Title: Gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and associated factors among university
students in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021: A cross-sectional study
Version: 5 Date: 16 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate your effort in managing my comments on your first submission.
1. I have reviewed your second submission. Your work sounds good on the basis of
scientific appearance but topographically and language limitations needs further improvement.
I recommend you to read the manuscript repeatedly to improve by yourselves.
a. Give special emphasis on the placement of full stops and spaces. E.g. see lines; 43, 44, 45,
63, 133, 179, 225, 236, 238,
b. Spacing of a paragraph; E.g. lines 94 -102
c. Font size; E.g. line 288
2. Operational definition given to some terms needs improvement in appearance and clarification
3. Response on the middle age as risk factor for GERD, forwarded by authors;  “The possible
reason might be the age of the participants in this study may not have caused their GERD
symptoms, but it is plausible that their age rendered them more susceptible to these symptoms
because they fall into this age range.” is still not plausible. The authors shall reconsider possible
reasons that could render students in this age group in to GERD symptom. The give statement
seems less convincing type to scientific community. Please search and mention what could be the
possible condition/feature/biological change/psychological state …etc  linked to the age group.
Title: Gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and associated factors among university
students in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021: A cross-sectional study
Version: 5 Date: 16 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate your effort in managing my comments on your first submission.
1. I have reviewed your second submission. Your work sounds good on the basis of
scientific appearance but topographically and language limitations needs further improvement.
I recommend you to read the manuscript repeatedly to improve by yourselves.
a. Give special emphasis on the placement of full stops and spaces. E.g. see lines; 43, 44, 45,
63, 133, 179, 225, 236, 238,
b. Spacing of a paragraph; E.g. lines 94 -102
c. Font size; E.g. line 288
2. Operational definition given to some terms needs improvement in appearance and clarification
3. Response on the middle age as risk factor for GERD, forwarded by authors;  “The possible
reason might be the age of the participants in this study may not have caused their GERD
symptoms, but it is plausible that their age rendered them more susceptible to these symptoms
because they fall into this age range.” is still not plausible. The authors shall reconsider possible
reasons that could render students in this age group in to GERD symptom. The give statement
seems less convincing type to scientific community. Please search and mention what could be the
possible condition/feature/biological change/psychological state …etc  linked to the age group.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms and associated factors among university
students in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021: A cross-sectional study
Version: 5 Date: 16 Feb 2023
Reviewer's report:
I appreciate your effort in managing my comments on your first submission.
1. I have reviewed your second submission. Your work sounds good on the basis of
scientific appearance but topographically and language limitations needs further improvement.
I recommend you to read the manuscript repeatedly to improve by yourselves.
a. Give special emphasis on the placement of full stops and spaces. E.g. see lines; 43, 44, 45,
63, 133, 179, 225, 236, 238,
b. Spacing of a paragraph; E.g. lines 94 -102
c. Font size; E.g. line 288
2. Operational definition given to some terms needs improvement in appearance and clarification
3. Response on the middle age as risk factor for GERD, forwarded by authors;  “The possible
reason might be the age of the participants in this study may not have caused their GERD
symptoms, but it is plausible that their age rendered them more susceptible to these symptoms
because they fall into this age range.” is still not plausible. The authors shall reconsider possible
reasons that could render students in this age group in to GERD symptom. The give statement
seems less convincing type to scientific community. Please search and mention what could be the
possible condition/feature/biological change/psychological state …etc  linked to the age group.
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