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Peer Review of "Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Adverse Psychiatric Outcomes: Protocol for an Etiology and Risk Systematic Review"

Peer Review of "Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Adverse Psychiatric Outcomes: Protocol for an Etiology and Risk Systematic Review"

Peer Review of "Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Adverse Psychiatric Outcomes: Protocol for an Etiology and Risk Systematic Review"

Authors of this article:

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    Peer-Review Report


    This is a peer-review report submitted for the paper “Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Adverse Psychiatric Outcomes: Protocol for an Etiology and Risk Systematic Review.”


    Serious Concerns

    Do you have any serious concerns about the manuscript such as fraud, plagiarism, unethical or unsafe practices?

    No.

    Have authors’ provided the necessary ethics approval (from authors’ institution or an ethics committee)?

    Not applicable.

    Language Quality

    How would you rate the English language quality?

    High quality.

    Validity and Reproducibility

    Is the reasons for conducting the study and its objectives clearly explained?

    Yes.

    Is the study design appropriate?

    Yes.

    Are sufficient details provided so that the method can be replicated?

    Yes.

    Are datasets available so that others could use them?

    Not applicable.

    Suggestions

    Based on your answers in section 3 how could the author improve the protocol?

    There is a more specific definition of PASC that should be included (with a reference). There is a need to list specific medical databases to search and not just mention “various” [1]. PECO criteria need to be listed and not only implied that they will be used.

    Do you have any other suggestions, feedback, or comments for the Author?

    The GRADE approach will be useful, as is mentioned along with a narrative synthesis if needed. Strengths and limitations seem accurate and are good to list.

    Decision

    Verified with reservations: The content is scientifically sound but has shortcomings that could be improved by further studies and minor revisions.

    Conflicts of Interest

    None declared.

    Editorial Notice

    This paper was peer-reviewed by the Plan P Hashtag Community partner #PeerRef.

    1. Effiong A. Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 and adverse psychiatric outcomes: protocol for an etiology and risk systematic review. JMIRx Med 2023;4(1):e43880 [FREE Full text]

    Edited by G Eysenbach; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 23.12.22; accepted 23.12.22; published 14.03.23

    Copyright

    ©Dacre Knight. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 14.03.2023.

    This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIRx Med, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://med.jmirx.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.