Comparing Assessment Tools as Candidates for Personalized Nutritional Evaluation of Senior Citizens in a Nursing Home

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

dear authors, thank you for this paper.

Screening is a process for evaluating the possible presence of a particular problem. The outcome is normally a simple yes or no. 

Assessment is a process for defining the nature of that problem, determining the magnitude of the problem, and developing specific solution recommendations for addressing the problem. 

thus title needs to mention only assessment (pls delete screening). 

keyword:  aging, old age, elderly will increase the visibility of search avoid repeating words from title

introduction give a brief description of the scientific background and rationale behind the reported investigation on each elements this introduction is very scarce and not clear

State specific objectives, including any prespecified hypotheses 

methods

Include the dates of recruitment, exposure, follow-up, and data collection, along with the setting, locations, and dates of recruitment, exposure, and follow-up

who did the mini ms (MMS)? who performed all testing. please give details. 

Give the eligibility criteria, and the sources and methods of
selection of participants

Clearly define all outcomes, exposures, predictors, potential confounders, and effect modifiers. Give diagnostic criteria, if applicable

data analysis plan is very primitive and basic 

Give characteristics of study participants (eg demographic, clinical, social) and information on exposures and potential confounders 

Describe any sensitivity analyses 

Report other analyses done—eg analyses of subgroups and interactions and sensitivity analyses 

speak with biostatistician to develop regression analyses to control for age sex and MMS 

results need to be developed on basis of the 

results need to be improved based on newer analyses

discussion and conclusion to be improved based on result of the newer analyses

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

Please see the attachment

Best Regards

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Reviewer 2 Report

Very interesting and needed study. Major issue with the manuscript is that there is no control/gold standard tool to compare the tools under investigation.

Other minor comments are in the attached document.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

Please see the attachment

Best Regards

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

dear authors, thanks for addressing my concerns. 

Author Response