Review: Wounded Healers as Agents of Change: A Comparative Study on Stress and Work Satisfaction of Nepali Accompaniers {under peer review}

 

Reviewer: Dr. Ope Atanda

 

Completed: 25-09-2025 08:31

 

Recommendation: Revisions Required

 

 

	Yes	No	N/A
Is the research question clearly defined?	+
Are the methods appropriate and sufficiently detailed?		+
Is the data analysis robust and replicable?		+
Are the conclusions supported by the results?		+
Is the manuscript well organised and clearly written?		+
Are tables, figures, and supplementary material informative and necessary?	+
Is the abstract an accurate summary of the study?	+
Does the manuscript contribute meaningfully to the field?	+
Is it relevant to the field of mental health or related disciplines that are connected to the scope of the Journal?	+
Are ethical approvals and participant consents adequately described?	+
Have competing interests, funding, and data availability been transparently declared?	+

 

Comments for the authors:

 

Thanks for the opportunity to review this article. It was a highly pertinent topic and one that contributes to the existing body of knowledge on the subject. There are some concerns, particularly around the methodologies used in the study. Whilst the authors have identified the use of a non-validated scale as a limitation of the study, it would be helpful to obtain further details on how the scale items were developed.

Some clarity is also needed on the form of qualitative data utilised in your study; there appears to be some confusion regarding whether a focus group approach or an interview approach was employed. Data analysis for both quantitative and qualitative outputs needs to be reconsidered. The choice of using descriptive data or the phenomenological approach was either robust or justified. Generally, the structure of the qualitative outputs was difficult to follow.

It was also difficult to understand how the findings from both quantitative and qualitative elements contributed to the conclusions you have made from your findings.

 

See the attachment to Revision 3: Revision Required, Attachment