Peer Review History
Original SubmissionAugust 28, 2019 |
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PONE-D-19-24279 Text message reminders for improving sun protection habits: a systematic review PLOS ONE Dear Dr Taype-Rondan, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. We would appreciate receiving your revised manuscript by 17th January 2020. When you are ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. If you would like to make changes to your financial disclosure, please include your updated statement in your cover letter. To enhance the reproducibility of your results, we recommend that if applicable you deposit your laboratory protocols in protocols.io, where a protocol can be assigned its own identifier (DOI) such that it can be cited independently in the future. For instructions see: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/submission-guidelines#loc-laboratory-protocols Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
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Need to update PROSPERO page Please remove HBM acronym Methods Statistical analysis – this section needs correcting – lines 114-115 – “We present our results using mean differences (MD), risk ratios (RR), odds ratios (OR), and, when we meta-analyzed results from different studies for the same outcome that were measured using different scales, standardized mean differences (SMD).” Meta-analysis was not SMD, but combined RR, MD and RR are not presented in the table only percentages for intervention and control groups or odds ratios – please be consistent and calculate OR for each outcome for each study to allow the reader to make comparisons. Be clear whether OR were adjusted or unadjusted. Lines 117-118: There was only one outcome which was meta-analysed. Were these methods on use of repeated measures used? It looks like it wasn’t as the outcome in Table 3 is “Sunburn anytime during follow-up (follow-up: from 5 to 12 months)”. Please ensure that the methods reflect exactly what you did in the analysis and how it was reported. Results Was Darlow’s study actually excluded? If results were not considered to be reliable and were not used then it should be excluded and should not appear in Tables 2 & 3, the flow chart or anywhere else in the text or abstract. If you do choose to include it, then please be clear about the reasons for this. There is a lot of information in Table 2 – it would be helpful if the main points were summarised in the text. p-values should be included in Table 2 Overall did text messages improve outcomes or not. Consider a table with positive outcomes in green, negative in red and non-significant left white Or a forest plot showing direction of effect and significance for each outcome without any pooling of data to give a visual picture of whether the intervention may be beneficial Discussion This needs more structure. Please provide quantitative results in the summary paragraph to report effect size and p-value. Please also clearly state the other outcomes reviewed and clarify that there was no compelling evidence to suggest that text messaging resulted in any improvements. In the “Previous systematic reviews” section, please compare the outcomes assessed and findings of these reviews with those in the current study. What does this review offer over and above the previous reviews. A limitations section is needed and needs to include the low quality of evidence, small numbers of studies and heterogeneity in outcome reporting. [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] Reviewers' comments: Reviewer's Responses to Questions Comments to the Author 1. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusions? The manuscript must describe a technically sound piece of scientific research with data that supports the conclusions. Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 2. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 3. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 4. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 5. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: This is an interesting systematic review that examined the evidence for text messaging as an intervention to promote adherence to sun protection strategies. Below are concerns/comments for the authors to consider. - The authors should clarify in the abstract and the methods section if they followed reporting guidelines, such as PRISMA, or other guidelines. Include appropriate citations as well. - Introduction section, to support the rationale for the review, the authors should include additional recent promising evidence that support feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of digital interventions for behavior change (References - PMID: 30026178; PMID: 25803705; PMID: 28506955; PMID: 26831740; PMID: 28428157; PMID: 26701961; PMID: 29273573). - Results, the authors should include much more details for the included studies, such as age, gender, study settings, follow up, outcomes, intervention details, and other RCT related factors (blinding, randomization, etc.). Similar details should be also added to Table 1. - All the figures are fuzzy and unclear. Replace with more clear ones. - Discussion, the authors should expand and elaborate more on how their findings support or contrast available literature and provide suggestions for future research directions that would address existing knowledge gaps. - Discussion, it is critical to discuss the value of including direct patients' input in the development of mhealth interventions and other key considerations for end users should be sought early on in the process of app or digital behavioral intervention design to ensure long and short term engagement (PMID: 29273573; PMID: 26844685; PMID: 27966189; PMID: 28241759). - Discussion, the authors should also acknowledge the lack of economic data to support the use of mhealth behavioral interventions to date (PMID: 27780795; PMID: 28152012). Reviewer #2: The manuscript describes conduct and results of a systematic review of RCTs adressing the effect of SMS text reminders in promoting sun protection measures. Overall, the manuscript represents sound work. Specific comments: - l. 50-52: Avoidance of exposure during peak UV hours around solar noon is mentioned by all guidelines promoting sun protection and should be included in the list of sun protection habits. - l. 53: There are a lot more studies evaluating compliance with recommendations for sun protection. You should add recent papers (e.g. Vogel et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017, Barkin et al. JAAD 2016, Gefeller et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016). - l. 73: If the protocol has been developed using PRISMA-P, then this should be mentioned here. Additionally, adherence to PRISMA in reporting the systematic review should also be acknowledge