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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The main claims remain somewhat unclear, but apparently it is a claim around "Knowledge of the psychological aspects of the consulting process will allow medical specialists serving pregnancy to provide adequate, effective and well-timed health care."
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
These claims are certainly not novel in their general form. The whole field of Behavioral Medicine speaks to this claim. For example, I just published in the monumental Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine that contains hundreds of entries showing the importance of Psychology for Medicine (Reips, 2013).
Reips, U.-D. (2013). Internet-based studies. In Marc D. Gellman, J. Rick Turner (eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (Part 9, pp. 1097-1102). Berlin: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_28
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
No, almost no previous relevant literature is reviewed, no references are given. There is an abundance of quotations, however, these are not properly referenced.
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
There are no results, because there is no empirical study
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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?
This is not empirical research
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
No, this is not empirical research
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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?
A lot would need to be done. Literature review, theoretical embedding, empirical study, all with scientific rigor. Difficult.
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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?
Not outstanding, see above
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Other Comments:
I was invited by WebmedCentral to write this review. I agreed, even though my only expertise I can bring to this task is my background in research methodology and Psychology.
My previous version of this review got somehow lost in the system after submission and WebmedCentral could not recover it. I believe this is a major problem with the form used by WebmedCentral for writing reviews. For example, there is no option provided to save drafts, and all questions are on one page rather than what we know is better: OIOS = one-item-one-screen design (e.g. Reips, 2010; Reips & Birnbaum, 2011).
References
Reips, U.-D. (2010). Design and formatting in Internet-based research. In S. Gosling & J. Johnson (eds.), Advanced methods for conducting online behavioral research (pp. 29-43). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Reips, U.-D., & Birnbaum, M. H. (2011). Behavioral research and data collection via the Internet. In K.-P. L. Vu and R. W. Proctor (Eds.), The handbook of human factors in Web design (2nd ed., pp. 563-585). Mahwah, New Jersey: Erlbaum. -
Competing interests:
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Research methodology
- How to cite: Reips U .Empirical Research Needed to Support Claims of Psychological Help in Medical Treatment[Review of the article 'Characteristics of Psychological Consulting During Pregnancy ' by Dimitrova D].WebmedCentral 2014;4(3):WMCRW002605
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The author describes the psychological concerns and need for the same consultation for woman during pregnancy.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Well, these are established facts and just making it a review article is not let it considered to be novel.
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Not so much. There were number of studies already done in this regard. Though, author described old literature and personal observations to prove the claims.
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
It was a review article. Results could not be deriven.
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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 at all.
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
No, author took very few literature and did not describe the methodology of reviweing article.
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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?
Original research with new claims can improve this paper.
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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?
Much more work is required in this context.
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Other Comments:
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Competing interests:
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I am working on a similar research work but with different claims.
- How to cite: Hussain M .Review of Characteristics of Psychological Consulting During Pregnancy[Review of the article 'Characteristics of Psychological Consulting During Pregnancy ' by Dimitrova D].WebmedCentral 2014;4(3):WMCRW002595
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
Author describes a consultation model employed to elicit and address fears and and sources of anxiety regarding among pregnant women--often centering around their assessment of ability to care for a baby as well as the delivery itself
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
It is helpful to be reminded of these issues but they are not new
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
There is a substantial literature in consultation-liason psychiatry addressing the topic. It would be helpful if the author could have reviewed recent literature in the area
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Not a research paper-more of a description of a model of consulting
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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?
There is an established model/typology of mental health consultation originally developed by by Caplan-The author might want to incorporate this model
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Not a research paper
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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?
See comments above about issues that would place the paper in a theoretical, clinical, and research context
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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?
It needs much more elaboration
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Other Comments:
No
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
Yes
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References:
Behavioral medicine: A primary care approach (book) Practicing Psychology in Primary Care (book)
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
None - How to cite: Searight R .Who Would Benefit from Psychological Services During Pregnancy[Review of the article 'Characteristics of Psychological Consulting During Pregnancy ' by Dimitrova D].WebmedCentral 2014;4(3):WMCRW002559
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The main purpose of the paper is to point out the specifics of psychological consulting during the pregnancy period and the efficient ways for its implementation.
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Yes- it would be a great lecture in a medical school.
The authors discuss the various levels of psychological help. One of the most common problems during pregnancy is relations between partners. This is discussed. The article also analyzes the fear of childbirth and the fear of upcoming motherhood.
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