Author's response to reviews Title: Acceptance of illness and satisfaction with life among malaria patients in Rivers State, Nigeria. Authors:

we changed the aim of the study from “The aim of the study was the analysis of malaria patients’ satisfaction with life, the level of trust in a doctor and a nurse, the level of acceptance of the illness and the demonstration of any correlations between the study parameters.” To: "The aim of the study was the analysis of the level of acceptance of the illness, the level of malaria patients' satisfaction with life, the level of trust in the physician and the nurse and the demonstration of any correlations between the study parameters." We changed Conclusions from manuscript from: The study demonstrated that the majority of respondents place trust in their doctor and nurse. The majority of malaria patients did not accept their illness. The respondents’ assessment of satisfaction with life was low. There is a statistically significant correlation between: trust in healthcare provider, the level of acceptance of illness and self-evaluation of satisfaction with life. Marital status had a statistically significant effect on the acceptance of the illness and satisfaction with life. Employed individuals demonstrated a higher quality of life and a better acceptance of the illness. We changed to Conclusions in manuscript to: