Title: HAEMORRHOIDAL DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: RESULTS FROM A SELF-
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF A SOCIAL
NETWORK
Version: 1 Date: 01 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
Not sure - key details are missing from the manuscript
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Yes - current version is technically sound
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: This is a great project and the data will be helpful for future
researchers.
At this time it is hard for me to adequately comment on your results b/c I am having trouble
understanding your results w/the various tables/figures. Please see my comment below for ways
to improve your manuscript. Once the methods and results are more clear - I am happy to review.
Comments:
1) Please add a table 1 to describe your population as best as possible including those w/HD
and those w/out.
2) Current tables 1-2 can be put together and create a new table 2. Also OR are not appropriate
for this analysis or from what I understand you did from the text. If you did to a regression
analysis please include details in your methods section. From my understanding you would just
need to conduct a t-test to look at group differences.
Please consider changing your figures to tables that report frequency and percentage vs using
so many small figures. The message of the differences between the groups gets lost as you have
to review each figure. Much easier to view in a table.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
See above.
Title: HAEMORRHOIDAL DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: RESULTS FROM A SELF-
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF A SOCIAL
NETWORK
Version: 1 Date: 01 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
Not sure - key details are missing from the manuscript
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Yes - current version is technically sound
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: This is a great project and the data will be helpful for future
researchers.
At this time it is hard for me to adequately comment on your results b/c I am having trouble
understanding your results w/the various tables/figures. Please see my comment below for ways
to improve your manuscript. Once the methods and results are more clear - I am happy to review.
Comments:
1) Please add a table 1 to describe your population as best as possible including those w/HD
and those w/out.
2) Current tables 1-2 can be put together and create a new table 2. Also OR are not appropriate
for this analysis or from what I understand you did from the text. If you did to a regression
analysis please include details in your methods section. From my understanding you would just
need to conduct a t-test to look at group differences.
Please consider changing your figures to tables that report frequency and percentage vs using
so many small figures. The message of the differences between the groups gets lost as you have
to review each figure. Much easier to view in a table.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
See above.
Please review this paper.
user
Title: HAEMORRHOIDAL DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: RESULTS FROM A SELF-
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED BY MEANS OF A SOCIAL
NETWORK
Version: 1 Date: 01 Dec 2023
Reviewer's report:
PEER REVIEWER ASSESSMENTS:
OBJECTIVE - Full research articles: is there a clear objective that addresses a testable research
question(s) (brief or other article types: is there a clear objective)?
Yes - there is a clear objective
DESIGN - Is the current approach (including controls and analysis protocols) appropriate for
the objective?
Yes - the approach is appropriate
EXECUTION - Are the experiments and analyses performed with technical rigor to allow
confidence in the results?
Not sure - key details are missing from the manuscript
STATISTICS - Is the use of statistics in the manuscript appropriate?
Not sure - I am not able to assess the statistics in this study
INTERPRETATION - Is the current interpretation/discussion of the results reasonable and not
overstated?
No - there are minor issues
OVERALL MANUSCRIPT POTENTIAL - Is the current version of this work technically
sound? If not, can revisions be made to make the work technically sound?
Yes - current version is technically sound
PEER REVIEWER COMMENTS:
GENERAL COMMENTS: This is a great project and the data will be helpful for future
researchers.
At this time it is hard for me to adequately comment on your results b/c I am having trouble
understanding your results w/the various tables/figures. Please see my comment below for ways
to improve your manuscript. Once the methods and results are more clear - I am happy to review.
Comments:
1) Please add a table 1 to describe your population as best as possible including those w/HD
and those w/out.
2) Current tables 1-2 can be put together and create a new table 2. Also OR are not appropriate
for this analysis or from what I understand you did from the text. If you did to a regression
analysis please include details in your methods section. From my understanding you would just
need to conduct a t-test to look at group differences.
Please consider changing your figures to tables that report frequency and percentage vs using
so many small figures. The message of the differences between the groups gets lost as you have
to review each figure. Much easier to view in a table.
REQUESTED REVISIONS:
See above.
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