Mirzaei Abbas, Panahi Sirous, Langarizadeh Mostafa, Sedghi Shahram
Library of Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Medical Library and Information Science, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Feb 7;13:8. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_624_23. eCollection 2024.
Considering the importance and necessity of establishing a nationwide information system for health grey literature in Iran, this study aimed to identify the main dimensions and components needed for developing a health grey literature information system in Iran and validate them according to experts' opinions.
A mixed-method approach with an exploratory sequential design was used in this study. The research was done in following main steps: (1) conducting a systematic literature review to identify the potential components of the health grey literature information system suggested in the literature, (2) Interviewing 19 experts to explore further components required for designing the health grey literature system for Iran and doing a thematic analysis for analyzing the interviews, and (3) validating the identified components by a Delphi panel in two rounds for finalizing the initially-approved dimensions and components. Descriptive statistical analysis was also used for analyzing the Delphi panel's data.
Eight dimensions were identified as necessary for developing Iran's health grey literature information system (including 31 components and 111 elements). The main dimensions included goals, data sources, minimum data set, data collection techniques, data content management procedures, quality control approaches, stakeholders, and management and policy-making.
Using the identified and validated functional components in this study can be helpful In designing a health grey literature system that is of value for health policymakers and medical researchers as well as health information users.
鉴于在伊朗建立全国性卫生灰色文献信息系统的重要性和必要性，本研究旨在确定开发伊朗卫生灰色文献信息系统所需的主要维度和组成部分，并根据专家意见对其进行验证。
本研究采用探索性序列设计的混合方法。研究按以下主要步骤进行：（1）进行系统的文献综述，以确定文献中提出的卫生灰色文献信息系统的潜在组成部分；（2）采访19位专家，以探索设计伊朗卫生灰色文献系统所需的其他组成部分，并对访谈进行主题分析；（3）由德尔菲小组对确定的组成部分进行两轮验证，以最终确定最初批准的维度和组成部分。还使用描述性统计分析来分析德尔菲小组的数据。
确定了八个维度对于开发伊朗卫生灰色文献信息系统是必要的（包括31个组成部分和111个元素）。主要维度包括目标、数据来源、最小数据集、数据收集技术、数据内容管理程序、质量控制方法、利益相关者以及管理和决策。
在本研究中使用已确定并经过验证的功能组件，有助于设计一个对卫生政策制定者、医学研究人员以及卫生信息用户有价值的卫生灰色文献系统。
