title: Thematic Analysis of Persian Documents in the Field of Quran Study and Medicine in National Scientific-Research Journals from 1992 to 2013 "An Opportunity for Evidence Based Decision Making".
abstract: Several documents have investigated the area of Quran study and medicine from different points of view; the present study has been assessing all the documents about Quran study and medicine, published in Iranian scientific-research journals, to create an opportunity of revising the interventions executed in this areas and targeting the decisions in order to draw a clear and more realistic vision. In this simple review study, scientific-research and general informative websites in the period of 1992-2013 were explored by taking advantage of critical keywords such as Islamic medicine and Islamic lifestyle. After the initial retrieval, 348 articles were finally ready for the evaluation process. Chi-square test was used to assess the significance of patterns differences between years of study. Minimum and maximum numbers of articles were published in 1992 (0.28 %) and 2011 (12.35 %), respectively. The level of execution of studies by using different methods was as follows: about 3.44 % qualitative, 29.59 % cross-sectional descriptive-analytical, 30.45 % review, 1.14 % case-control, 17.52 % experimental, 3.73 % cohort methods and 12.93 % were performed by other methods. The most common subject study was "The effects of fasting and Ramadan on health" (21.83 %). The most important journals hosting this field articles were the journals of medicine and refinement (27.01 %), as well as the Quran and medicine (12.64 %), respectively. Chi-square test showed significant thematic differences during the 21 years of study. Based on the available evidences, the number of descriptive papers was yet more than the analytical, interventional and scientific-comparative articles. Also, the most studies had been reviewing the medical-Islamic documents. This reflects the need for revising the search strategies of Quran study and medicine.
authors.affiliation: Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran. bpegman@yahoo.com.|School of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Science, Ibn-e-Sina Square, 7461686688, Fasa, Fars Province, Iran. bpegman@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Pezhman
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagheri
authors.affiliation: Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Pasdaran Bolvar, 7861615765, Jiroft City, Kerman Province, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Pasdaran Bolvar, 7861615765, Jiroft City, Kerman Province, Iran.
authors.forename: Nematollah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shafiei
mesh_terms: D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007514:Islam; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Islamic lifestyle; Islamic medicine; Quran study and medicine; Spiritual health; Thematic analysis