Reviewer's report
Title:Health Related Quality of Life and its Influence Factors in Patients with
Chronic Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer: A Longitudinal Questionnaire Survey
Version: 2Date:7 October 2013
Reviewer: Risto Roine
Reviewer's report:
A fairly interesting study on a inadequately researched area in gastroenterology,
i.e., health-related quality of life of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease patents.
The methodology used in the study is mostly well described and the data
appears sound. The discussion and conclusions are balanced and supported by
the data. The main limitations of the study are acknowledged and the writing is
mostly acceptable.
There are still some points that the authors could consider to improve the
manuscript:
1. In the results section concerning the change in HRQoL after treatment the text
says “with most domains being increased except of PF”. Looking at the table the
domain PF shows an improvement whereas RP shows deterioration? Please
clarify.
2. Describe how the presence of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease was
verified in the patients.
3. Describe how many patients were excluded due to illiteracy or advanced
disease status.
4. In listing studies having used SF-36 in peptic ulcer patients also consider
referring to the studies by Guse#ndzade MG (Quality of life in patients with
duodenal ulcer. Ter Arkh. 2006;78:38-429), Rudik AA et al. (Eksp Klin
Gastroenterol. 2004;(3):54-7, 104) and Ruda et al. (Patient centred assess-ment
of quality of life for patients with four common conditions. Qual Health Care. 1999
Mar;8:22-9).
5. Please explain the abbreviations used in table 3 in the footnote.
6. Figure 2 seems redundant as the same information is available in table 2.
7. The writing, although mostly adequate, still need some checking and
improvement.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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:Health Related Quality of Life and its Influence Factors in Patients with
Chronic Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer: A Longitudinal Questionnaire Survey
Version: 2Date:7 October 2013
Reviewer: Risto Roine
Reviewer's report:
A fairly interesting study on a inadequately researched area in gastroenterology,
i.e., health-related quality of life of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease patents.
The methodology used in the study is mostly well described and the data
appears sound. The discussion and conclusions are balanced and supported by
the data. The main limitations of the study are acknowledged and the writing is
mostly acceptable.
There are still some points that the authors could consider to improve the
manuscript:
1. In the results section concerning the change in HRQoL after treatment the text
says “with most domains being increased except of PF”. Looking at the table the
domain PF shows an improvement whereas RP shows deterioration? Please
clarify.
2. Describe how the presence of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease was
verified in the patients.
3. Describe how many patients were excluded due to illiteracy or advanced
disease status.
4. In listing studies having used SF-36 in peptic ulcer patients also consider
referring to the studies by Guse#ndzade MG (Quality of life in patients with
duodenal ulcer. Ter Arkh. 2006;78:38-429), Rudik AA et al. (Eksp Klin
Gastroenterol. 2004;(3):54-7, 104) and Ruda et al. (Patient centred assess-ment
of quality of life for patients with four common conditions. Qual Health Care. 1999
Mar;8:22-9).
5. Please explain the abbreviations used in table 3 in the footnote.
6. Figure 2 seems redundant as the same information is available in table 2.
7. The writing, although mostly adequate, still need some checking and
improvement.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Health Related Quality of Life and its Influence Factors in Patients with
Chronic Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer: A Longitudinal Questionnaire Survey
Version: 2Date:7 October 2013
Reviewer: Risto Roine
Reviewer's report:
A fairly interesting study on a inadequately researched area in gastroenterology,
i.e., health-related quality of life of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease patents.
The methodology used in the study is mostly well described and the data
appears sound. The discussion and conclusions are balanced and supported by
the data. The main limitations of the study are acknowledged and the writing is
mostly acceptable.
There are still some points that the authors could consider to improve the
manuscript:
1. In the results section concerning the change in HRQoL after treatment the text
says “with most domains being increased except of PF”. Looking at the table the
domain PF shows an improvement whereas RP shows deterioration? Please
clarify.
2. Describe how the presence of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease was
verified in the patients.
3. Describe how many patients were excluded due to illiteracy or advanced
disease status.
4. In listing studies having used SF-36 in peptic ulcer patients also consider
referring to the studies by Guse#ndzade MG (Quality of life in patients with
duodenal ulcer. Ter Arkh. 2006;78:38-429), Rudik AA et al. (Eksp Klin
Gastroenterol. 2004;(3):54-7, 104) and Ruda et al. (Patient centred assess-ment
of quality of life for patients with four common conditions. Qual Health Care. 1999
Mar;8:22-9).
5. Please explain the abbreviations used in table 3 in the footnote.
6. Figure 2 seems redundant as the same information is available in table 2.
7. The writing, although mostly adequate, still need some checking and
improvement.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
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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