This is the authors’ response to peer-review reports for “Lessons Learned From the Resilience of Chinese Hospitals to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review”.
Round 1 Review
Reviewer Anonymous [1]
General Comment
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This paper’s [2] title mentions that the authors conducted a scoping review but used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) method. The authors should clarify the difference between scoping review and systematic review.
Response: We have added a phrase in the text to explain the difference in more detail. References 14-16 explain the PRISMA scoping methodology.
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Provide a table of the studies that were selected for final analysis (study title, publishing year, research methods, main findings of each study).
Response: Done; this is contained in a .xls file.
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State the study exclusion reasons clearly with a subheading in the Methods section.
Response: We feel that the study exclusion criteria are implicit in the inclusion criteria.
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Revise your study limitations according to the study inclusion and exclusion criteria
Response: We have added two more sentences, which refer to the exclusion criteria.
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Provide the list of all studies that were included at the initial stage without inclusion and exclusion limitations in a supplementary file.
Response: We have a list of articles attached as an .xls file.
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English editing is required.
Response: Has been revised twice by native speakers.
Reviewer AY [3]
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The authors refer to Table 4 three times in the manuscript; however, this table is not attached to the document. The same occurs with Table 3 that is referred to on page 7, second paragraph.
Response: These tables are within the supplementary files and are now labelled as such.
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In relation to the PRISMA-ScR checklist, the eligibility criteria are not pointed out in the abstract section of the manuscript.
Response: This has been done in the Inclusion Criteria section.
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The registration number of the scoping review’s protocol is missing. The authors do not indicate if the protocol is available.
Response: Please find the protocol here [4]; there is a link in the references.
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There are some typos in the manuscript, for example:
- Authors use the acronym PPE (personal protective equipment) several times in the manuscript. Please indicate its meaning the first time it appears in the manuscript (page 10).
- In the abstract section, the word “found” appears in a smaller size than the rest of the words.
Response: These issues have been resolved, and the manuscript was looked over again by a native speaker.
Abbreviations
- PPE
personal protective equipment
- PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- PRISMA-ScR
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews
References
- 1.Anonymous Peer Review of “Lessons Learned From the Resilience of Chinese Hospitals to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review”. JMIRx Med. 2022;3(2):e36347. doi: 10.2196/31272. https://med.jmirx.org/2022/2/e36347/ [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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