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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This study evaluates the attitude, awareness and knowledge about the practice of colostrum feeding in pregnant  women.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    Yes


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Methodology must include selection of subjects; exclusion criteria.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    There is a need for further study with more sample size in different age group in both the genders to validate this result that the authors have mentioned.

    This study can be conducted in other places mainly in rural areas with more sample size; this further creates more awareness among the needy.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    N/A


  • Other Comments:

    The present study highlights the need of breast feeding, that too colostrum to the newborn in developing nations which has so many myths and beliefs. The authors need to be appreciated for this initiation.

    How the awareness created in them was analyzed to know the outcome of this work?

    There is a repetition of the results in text and table form which can be avoided.

    Citing the references need to be rechecked totally.

    The whole paper can be arranged comprehensively to decrease its length.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I have published articles in the field of Nutrition, Adiposity markers and metabolic disorders.

  • How to cite:  Dutt. R A .Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal[Review of the article 'Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal ' by Lamsal S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002192
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The importance of colostrum specially in the third world. Very importnt for all the countries in the same situation.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    In the context yes.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    The protocol was very well conducted.


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    The methodology is valid and the paaper offer enough details.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    It was complete.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    The paper is very important for all the third world


  • Other Comments:

    No

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I am a nutologist with 30 years of medicine teaching

  • How to cite:  Bedin V .Colostrum Feeding: knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal[Review of the article 'Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal ' by Lamsal S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002160
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  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    Government of Nepal has to work more on promotional activities on colostrum feeding  


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    Not Applicable


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes, for such studies.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes, the topic is very important in the context of developing countries like Nepal


  • Other Comments:

    Congratulations. It is a nice article.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    Yes
  • References:

    In various National Newspapers

  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    None
  • How to cite:  Joshi S .Review of an Article on Colostrum Feeding, Dr. Joshi et al.[Review of the article 'Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal ' by Lamsal S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002158
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Review of Article by Joshi et al
Posted by Dr. Saskia F.A. Duijts on 02 Aug 2012 11:02:11 AM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    See other comments


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes, they are.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes, they are. See other comments.


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes, they do.


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    No protocol was provided.


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    The methodology could be described in more detail - see other comments.


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    Yes, see other comments.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    With the proper adjustments, the novelty and value should be assessed once again. See other comments.


  • Other Comments:

    General comments: This study assesses the knowledge, attitude and practice on colostrum feeding in pregnant women in a teaching hospital inNepal. Specifically, the awareness of the importance is explored in 100 pregnant women, since the significance of colostrum feeding is poorly understood inNepal. The authors describe their findings accurate. Still, I have some specific remarks.

    Specific comments:
    Introduction
    1. The introduction of the article is clear, complete and indicates the importance of performing this study. I would recommend to fully describe abbreviations as ARI and ANC, when used for the first time.
    2. Also, in the objective, I would replace ‘find awareness’ by ‘assess awareness’
    Methods
    3. The method section is rather short. More information could be given about the study population. Are there for example specific in and exclusion criteria used?
    4. Primary and secondary outcome measures could be described
    5. In the last section of the methods, a specific intervention is explained (i.e. explaining the importance of colostrum feeding to create awareness). This is different form retrieved data though a questionnaire.  Was this part set up as an intervention? And if so, this should be described in detail and are there any specific step taken to measure the effect of this intervention. Moreover, it seems like to study has two parts: the questionnaire and the intervention to create awareness. If this is correct, this should be highlighted in the article.
    6. No specific information is given on the statistical analyses, except from that the data was entered and analysed with SPSS. This is a bit scarce.

    Results:
    1. No comments

    Discussion:
    1. The discussion section is too much a repetition of the results. Preferably, this section should start with a concise overview of the main findings, then a comparison with other studies could be made, followed by strengths and limitations, and ending with a final conclusion. Herewith, I believe the discussion needs some re-writing.

    Overall, there are some typing errors, which I am not going to point out one by one. But, it would be advisable to present the article to a native English speaker for further adjustments.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Epidemiology; methodology

  • How to cite:  Duijts S .Review of Article by Joshi et al[Review of the article 'Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal ' by Lamsal S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002157
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A Small Scale but a Very Important Study
Posted by Anonymous Reviewer on 02 Aug 2012 02:30:42 AM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    This paper has looked upon the crucial issues on KAP of Colostrum feeding among pregnant women in Nepal. Most of the studies are on breast feeding only, and do not look at the colostrum feeding practice. This paper has claimed that research on colostrum feeding is very important as it is a very nutritious food for the babies.


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes, this is somehow new information.


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes.


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes, partially.


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    Not applicable for this study.


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    Yes


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    If the study could be counducted at large scale all over Nepal.


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    Yes, definitely, it will be encouraging for the students and faculties. The most important thing to note is the study was a part of undergraduate medical students. Gynaecologists, neonatologists and the public health officials are promoting such behaviour.


  • Other Comments:

    The study cam at a vey appropriate time, when we are celebrating the International Breast Feeding Week.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Working with the pregnant women and new born babies.

  • How to cite:  Anonymous.A Small Scale but a Very Important Study[Review of the article 'Colostrum Feeding: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women in a Teaching Hospital in Nepal ' by Lamsal S].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002155
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