Weighted Blankets’ Effect on the Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes

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1.      The manuscript presents an interesting topic

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2.      It is not clear why the authors included nutritional status assessment in the present study. Please explain the association between nutritional status with the use of weighted blankets.

Thank you very much for your comment. Changes have been made so that it is now more apparent how the connection between nutrition and sleep can be linked. Line 60-61

3.       In the discussion, the high proportion of discontinuation of the intervention should be clearly addressed. Would the discomfort caused by the blanket outweigh its benefits for older adults?

Thank you very much for your comments. Changes have been made based on your comment. Line 319-323

4.      The conclusion should contain an objective response to the aim of the study.

Thank you very much for your comment, we have clarified in the conclusion text. Line 369-371

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1.      The manuscript presents a clear study design and findings

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2.      Please review referencing styles, such as reporting page numbers for direct quotes (e.g., line 33-34

Thanks for your comment. Changes have been made established on your comment, when applicable.

3.      an additional round of editing would be beneficial - for example, line 65 refers to "increased" level of malnutrition, however, comparison base is not clear

Changes have been made established on your comments when applicable

4.      Line 83 seems to use ADL as an abbreviation first time, which usually requires spelling it out

Thank you very much for noticing that. It has been changed to “activities of daily living (ADL)” on line 61.

5.      Line 168 uses a combination of [ and (, which is an unusual case

Thank you very much for noticing that. We changed it when double marking was used. We use [ for references and (for another numbering

6.      Line 176 refers to "insured" appetite, which is not a common combination of words

Thank you very much for noticing that “insured” has been changed to “impaired”.

7.      General review for the purposes of consistency - lines 264 and 265 present two different ways to report a p-value

Thank you very much for noticing that it has been changed

8.      Finally, the authors may consider merging tables, but this is not critical

Thank you for the comment. We divided the tables after each presentation in text, as we considered it helped the reader to follow the results.

9.      Overall, with exception of very minor English language changes, the paper reports the problem, the methodology, results and conclusions very clearly.

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