Self-Rated Health and Mortality Among Older Adults in Israel: A Comparison Between Jewish and Arab Populations

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Clinical Medicine under mdpi. You can see my comments below.

Abstract:

·       Well written

Introduction

·       Citation error [1-2] instead of [1]-[2]

·       Well written

Materials and methods

·       Should use past tense

·       The study period has been many years ago (between 2005 and 2006), and follow-up until end of June 2019. It is unclear what data were followed and what data were the authors to present. What about the data collected in that period? When were the data of socioeconomic and clinical measurements taken? The authors should clearly explain the procedure.

Results

·       Well-reported

Discussion

·       Inadequate. The authors should interpret the results step by step and explain the findings, especially between two populations. What are the indications and provide recommendations if any.

Strengths and limitations

·       Well-reported

Conclusions

·       Can add some more after revising the discussion

References

Need to follow the journal’s requirement.

Author Response

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

First of all, thank you for submitting to JCM.

The author's research is very interesting and has meaningful research value.

 

Introduction

The introduction is very well written. However, there are 35 references in the introduction alone. There are many duplicate and old studies here. I request many deletions.

 

Please write the research objectives more specifically.

Adding research hypotheses would make this longitudinal study more valuable.

 

The methods and results are also well written.

 

The author wrote the conclusion as follows.

 

This discrepancy can result from social, behavioral, and clinical characteristics unique to each ethnic group and differential access to high-quality healthcare.

 

Is this a race issue? Interpretation is more important than analysis of results in this study. This interpretation should be sufficiently referenced based on other studies in the discussion. Therefore, the authors need to discuss not only social, behavioral, and clinical characteristics, but also national health policy, social security system, social stability, national economy, cultural differences, and food culture.

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The manuscript has been revised accordingly. I have no more comment. Good work.

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

I have no more comments.