here. - l. 78: Restricting the search to three databases (PubMed, Cochran, Scopus) only poses some risk of missing relevant studies. You should give an explanation why such a restricted search strategy has been adopted and discuss it as a limitation. - l. 112ff: You should only describe what you have actually done and not what you would have done. Only for one outcome you could perform a "mini" meta-analysis summarizing two studies and reporting a combined risk ratio. I did not find any (standardized) mean differences or odds ratios among the results that have been announced in your statistics section. - l. 123: typo I^2 statistics (not statistical) - l. 159-161: The decision to omit data from Darlow et al.'s study because "their declared p-values did not match the declared effects" implies a serious attack towards the integrity of Darlow et al.'s study publication. Did you contact the authors for clarification? You have to give more details on this issue. The reader must have the opportunity to understand your decision better. - l. 170: shorter follow-up (instead of lower) - l. 171: smaller population (instead of lower) - l. 184: Your statement that "each study had a low risk of bias" contradicts what you have said before. - l. 219: To my opinion "clinical practice" is the wrong term here, you should delete "clinical". - l. 226/7: Changes of metabolism is a minor thread, reduction of vitamin D production is more relevant. - l. 227: I guess you mean possible instead of feasible. - l. 235: "utilization of mobile phones is lower" instead of "this may be a little lower". General: You should add a section in the discussion commenting on the limitations of your systematic review (only RCTs, search restricted to only three databases, deletion of one study for data extraction, no meta-analysis for most outcomes etc.). You should also extend your discussion by reflecting on the future. Do you really think that further high-quality on this issue are needed (as you stated in your conlusion)? Use of text messaging via SMS is descending in all developed countries. There are better ways to reach individuals on the population level in order to promote sun protection (e.g. via messengers like Whats App that allow including pictures, videos, audio information or using smartphone apps). ********** 6. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? For information about this choice, including consent withdrawal, please see our Privacy Policy. Reviewer #1: Yes: Sherif M Badawy Reviewer #2: No [NOTE: If reviewer comments were submitted as an attachment file, they will be attached to this email and accessible via the submission site. Please log into your account, locate the manuscript record, and check for the action link "View Attachments". If this link does not appear, there are no attachment files to be viewed.] While revising your submission, please upload your figure files to the Preflight Analysis and Conversion Engine (PACE) digital diagnostic tool, https://pacev2.apexcovantage.com/. PACE helps ensure that figures meet PLOS requirements. To use PACE, you must first register as a user. Registration is free. Then, login and navigate to the UPLOAD tab, where you will find detailed instructions on how to use the tool. If you encounter any issues or have any questions when using PACE, please email us at figures@plos.org. Please note that Supporting Information files do not need this step. |
Revision 1 |
PONE-D-19-24279R1 Text message reminders for improving sun protection habits: a systematic review PLOS ONE Dear Dr Taype-Rondan, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. Please address the final points by the Academic Editor and proofread for readability. We would appreciate receiving your revised manuscript by 17 April 2020. When you are ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. If you would like to make changes to your financial disclosure, please include your updated statement in your cover letter. To enhance the reproducibility of your results, we recommend that if applicable you deposit your laboratory protocols in protocols.io, where a protocol can be assigned its own identifier (DOI) such that it can be cited independently in the future. For instructions see: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/submission-guidelines#loc-laboratory-protocols Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
Please note while forming your response, if your article is accepted, you may have the opportunity to make the peer review history publicly available. The record will include editor decision letters (with reviews) and your responses to reviewer comments. If eligible, we will contact you to opt in or out. We look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. Kind regards, Jennifer A Hirst, DPhil Academic Editor PLOS ONE Additional Editor Comments (if provided): There are still some minor points which need to be revised before this paper is suitable for publication: Please update PROSPERO – it still says only preliminary searches have been conducted. Please remove HBM acronym throughout the article. This acronym is unnecessary Statistical analysis section: Change ..” lesser than ten” to “less than ten” Results: Please include reference numbers for each of the studies in tables 1-3. Change title of table 2 to: Characteristics of included studies Limitations: Incorrect grammar: “A possible limitation of this review is that search was performed in only three databases, which could cause that not all published studies were found.” Typo: “...such es the follow-up period” We recommend asking a native English speaker to proofread the article. [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] Reviewers' comments: Reviewer's Responses to Questions Comments to the Author 1. If the authors have adequately addressed your comments raised in a previous round of review and you feel that this manuscript is now acceptable for publication, you may indicate that here to bypass the “Comments to the Author” section, enter your conflict of interest statement in the “Confidential to Editor” section, and submit your "Accept" recommendation. Reviewer #1: All comments have been addressed Reviewer #2: All comments have been addressed ********** 2. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusions? The manuscript must describe a technically sound piece of scientific research with data that supports the conclusions. Experiments must have been conducted rigorously, with appropriate controls, replication, and sample sizes. The conclusions must be drawn appropriately based on the data presented. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 3. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously? Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 4. Have the authors made all data underlying the findings in their manuscript fully available? The PLOS Data policy requires authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception (please refer to the Data Availability Statement in the manuscript PDF file). The data should be provided as part of the manuscript or its supporting information, or deposited to a public repository. For example, in addition to summary statistics, the data points behind means, medians and variance measures should be available. If there are restrictions on publicly sharing data—e.g. participant privacy or use of data from a third party—those must be specified. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: Yes ********** 5. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English? PLOS ONE does not copyedit accepted manuscripts, so the language in submitted articles must be clear, correct, and unambiguous. Any typographical or grammatical errors should be corrected at revision, so please note any specific errors here. Reviewer #1: Yes Reviewer #2: No ********** 6. Review Comments to the Author Please use the space provided to explain your answers to the questions above. You may also include additional comments for the author, including concerns about dual publication, research ethics, or publication ethics. (Please upload your review as an attachment if it exceeds 20,000 characters) Reviewer #1: The authors addressed all my earlier concerns. No additional comments. This review contributes to existing literature on tech-based behavioral interventions. Reviewer #2: Final proofreading of the text should be done by a native speaker who can correct language errors. ********** 7. PLOS authors have the option to publish the peer review history of their article (what does this mean?). If published, this will include your full peer review and any attached files. If you choose “no”, your identity will remain anonymous but your review may still be made public. Do you want your identity to be public for this peer review? For information about this choice, including consent withdrawal, please see our Privacy Policy. Reviewer #1: Yes: Sherif M Badawy Reviewer #2: No [NOTE: If reviewer comments were submitted as an attachment file, they will be attached to this email and accessible via the submission site. Please log into your account, locate the manuscript record, and check for the action link "View Attachments". If this link does not appear, there are no attachment files to be viewed.] While revising your submission, please upload your figure files to the Preflight Analysis and Conversion Engine (PACE) digital diagnostic tool, https://pacev2.apexcovantage.com/. PACE helps ensure that figures meet PLOS requirements. To use PACE, you must first register as a user. Registration is free. Then, login and navigate to the UPLOAD tab, where you will find detailed instructions on how to use the tool. If you encounter any issues or have any questions when using PACE, please email us at figures@plos.org. Please note that Supporting Information files do not need this step. |
Revision 2 |
PONE-D-19-24279R2 Text message reminders for improving sun protection habits: a systematic review PLOS ONE Dear Dr Taype-Rondan, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process. Specifically to correct the English. We recommend that the paper is proof-read by a native English speaker. We would appreciate receiving your revised manuscript by 1 May 2020. When you are ready to submit your revision, log on to https://www.editorialmanager.com/pone/ and select the 'Submissions Needing Revision' folder to locate your manuscript file. If you would like to make changes to your financial disclosure, please include your updated statement in your cover letter. To enhance the reproducibility of your results, we recommend that if applicable you deposit your laboratory protocols in protocols.io, where a protocol can be assigned its own identifier (DOI) such that it can be cited independently in the future. For instructions see: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/submission-guidelines#loc-laboratory-protocols Please include the following items when submitting your revised manuscript:
Please note while forming your response, if your article is accepted, you may have the opportunity to make the peer review history publicly available. The record will include editor decision letters (with reviews) and your responses to reviewer comments. If eligible, we will contact you to opt in or out. We look forward to receiving your revised manuscript. Kind regards, Jennifer A Hirst, DPhil Academic Editor PLOS ONE Additional Editor Comments (if provided): The English is still poor. Please change: "Due to the fact that search was only performed in three databases, we might not found all published studies" to "Due to the fact that search was only performed in three databases, we might not have found all published studies." [Note: HTML markup is below. Please do not edit.] [NOTE: If reviewer comments were submitted as an attachment file, they will be attached to this email and accessible via the submission site. Please log into your account, locate the manuscript record, and check for the action link "View Attachments". If this link does not appear, there are no attachment files to be viewed.] While revising your submission, please upload your figure files to the Preflight Analysis and Conversion Engine (PACE) digital diagnostic tool, https://pacev2.apexcovantage.com/. PACE helps ensure that figures meet PLOS requirements. To use PACE, you must first register as a user. Registration is free. Then, login and navigate to the UPLOAD tab, where you will find detailed instructions on how to use the tool. If you encounter any issues or have any questions when using PACE, please email us at figures@plos.org. Please note that Supporting Information files do not need this step. |
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Formally Accepted |
PONE-D-19-24279R3 Text message reminders for improving sun protection habits: a systematic review Dear Dr. Taype-Rondan: I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been deemed suitable for publication in PLOS ONE. Congratulations! Your manuscript is now with our production department. If your institution or institutions have a press office, please notify them about your upcoming paper at this point, to enable them to help maximize its impact. If they will be preparing press materials for this manuscript, please inform our press team within the next 48 hours. Your manuscript will remain under strict press embargo until 2 pm Eastern Time on the date of publication. For more information please contact onepress@plos.org. For any other questions or concerns, please email plosone@plos.org. Thank you for submitting your work to PLOS ONE. With kind regards, PLOS ONE Editorial Office Staff on behalf of Dr. Jennifer A Hirst Academic Editor PLOS ONE |
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