Title: Association between gastrointestinal disorders and sleep-related problems: the mediating
effect of depression
Version: 3 Date: 05 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
I would like to thank the Editor for inviting me for the review of the presented study.
Generally, the punctuation in the whole manuscript is untidy.
Abstract:
The objective of the study is twice emphasized and it is not precise enough. Additionally, the
external link to the survey is not necessary.
There is a lack of explanation of which sleep disorders were studied. Or in methods there was
no indication about which sleep disorders embraced survey - more sleep-disorder breathing or
parasomnias?
PIR is not commonly known abbreviation such as DNA - please extend the PIR shortcut
It is a first impression for readers that over 19000 patients were diagnosed with gastrointestinal
disorders - but in the result section only 8% of those had gastrointestinal disorders. Please
improve it.
Introduction:
Again, there is a lack of an aim to study. And there is no explanation why this study was
conducted.
Methods:
It is a serious limitation of presented work because gastrointestinal diseases were diagnosed by
one single question - there is a possibility of bias
Again, sleep disorders were not diagnosed - it is a serious risk of bias. Maybe the term "sleep
disorder" is not suitable for this study, maybe more "sleep disturbances" or "sleep problems"
are better terms.
Forrest plot is not opening in the Word document.
Discussion:
Authors discussed the results by showing an association between particular gastrointestinal
disorders and sleep disorders, but they have not specified the above disorders in their work.
Discussion not fully addressed the main objective of this study. Discussion is short-length.
Title: Association between gastrointestinal disorders and sleep-related problems: the mediating
effect of depression
Version: 3 Date: 05 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
I would like to thank the Editor for inviting me for the review of the presented study.
Generally, the punctuation in the whole manuscript is untidy.
Abstract:
The objective of the study is twice emphasized and it is not precise enough. Additionally, the
external link to the survey is not necessary.
There is a lack of explanation of which sleep disorders were studied. Or in methods there was
no indication about which sleep disorders embraced survey - more sleep-disorder breathing or
parasomnias?
PIR is not commonly known abbreviation such as DNA - please extend the PIR shortcut
It is a first impression for readers that over 19000 patients were diagnosed with gastrointestinal
disorders - but in the result section only 8% of those had gastrointestinal disorders. Please
improve it.
Introduction:
Again, there is a lack of an aim to study. And there is no explanation why this study was
conducted.
Methods:
It is a serious limitation of presented work because gastrointestinal diseases were diagnosed by
one single question - there is a possibility of bias
Again, sleep disorders were not diagnosed - it is a serious risk of bias. Maybe the term "sleep
disorder" is not suitable for this study, maybe more "sleep disturbances" or "sleep problems"
are better terms.
Forrest plot is not opening in the Word document.
Discussion:
Authors discussed the results by showing an association between particular gastrointestinal
disorders and sleep disorders, but they have not specified the above disorders in their work.
Discussion not fully addressed the main objective of this study. Discussion is short-length.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Association between gastrointestinal disorders and sleep-related problems: the mediating
effect of depression
Version: 3 Date: 05 Jun 2025
Reviewer's report:
I would like to thank the Editor for inviting me for the review of the presented study.
Generally, the punctuation in the whole manuscript is untidy.
Abstract:
The objective of the study is twice emphasized and it is not precise enough. Additionally, the
external link to the survey is not necessary.
There is a lack of explanation of which sleep disorders were studied. Or in methods there was
no indication about which sleep disorders embraced survey - more sleep-disorder breathing or
parasomnias?
PIR is not commonly known abbreviation such as DNA - please extend the PIR shortcut
It is a first impression for readers that over 19000 patients were diagnosed with gastrointestinal
disorders - but in the result section only 8% of those had gastrointestinal disorders. Please
improve it.
Introduction:
Again, there is a lack of an aim to study. And there is no explanation why this study was
conducted.
Methods:
It is a serious limitation of presented work because gastrointestinal diseases were diagnosed by
one single question - there is a possibility of bias
Again, sleep disorders were not diagnosed - it is a serious risk of bias. Maybe the term "sleep
disorder" is not suitable for this study, maybe more "sleep disturbances" or "sleep problems"
are better terms.
Forrest plot is not opening in the Word document.
Discussion:
Authors discussed the results by showing an association between particular gastrointestinal
disorders and sleep disorders, but they have not specified the above disorders in their work.
Discussion not fully addressed the main objective of this study. Discussion is short-length.
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