Oral Health and Pathologies in Migrants and Vulnerable Population and Their Social Impact: The Good Practices of the Intervention Model of a University Dental Clinic
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Type of manuscript: Article
Title: Oral health of a vulnerable population and its social impact: Good
practices of the intervention model of the Dental Clinic of the University
Fernando Pessoa Canarias
Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The manuscript is well written. However I have some points that I need to clarify:
1.- Its purpose is to identify pathologies and the impact on the oral health of vulnerable groups of the population, in the introduction it only focuses on Caries and Periodontal Disease. His study has more important details that should be highlighted in the results.
2.- Your introduction is very long. I think that some information that is not relevant to your investigation should be deleted, for example, lines 163-170.
Materials and Methods
3.- The health personnel who recorded the information had some type of special calibration, was any type of statistical test done to confirm it?
4.- Data analysis Some software was used to carry out the tests and obtain their results.
5.- something is missing, the title does not support the purpose of the investigation.
6.- the conclusions do not answer the purpose of the investigation
Author Response
Thanks to all the reviewers for their contributions and consideration of our manuscript. We have responded to each reviewer's comment and have introduced the improvements in the main text of the manuscript in blue color. Deleted paragraphs and text have been crossed out in red.
REVIEWER 1
The manuscript is well written. However, I have some points that I need to clarify:
1.- Its purpose is to identify pathologies and the impact on the oral health of vulnerable groups of the population, in the introduction it only focuses on Caries and Periodontal Disease. His study has more important details that should be highlighted in the results.
We have included and highlighted in the theoretical framework aspects related to the other oral diseases that were also highlighted in the results of the study.
2.- Your introduction is very long. I think that some information that is not relevant to your investigation should be deleted, for example, lines 163-170.
We have deleted some paragraphs from the theoretical framework and summarized some other paragraphs.
Materials and Methods
3.- The health personnel who recorded the information had some type of special calibration, was any type of statistical test done to confirm it?
No intentional selection of participants was made. As this was the case of the CDUFSC, no exclusion criteria for vulnerable participants were considered. The care of patients in this clinic is carried out under the condition of being low-income patients. In the case of the migrant population, patients arrive through existing collaboration agreements between the associations and foundations that care for and receive these people and the university itself.
4.- Data analysis Some software was used to carry out the tests and obtain their results.
A frequency analysis was carried out and the program used was SPSS V.25.
The data analysis section has been expanded and better explained.
5.- something is missing, the title does not support the purpose of the investigation.
We have adapted the title of the manuscript
6.- the conclusions do not answer the purpose of the investigation
We have rewritten the conclusions
Reviewer 2 Report
INTRODUCTION: needs reorganization and follow some approach like Funnel or alarmist
METHODS: Sample size justification, power and details statistical analysis are missing. One of the objectives/aim was to assess the impact on oral health care on such populations which is missing in both methods and Results.
RESULTS: Impact of oral health care ?
CONCLUSION: Very vague
Author Response
Thanks to all the reviewers for their contributions and consideration of our manuscript. We have responded to each reviewer's comment and have introduced the improvements in the main text of the manuscript in blue color. Deleted paragraphs and text have been crossed out in red.
INTRODUCTION: needs reorganization and follow some approach like Funnel or alarmist
We have adapted the introduction by deleting and rearranging some paragraphs.
METHODS: Sample size justification, power, and details of statistical analysis are missing. One of the objectives/aims was to assess the impact on oral health care on such populations which is missing in both methods and Results.
The confidence level and margin of error of the sample have been specified.
RESULTS: Impact of oral health care?
The impact of health care for these patients is specified throughout the manuscript and the importance of the work carried out by the university that responds to the health needs of this group of vulnerable people is highlighted. The complications or consequences for the health of these people would be worse if they did not receive this care.
CONCLUSION: Very vague
We have rewritten the conclusions
Reviewer 3 Report
The present study aims to identify the profile of pathologies as well as the impact on 177 the oral health of vulnerable population groups who have difficulty accessing health care 178 and are treated at the CDUFPC.
1. Very interesting content, but the introduction is too long.　Please make it compact.
2. Materials and Methods may be too short and not informative enough.
Please enrich the Materials and Method.
Author Response
Thanks to all the reviewers for their contributions and consideration of our manuscript. We have responded to each reviewer's comment and have introduced the improvements in the main text of the manuscript in blue color. Deleted paragraphs and text have been crossed out in red.
The present study aims to identify the profile of pathologies as well as the impact on 177 the oral health of vulnerable population groups who have difficulty accessing health care 178 and are treated at the CDUFPC.
- Very interesting content, but the introduction is too long.　Please make it compact.
We have deleted some paragraphs from the theoretical framework and summarized some other paragraphs.
- Materials and Methods may be too short and not informative enough.
We have expanded and specified these sections more clearly.
Please enrich the Materials and Method.
It has been done
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript was improved, I have no further comments. Congrats!
Reviewer 2 Report
Self-citations were recognized in references.
Reviewer 3 Report
Accept in present form
