Reviewer's report
Title:Distress criterion influences prevalence rates of functional gastrointestinal
disorders
Version:1Date:17 October 2014
Reviewer: Phil Austin
Reviewer's report:
I am happy with the changes to the article, however, It still appears that the
authors are separating subjective stress from FGIDs. Given that they state the
biopsychosocial nature of this set of disorders, surely subjective stress is an
integral feature. For me, the consideration of distress is a "given".
Do you have a reference for your Likert scale suggestion for stress, are you
referring to state or trait? If not, are there any previously validated stress-related
measures you could use?
I gather that the Rome IV will include a multidimensional profile that includes
such evaluation.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
Please see my previous comments in first review
Reviewer's report
Title:Distress criterion influences prevalence rates of functional gastrointestinal
disorders
Version:1Date:17 October 2014
Reviewer: Phil Austin
Reviewer's report:
I am happy with the changes to the article, however, It still appears that the
authors are separating subjective stress from FGIDs. Given that they state the
biopsychosocial nature of this set of disorders, surely subjective stress is an
integral feature. For me, the consideration of distress is a "given".
Do you have a reference for your Likert scale suggestion for stress, are you
referring to state or trait? If not, are there any previously validated stress-related
measures you could use?
I gather that the Rome IV will include a multidimensional profile that includes
such evaluation.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
Please see my previous comments in first review
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Distress criterion influences prevalence rates of functional gastrointestinal
disorders
Version:1Date:17 October 2014
Reviewer: Phil Austin
Reviewer's report:
I am happy with the changes to the article, however, It still appears that the
authors are separating subjective stress from FGIDs. Given that they state the
biopsychosocial nature of this set of disorders, surely subjective stress is an
integral feature. For me, the consideration of distress is a "given".
Do you have a reference for your Likert scale suggestion for stress, are you
referring to state or trait? If not, are there any previously validated stress-related
measures you could use?
I gather that the Rome IV will include a multidimensional profile that includes
such evaluation.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
Please see my previous comments in first review
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