country and the sub-region.
1. sample size : the calculation has to be shown with the figures for z,p,q and d imputed
appropriately and the the addition of 10% non response with the final sample size shown.
2. sampling method was not indicated on how the 146 and 160 respondents were selected
considering that two universities were involved and they have faculties, departments and levels
for the students. Authors must show how the size was distributed amongst the two schools ,
faculties and departments and followed by how each student was eventually selected .
3. the references for the tools adapted from published researches should be quoted
4. How were the research assistants trained, how many were they, who trained them and what
were the objectives of the training?(see body of the paper for details )
5. Pretesting of the tools should be done in a community with similar characteristics as the study
areas
6. why were physical questionnaire administered to some of the  respondents when u had RAs
who were ?trained and with their android phones could have carried out interviews with those
who cannot use electronic version
7. In the measurements of variables, other variables other than prevalence should be included
8. In the sample size determination line 111, it was stated that 308 participants were recruited
after 10% non response added, how come in the results section line 165 we are having 320
eligible participants? This why the ways and means at which the final sample size was gotten
MUST be shown to enables one know the actual sample size
9. Results: the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents' partners should be shown
in a separate table and should include Age, educational attainment(none, primary , secondary,
tertiary), occupation (unemployed, civil servant, business, student, farmers etc),history of use
of illicit drugs include cigarette, marijuana, cocaine, shashi, cough syrups with codein etc),
witnessing IPV as a child. of what use is the denominations of respondents? this should be taken
off
concerning the monthly allowances of respondents, how would your respondents know this
without indicating how much respondents and their partners receive per month. In any case its
not all students that receive their pocket money monthly as some receive bulk money for the
semester or term
with regards to what tye respondents and their partners take, mention should be made of Shisha,
cocaine and Cough syrups with codein that are commonly available to most students now
10. Relationship status should be mentioned in the known conventional way of single, married,
divorced, separated, widowed etc
11. The results did not mention Where are the values for the first three bars??
Where  the IPV took place, was it in the campus or off campus
How many times did respondents suffer IPV in the hands of their partners
What were the outcomes of the IPV? Injuries, admissions, depression, affected studies etc what
were the consequences of IPV experienced by the respondents and was IPV reported after it was
perpetrated? Were there any reports made by respondents after suffering IPV and if yes to who
and what actions were taken?
What were the coping mechanisms exhibited by the respondents?
The variables in table 3 were not indicated before now so it would have been better if it shown
earlier and those positive subjected to logistic regression
12. Discussion: This section lacked coherence. The study subjects in this study are students
of universities and one finds it difficult to see findings here compared with other studies in
larger communities amongst pregnant women and other subjects. It is obvious authors did not
carry pout enough literature search amongst students as such studies are abound in the literature.
several studies were cited in this discussion  section which do not have same characteristics as
the universities and even students' population