Author/Authors :
Djalalinia, Shirin Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Development of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Djalalinia, Shirin tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Kelishadi, Roya isfahan university of medical sciences - Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primary Prevention of Non-communicableDisease - Child Department of Pediatrics, ايران , Qorbani, Mostafa alborz university of medical sciences - School of Medicine - Community Medicine Department, ايران , Qorbani, Mostafa tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, تهران, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar Ministry of Health and Education - Development of Research and Technology Center,Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Kasaeian, Amir tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health, Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinologyand Metabolism Population Sciences Institute - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Saeedi Moghaddam, Sahar shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Faculty of Paramedical sciences - Department of Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Saeedi Moghaddam, Sahar tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, تهران, ايران , Gohari, Kimiya shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - Faculty of Paramedical Sciences - Department of Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Gohari, Kimiya tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, تهران, ايران , Larijani, Bagher tehran university of medical sciences tums - Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center,Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Farzadfar, Farshad tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Researsh Institute, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: The importance of data quality whether in collection, analysis or presenting stage is a tangible and undeniable scientific fact and the main objects of researches implementation. Objective: This paper aims at explaining the main problems of the Iranian scientific papers for providing better data in the field of national and sub-national prevalence, incidence estimates and trends of obesity and overweight. METHODS: To assess and evaluate papers, we systematically followed an approved standard protocol. Retrieval of studies was performed through Thomson Reuters Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus, as well as Iranian databases including Irandoc, Scientific Information Database (SID), and IranMedex. Using GBD (Global Burden of Diseases) validated quality assessment forms to assess the quality and availability of data in papers, we considered the following four main domains: a) Quality of studies, b) Quality report of the results, c) Responsiveness of corresponding authors, and d) Diversity in study settings. RESULTS: We retrieved 3,253 records; of these 1,875 were from international and 1378 from national databases. After refining steps, 129 (3.97%) papers remained related to our study domain. More than 51% of relevant papers were excluded because of poor quality of studies. The number of reported total population and points of data were 22,972 and 29 for boys, and 38,985 and 47 for girls, respectively. For all measures, missing values and diversities in studies’ setting limited our ability to compare and analyze the results. Moreover, we had some serious problems in contacting the corresponding authors for complementary information necessary (Receptiveness: 17.9%). CONCLUSION: As the present paper focused on the main problems of Iranian scientific papers and proposed suggestions, the results will have implications for better policy making.
