Reviewer's report
Title:Potentially avoidable hospitalisation for constipation in Victoria, Australia in
2010-11
Version:1Date:13 May 2014
Reviewer: Hanne Konradsen
Reviewer's report:
This article poses an interesting and often overlooked question. It is well written
and uses appropriate methods.
I though have a few suggestions for improving the manuscript, which I consider
to be discretionary revision.
Introducing the study, the authors give a simplified presentation of conditions
relating to constipation. In example self-medication, food and liquid consumption,
psychological factors and so on might be quit important, besides possible
adverse side effect of medications.
The author uses “principle diagnosis of constipation” as a measure of the number
of patients admitted to hospital. It should be discussed though, that the number
probably is even higher. Please see Konradsen et al. Constipation – prevalence
and incidence among medical patients acutely admitted to hospital with a
medical condition, Journal of Clinical Nursing. Older patients with multiple
medical conditions might experience constipation as a contributing factor for an
unstable situation leading to hospitalization, without the condition constipation
being labelled as a principle diagnosis.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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:Potentially avoidable hospitalisation for constipation in Victoria, Australia in
2010-11
Version:1Date:13 May 2014
Reviewer: Hanne Konradsen
Reviewer's report:
This article poses an interesting and often overlooked question. It is well written
and uses appropriate methods.
I though have a few suggestions for improving the manuscript, which I consider
to be discretionary revision.
Introducing the study, the authors give a simplified presentation of conditions
relating to constipation. In example self-medication, food and liquid consumption,
psychological factors and so on might be quit important, besides possible
adverse side effect of medications.
The author uses “principle diagnosis of constipation” as a measure of the number
of patients admitted to hospital. It should be discussed though, that the number
probably is even higher. Please see Konradsen et al. Constipation – prevalence
and incidence among medical patients acutely admitted to hospital with a
medical condition, Journal of Clinical Nursing. Older patients with multiple
medical conditions might experience constipation as a contributing factor for an
unstable situation leading to hospitalization, without the condition constipation
being labelled as a principle diagnosis.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Potentially avoidable hospitalisation for constipation in Victoria, Australia in
2010-11
Version:1Date:13 May 2014
Reviewer: Hanne Konradsen
Reviewer's report:
This article poses an interesting and often overlooked question. It is well written
and uses appropriate methods.
I though have a few suggestions for improving the manuscript, which I consider
to be discretionary revision.
Introducing the study, the authors give a simplified presentation of conditions
relating to constipation. In example self-medication, food and liquid consumption,
psychological factors and so on might be quit important, besides possible
adverse side effect of medications.
The author uses “principle diagnosis of constipation” as a measure of the number
of patients admitted to hospital. It should be discussed though, that the number
probably is even higher. Please see Konradsen et al. Constipation – prevalence
and incidence among medical patients acutely admitted to hospital with a
medical condition, Journal of Clinical Nursing. Older patients with multiple
medical conditions might experience constipation as a contributing factor for an
unstable situation leading to hospitalization, without the condition constipation
being labelled as a principle diagnosis.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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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