Reviewer's report
Title:Moxibustion for Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review
Version: 1Date:28 January 2010
Reviewer: Alan Moss
Reviewer's report:
The authors have completed a timely, and well-reported systematic review of
moxibustion for ulcerative colitis
Major Compulsory Revisions:
1. Table 1 needs a description of
a. the patient populations enrolled in these studies e.g. where they patients in
remission, or patients with active colitis
b. how was "response" defined in each study
2. A meta-analysis of the 3 studies that compared sulfasalazine to moxibustion
(Wen,
Wu, Wang) - this is clinically more meaningful than comparing moxi to any
treatment
3. A meta-analysis of studies that compared moxi & acupunture to standard
treatment
(Yang, Ma, Joos)
Minor Essential
1. A number of typos throughout the manuscript - please have proof-read
2. The search did not include abstracts from international meetings? DDW,
UEGW
3. The criticisms of "papers from China" should be corrected to "papers on
Chinese medicine" or "papers on complimentary medicine" in general - the study
weaknesses discussed are not unique to one country.
4. A more detailed decription of moxibustion for the uninformed reader
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Moxibustion for Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review
Version: 1Date:28 January 2010
Reviewer: Alan Moss
Reviewer's report:
The authors have completed a timely, and well-reported systematic review of
moxibustion for ulcerative colitis
Major Compulsory Revisions:
1. Table 1 needs a description of
a. the patient populations enrolled in these studies e.g. where they patients in
remission, or patients with active colitis
b. how was "response" defined in each study
2. A meta-analysis of the 3 studies that compared sulfasalazine to moxibustion
(Wen,
Wu, Wang) - this is clinically more meaningful than comparing moxi to any
treatment
3. A meta-analysis of studies that compared moxi & acupunture to standard
treatment
(Yang, Ma, Joos)
Minor Essential
1. A number of typos throughout the manuscript - please have proof-read
2. The search did not include abstracts from international meetings? DDW,
UEGW
3. The criticisms of "papers from China" should be corrected to "papers on
Chinese medicine" or "papers on complimentary medicine" in general - the study
weaknesses discussed are not unique to one country.
4. A more detailed decription of moxibustion for the uninformed reader
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Moxibustion for Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review
Version: 1Date:28 January 2010
Reviewer: Alan Moss
Reviewer's report:
The authors have completed a timely, and well-reported systematic review of
moxibustion for ulcerative colitis
Major Compulsory Revisions:
1. Table 1 needs a description of
a. the patient populations enrolled in these studies e.g. where they patients in
remission, or patients with active colitis
b. how was "response" defined in each study
2. A meta-analysis of the 3 studies that compared sulfasalazine to moxibustion
(Wen,
Wu, Wang) - this is clinically more meaningful than comparing moxi to any
treatment
3. A meta-analysis of studies that compared moxi & acupunture to standard
treatment
(Yang, Ma, Joos)
Minor Essential
1. A number of typos throughout the manuscript - please have proof-read
2. The search did not include abstracts from international meetings? DDW,
UEGW
3. The criticisms of "papers from China" should be corrected to "papers on
Chinese medicine" or "papers on complimentary medicine" in general - the study
weaknesses discussed are not unique to one country.
4. A more detailed decription of moxibustion for the uninformed reader
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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