Psychometric properties of Persian version of the research misconduct questionnaire (PRMQ)

Shamsoddin, Erfan; Janani, Leila; Ghamari, Kiandokht; Kabiri, Payam; Gooshki, Ehsan Shamsi; Mesgarpour, Bita

doi:10.18502/jmehm.v13i18.4826

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“…Higher scores indicate more positive ethical climates. Khalesi et al examined the validity of this scale in Iran, and the reliability of this instrument was confirmed by a Cronbach's alpha of 0.94 (Khalesi et al, 2014).…”

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Ethical Climate in the Delivery Wards of Educational Hospitals in Southeast Iran

Khajehpour,

Keramat,

Balouchi Mahani

et al. 2023

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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Ethical climate is one of the important factors in the working climate of the hospital. Considering the difference in the Ethical climate in different departments of the hospital and the importance of the ethical climate in the delivery ward, this study aimed to assess the characteristics of hospital ethical climate in delivery ward of educational hospitals in southeast Iran. This descriptive and multi-center study was conducted from 2020 to 2021 in educational hospitals in southeast Iran. Two hundred forty midwives working in delivery wards, midwifery instructors, and midwifery students were included in the study by census method. Data collection tools included a demographic information form, Olson's Hospital Ethical Climate Survey, completed using the self-report method. The mean ethical climate in the midwifery group (3.82 ± 0.63 out of 5) was higher than in the instructors’ and students’ groups. The lowest mean score obtained from the ethical climate questionnaire of participants was associated with the inability to use their experiences in the delivery ward. The lowest mean of ethical climate from the midwives’ point of view is the Physicians’ dimension and the patient's dimension from the instructors’ point of view. The highest mean score belonged to the ethical climate of the supervisors. According to the results of the present study, it is suggested to implement protective laws to support the higher independence of midwives to improve the ethical climates by using their experiences in the delivery department.

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Ethical Climate in the Delivery Wards of Educational Hospitals in Southeast Iran

Khajehpour,

Keramat,

Balouchi Mahani

et al. 2023

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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Assessing research misconduct in Iran: a perspective from Iranian medical faculty members

Shamsoddin¹,

Torkashvand-Khah²,

Sofi‐Mahmudi³

et al. 2021

BMC Med Ethics

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Background Research misconduct is a global concern in biomedical science. There are no comprehensive data regarding the perception and situation of scientific misconduct among the Iranian medical faculty members. We conducted a nationwide survey to assess the research misconduct among the medical faculty members in Iran. Methods We used the Persian version of the research misconduct questionnaire (PRMQ) on the Google Forms platform. We sent the survey link to a systematic random sample of medical faculty members in Iran (N = 4986). Descriptive analyses were performed on the individual items of the PRMQ, with frequencies and percentages for categorical and Likert-type response items, and means and standard deviation (S.D.) for continuous variables. Chi-square analysis was conducted to test hypotheses examining differences in the frequency of responses related to factors influencing misconduct. We also defined four tenure categories (TC) based on the working years of the participants as tenured faculty members. All the analyses were performed using R 3.6.0. Results The response rate was 13.8% (692 responses). Nearly 70% of the respondents agreed that their publication output would be of higher quality if there were no publication pressure. Approximately three-quarters (N =499, 72.1%) of the respondents had been aware of some instances of research misconduct during the previous year according to their understanding of misconduct. Among the participants, 18.5% perceived the effectiveness of their associated organisation’s rules for reducing research misconduct to be high or very high. Pressure for tenure was identified as the item most frequently perceived with a strong behavioural influence on engaging in research misconduct (80.2%). Conclusions This study confirms that research misconduct needs to be actively addressed among the medical faculty members. Making policies with a focus on boosting awareness regarding the occasions of scientific misconduct and its management seems to be indispensable in the future in Iran.

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Psychometric properties of Persian version of the research misconduct questionnaire (PRMQ)

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Ethical Climate in the Delivery Wards of Educational Hospitals in Southeast Iran

Ethical Climate in the Delivery Wards of Educational Hospitals in Southeast Iran

Assessing research misconduct in Iran: a perspective from Iranian medical faculty members

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