QUALITY OF STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN IRAN

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SHARIFI VANDAD; MESGARPOUR BITA; BASIRNIA ANAHITA; AMIN ESMAEELI MASOOMEH; FARHOUDIAN ALI; AMINI HOMAYOUN; MOHAMMADI MOHMMAD REZA; RAHIMI MOVAGHAR AFARIN; SALESIAN NILOOFAR; YOUSEFI NOORAIE REZA

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Year:2012 | Volume:18 | Issue:2 Page(s): 138-149

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QUALITY OF STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN IRAN

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PREVALENCEQ2

EPIDEMIOLOGYQ3

MENTAL DISORDERSQ3

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Objectives: The aim of this research was to investigate the quality of studies on the PREVALENCE of psychiatric disorders in IRAN.Method: All studies on the PREVALENCE of psychiatric disorders among IRANian general population as well as school children over 15 were identified through searching several databases including PubMed, ISI WOS, Psych INFO, CINAHL, IRAN doc, EMBASE, IRAN Psych, IRAN Medex, and Scientific Information Database as well as reference lists of the accessed documents, unpublished reports, conference proceedings and dissertations. The original studies, which contained an estimation of the PREVALENCE of "any psychiatric disorder" (overall PREVALENCE) among a sample of general population or high school students in the country were selected. A quality assessment checklist was developed based on the following criteria: accurate description of research questions, random sampling, representativeness of the study sample for a defined target population, using the same method of data collection for the entire sample, using valid and reliable tools, and proper analysis of the results.Results: The assessment was performed on those studies on the PREVALENCE of any psychiatric disorder in the country that had used random sampling (43 studies). It showed that in only about 40% of the studies the sample was representative of the target population. In more than 25% of the studies, validity and reliability of the Persian translation of the instruments were not assessed or were not reported. In total, nearly a third of studies had acceptable quality (random sampling, application of valid and reliable tools, and sample representing the target population).Conclusion: Although this research-as part of a systematic review-was based only on a group of PREVALENCE studies in psychiatric disorders, its findings indicated that a significant proportion of these studies are non-compliant with key quality measures. Instead of mere emphasis on increasing the number and quantity of studies, policy makers should employ strategies to improve research quality.

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SHARIFI, VANDAD, MESGARPOUR, BITA, BASIRNIA, ANAHITA, AMIN ESMAEELI, MASOOMEH, FARHOUDIAN, ALI, AMINI, HOMAYOUN, MOHAMMADI, MOHMMAD REZA, RAHIMI MOVAGHAR, AFARIN, SALESIAN, NILOOFAR, & YOUSEFI NOORAIE, REZA. (2012). QUALITY OF STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN IRAN. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 18(2), 138-149. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/16958/en

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SHARIFI VANDAD, MESGARPOUR BITA, BASIRNIA ANAHITA, AMIN ESMAEELI MASOOMEH, FARHOUDIAN ALI, AMINI HOMAYOUN, MOHAMMADI MOHMMAD REZA, RAHIMI MOVAGHAR AFARIN, SALESIAN NILOOFAR, YOUSEFI NOORAIE REZA. QUALITY OF STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN IRAN. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY[Internet]. 2012;18(2):138-149. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/16958/en

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VANDAD SHARIFI, BITA MESGARPOUR, ANAHITA BASIRNIA, MASOOMEH AMIN ESMAEELI, ALI FARHOUDIAN, HOMAYOUN AMINI, MOHMMAD REZA MOHAMMADI, AFARIN RAHIMI MOVAGHAR, NILOOFAR SALESIAN, and REZA YOUSEFI NOORAIE, “QUALITY OF STUDIES ON THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN IRAN,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 138–149, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/16958/en

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