Quality appraisal of published qualitative dental, medical and health ‎researches‏ ‏in Iranian Persian language journals

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, ‎Zahedan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Department of ‎Dental Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of ‎Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center AND Kerman Social Determinants on Oral Health ‎Research ‎Center AND ‎Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, ‎Kerman, Iran

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study aimed to determine the rate of published qualitative research in the field of public health including dental researches in Iran and to appraise their quality.METHODS: A total of 165 articles which published in 170 Iranian Medical Journals between years 2000 and 2014 were found eligible to the study. 48 papers were selected randomly. The papers were appraised by two calibrated reviewer using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) appraisal framework for qualitative research.RESULTS: Only 2 studies (about 4%) were on dental topics. About 82% (38-48) studies had sufficient reporting regarding aims, study design, recruitment and data collection, data analysis, finding and implication of research. Only 12 articles (25%) had an adequate discussion of the study limitations. Overall, the assessment showed that 27 papers (about 56%) of studies were well conducted.CONCLUSION: Qualitative methods are underutilized on dentistry topics, and the quality of qualitative research on health topics in medical journals of Iran is mediocre.

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Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology
Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
118
May 2016
Pages 106-113

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  • Receive Date: 28 May 2016
  • Revise Date: 24 April 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 March 2019

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