Reviewer's report
Title:The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia,
chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: A controlled study 6 years after
acute gastrointestinal infection.
Version:1Date:12 March 2015
Reviewer: Antonina Mikocka-Walus
Reviewer's report:
This well designed observational study examined the prevalence of overactive
bladder syndrome (OAB), and its association with three other functional
disorders; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia (FD) and chronic
fatigue (CF). The strong points are the novelty of the study, a large sample and a
well-matched control group. The paper is also well and succinctly written. Its
weak point is a low response rate in controls, though this is not unusual in this
type of studies. The authors also acknowledge it in the discussion. I have very
few comments as the paper is very well written, critical and comprehensive,
without any methodological problems. I can recommend it for publication without
reservations.
Discretionary Revisions
In the introduction, could the authors change ‘Functional disorders include’ to
‘Examples of functional disorders include’ as their list is not comprehensive.
When they mention ‘several infections’ could the authors give examples.
In the sentence ‘One study similarly suggests that a comparable association
exists between OAB and FD’ could the sample size of this study be provided to
enable the reader to judge its importance.
Methods are comprehensive but to improve readability could the authors
consider including subheadings.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia,
chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: A controlled study 6 years after
acute gastrointestinal infection.
Version:1Date:12 March 2015
Reviewer: Antonina Mikocka-Walus
Reviewer's report:
This well designed observational study examined the prevalence of overactive
bladder syndrome (OAB), and its association with three other functional
disorders; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia (FD) and chronic
fatigue (CF). The strong points are the novelty of the study, a large sample and a
well-matched control group. The paper is also well and succinctly written. Its
weak point is a low response rate in controls, though this is not unusual in this
type of studies. The authors also acknowledge it in the discussion. I have very
few comments as the paper is very well written, critical and comprehensive,
without any methodological problems. I can recommend it for publication without
reservations.
Discretionary Revisions
In the introduction, could the authors change ‘Functional disorders include’ to
‘Examples of functional disorders include’ as their list is not comprehensive.
When they mention ‘several infections’ could the authors give examples.
In the sentence ‘One study similarly suggests that a comparable association
exists between OAB and FD’ could the sample size of this study be provided to
enable the reader to judge its importance.
Methods are comprehensive but to improve readability could the authors
consider including subheadings.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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Reviewer's report
Title:The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia,
chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: A controlled study 6 years after
acute gastrointestinal infection.
Version:1Date:12 March 2015
Reviewer: Antonina Mikocka-Walus
Reviewer's report:
This well designed observational study examined the prevalence of overactive
bladder syndrome (OAB), and its association with three other functional
disorders; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia (FD) and chronic
fatigue (CF). The strong points are the novelty of the study, a large sample and a
well-matched control group. The paper is also well and succinctly written. Its
weak point is a low response rate in controls, though this is not unusual in this
type of studies. The authors also acknowledge it in the discussion. I have very
few comments as the paper is very well written, critical and comprehensive,
without any methodological problems. I can recommend it for publication without
reservations.
Discretionary Revisions
In the introduction, could the authors change ‘Functional disorders include’ to
‘Examples of functional disorders include’ as their list is not comprehensive.
When they mention ‘several infections’ could the authors give examples.
In the sentence ‘One study similarly suggests that a comparable association
exists between OAB and FD’ could the sample size of this study be provided to
enable the reader to judge its importance.
Methods are comprehensive but to improve readability could the authors
consider including subheadings.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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