Reviewer's report
Title:Gastrointestinal complaints and certified long-term sickness absence in the
HUSK study.
Version: 1Date:23 February 2011
Reviewer: Paul Enck
Reviewer's report:
I have a few minor essential revisions that need the attention of the authors:
a) I do not understand the sentence (p 8) "These 14 days serve as a "wash-out"
period ...", and I specifically do not understand how a 14-day period would
prevent reverse causation, but a longer period would not.
b) The term "somatisation disorder" which has a specific meaning that may not
be familiar to most agstroenterologists occurs on page 14 for the first time,
although some of the features of it are discussed also in the introduction.
c) The sentence (on page 15) referring to animal work and inflammation is a bit
"off label" - there are many more human studies that link stress to UC or CD.
d) In the Conclusion section, the sentence starting "The results ..." has an
incorrect wording: it appears to me tha authros would like to say that "... to
explain work related outcomes of of functional GI complaints" rather than "...work
related functional outcomes ..."
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Gastrointestinal complaints and certified long-term sickness absence in the
HUSK study.
Version: 1Date:23 February 2011
Reviewer: Paul Enck
Reviewer's report:
I have a few minor essential revisions that need the attention of the authors:
a) I do not understand the sentence (p 8) "These 14 days serve as a "wash-out"
period ...", and I specifically do not understand how a 14-day period would
prevent reverse causation, but a longer period would not.
b) The term "somatisation disorder" which has a specific meaning that may not
be familiar to most agstroenterologists occurs on page 14 for the first time,
although some of the features of it are discussed also in the introduction.
c) The sentence (on page 15) referring to animal work and inflammation is a bit
"off label" - there are many more human studies that link stress to UC or CD.
d) In the Conclusion section, the sentence starting "The results ..." has an
incorrect wording: it appears to me tha authros would like to say that "... to
explain work related outcomes of of functional GI complaints" rather than "...work
related functional outcomes ..."
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Gastrointestinal complaints and certified long-term sickness absence in the
HUSK study.
Version: 1Date:23 February 2011
Reviewer: Paul Enck
Reviewer's report:
I have a few minor essential revisions that need the attention of the authors:
a) I do not understand the sentence (p 8) "These 14 days serve as a "wash-out"
period ...", and I specifically do not understand how a 14-day period would
prevent reverse causation, but a longer period would not.
b) The term "somatisation disorder" which has a specific meaning that may not
be familiar to most agstroenterologists occurs on page 14 for the first time,
although some of the features of it are discussed also in the introduction.
c) The sentence (on page 15) referring to animal work and inflammation is a bit
"off label" - there are many more human studies that link stress to UC or CD.
d) In the Conclusion section, the sentence starting "The results ..." has an
incorrect wording: it appears to me tha authros would like to say that "... to
explain work related outcomes of of functional GI complaints" rather than "...work
related functional outcomes ..."
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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