A Survey of Awareness of Parents and Caretakers on Diagnostic Radiological Examination Related Radiation Exposure in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia

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Reviewer #1:

The paper is well written and structured.

I have very few comments:

According to the questionnaire related to the modalities associated with ionising radiation listed in Table 2, angiography is not a modality, but a function that can involve various modalities, including modalities without ionising radiation such as MRI.

This is somewhat confusing, so I would suggest to use fluoroscopy.

We have done the corrections related to this angiography. The modifications have been highlighted in blue from page 8.

Fluoroscopy has been used in the whole results and discussion as suggested. Amendment also has been done in Table 2.

Reviewer #2:

It is important to investigate the awareness of parents and caretakers for medical radiation exposure. The study has clarified the knowledge of radiation exposure for parents using a questionnaire. However, there are some issues in this manuscript. Please check below for details.

Major comment

Your considerations are often a repetition of the results. Compare with the references and add novelty to your paper.

What exactly is the dose-tracking program that you are advocating? Is it going on in your country specifically? If so, please describe the trend.

Minor comments

1.     You should write the capitalization rules.

2.     The black circles in the table are unnecessary.

3.     p 6, line193-195. Please indicate the specific percentage of siblings and grandparents.

4.     The references do not follow the instructions for authors at all. Please carefully revise them.

The importance of the study needing to be carried out has been added to page 9. The added information is in blue.

The information related to this dose-tracking program has been added according to reviewer suggestions on page 11. The added information is in blue.

1. We are very sorry, we do not understand the suggestions. We would like to have a further explanation of these particular comments.

2. The black circle in the table has been removed accordingly.

3. The specific percentage of siblings and grandparents has been added on page 10. The added information is in blue.

4. We have revised the reference accordingly as per reviewer suggestions.