Document Type : Review Article(s)
Authors
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Ph.D. Student in epidemiology, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Professor of Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology, School of Health Research Center for Health Sciences, Research Institute for Health Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: Thus far, no instrumental research has been designed to measure the addiction potential scale for children in Iran. Therefore, the questionnaires that investigated addiction were examined in this systematic article.
Materials and Methods: In the present study, which was a systematic review, all Iranian and foreign research in addiction potential for children were examined until March 2022. Using separate keywords and their Latin synonyms according to Mesh terms, an extensive search was conducted in databases: PubMed, Magiran, Iranmedex, Medline, Google Scholar, SID, and Irandoc. In total, 173 Farsi and English papers were included in the initial list, and after evaluation according to the MOOSE checklist and acceptance criteria, 43 final papers were selected for systematic review.
Findings: By searching in Persian and English databases and using related keywords, 173 papers were found in the initial search and after removing duplicate, unrelated studies, 43 papers were selected for systematic review. In this research, however, papers related to the addiction potential between 1998 and 2019 were considered; and of these, 22 papers particularly dealt with addiction. In the conducted studies, the awareness, attitude, talent, and factors affecting addiction were mostly measured and, in some papers, addiction potential was measured.
Conclusion: The necessity of designing psychometrically appropriate tools is necessary to measure the addiction potential of children in Iran due to the unavailability of appropriate tools, the previous versions are not up to date, and failure to check this thread regularly, for better and more complete decision-making in the health policy-making process.
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