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Quality of explanation in medical articles: A systematic review
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Seyedeh Zahra Hashemi Nejad    , Keyvan Salehi * |
| Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , keyvansalehi@ut.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (74 Views) |
Background and aim: Explanation, as one of the most basic goals of science, is an important part of every scientific article that seeks to find the basic causes of any phenomenon or fact, and reports the relationship between various aspects of that phenomenon or fact, and helps readers to gain a deeper and more scholarly understanding about the topic. In spite of this, the introduction of its nature and functions has not been sufficiently considered. Therefore, the present study was conducted to identify and introduce the criteria and indicators for measuring the quality of explanation in medical science articles through a systematic review of scientific documents.
Materials and methods: The data were collected through a systematic search in Iranian databases, including IranDoc, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Civilica, as well as international databases such as PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar search engine. During this process, 52 articles published between 2020 and 2024 were retrieved, and 13 documents were selected for study and analysis using the PRISMA checklist. Data analysis was performed using Altheide's method.
Findings: The research identified 14 basic indicators and categorized them in the form of three criteria for measuring the quality of explanation: "pivotal relationship" with two indicators of causality and reason exploration; "evidence-oriented" with four indicators of validity and correctness of evidence, access to evidence, efficiency of evidence and adequacy in quantity and quality, and "theory-oriented" with eight indicators of testability, reproducibility, simplification and being economical, experimental adaptability, theoretical adaptability, adaptability and conformity, comprehensiveness, and predictability. Among the criteria identified, the theory-oriented criterion had the highest number of indicators among the criteria mentioned in the review articles.
Conclusion: By using the identified criteria and indicators, researchers can improve the quality of their scientific explanations and significantly increase the impact of research results. |
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| Keywords: Research ethics, Research method, Research explanation, Article evaluation, Systematic review |
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Type of Study: Review Article |
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Received: 2024/10/19 | Revised: 2024/12/10 | Accepted: 2024/12/18 | ePublished: 2024/12/29
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