Ali Montazeri (Ali Montazeri Moghaddam, born September 2, 1958) is an Iranian public health scientist at the Health Metrics Research Center of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research.[1] He is editor-in-chief of an Iranian health journal: Payesh (Health Monitor-the journal of Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research),[2] the associate editor of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes [3] up to Feb. 2024, and academic editor for PLOS One.[4] He has been three times the director of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research.[5]

Education

Montazeri received his PhD from University of Glasgow. His thesis concerned the quality of life in lung cancer patients, and was jointly supervised by Charles Gillis and James McEwen.[6]

Research

1. Quality of life, Breast cancer: Montazeri published a paper in 2004 that found knowledge of cancer diagnosis does not change how a person fills out a questionnaire about his or her quality of life.[7] In a 2012 book chapter, he proposed that research be conducted to see how quality of life in people with cancer is affected by the way a cancer diagnosis is disclosed and how the person's level of education affects quality of life.[8]

He also published papers in 2002, 2003, and 2015 about the epidemiology of breast cancer and breast cancer preventive behaviors such as breast self-examination[9][10][11]

In 2008 and 2009, he published two reviews of the literature on the quality of life in women with breast cancer which are still receiving considerable attention .[12][13]

Recently he published an updated review on the quality of life in breast cancer patients[14] and a systematic review of qualitative studies on the topic.[15]

2. Guideline for reporting bibliometric reviews (analysis): He and his colleagues developed a guideline for reporting bibliometric reviews, namely the BIBLIO.[16] Similar to many guidelines it provides a checklist for transparency in reporting bibliometric reviews of the literature.

3. Health literacy: Montazeri also contributed to the development of several instruments for measuring health literacy which are available for use with adults - HELIA [17], adolescents - HELMA [18], oral health -OHLAQ [19], and postpartum depression - PoDLiS.[20] In a recent publication he and his colleagues initiated a comprehensive review of existing measures for health literacy.[21]

References

  1. ^ "CV at the Institute of Health Sciences" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2017. Linked from Departmental web page
  2. ^ Payesh Health Monitor, retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. ^ http://hqlo.biomedcentral.com, retrieved 2017-02-21.
  4. ^ "PLOS ONE".
  5. ^ "Montazeri Prominent In Cancer Studies". Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  6. ^ Montazeri, Ali (August 1996). Quality of Life in Patients with Lung Cancer: An Epidemiological Study (PDF) (PhD). University of Glasgow.
  7. ^ Montazeri, A; Hole, DJ; Milroy, R; McEwen, J; Gillis, CR (2004-05-19). "Does knowledge of cancer diagnosis affect the quality of life? A methodological challenge". BMC Cancer. 4: 21. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-4-21. PMC 420242. PMID 15151702.
  8. ^ Montazeri, Ali (2012). "Cancer Disclosure, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Psychological Distress: An Iranian Perspective". In Surbone, Antonella; Zwitter, Matjaž; Rajer, Mirjana; Stiefel, Richard (eds.). New Challenges in Communication with Cancer Patients. New York: Springer. pp. 403–409. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3369-9_33. ISBN 978-1-4614-3369-9.
  9. ^ Ebrahimi, M; Vahdaninia, M; Montazeri, A (2002). "Risk factors for breast cancer in Iran: a case-control study". Breast Cancer Research. 4 (5): R10. doi:10.1186/bcr454. PMC 125302. PMID 12223127.
  10. ^ Montazeri, A; Haji-Mahmoodi, M; Jarvandi, S (June 2003). "Breast self-examination: do religious beliefs matter? A descriptive study". Journal of Public Health Medicine. 25 (2): 154–5. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg031. PMID 12848405.
  11. ^ Montazeri, A; Ebrahimi, M; Mehrdad, N; Ansari, M; Sajadian, A (2015-09-28). "Delayed presentation in breast cancer: a study in Iranian women". BMC Women's Health. 3 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/1472-6874-3-4. PMC 166160. PMID 12846932.
  12. ^ Montazeri, A (29 August 2008). "Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: a bibliographic review of the literature from 1974 to 2007". Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 27 (1): 32. doi:10.1186/1756-9966-27-32. PMC 2543010. PMID 18759983.
  13. ^ Montazeri, A (2009). "Quality of life data as prognostic indicators of survival in cancer patients: an overview of the literature from 1982 to 2008". Health Qual Life Outcomes. 7: 102. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-102. PMC 2805623. PMID 20030832.
  14. ^ Mokhtari-Hesari, Parisa; Montazeri, Ali (December 2020). "Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: review of reviews from 2008 to 2018". Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 18 (1). doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01591-x. ISSN 1477-7525. PMC 7552560. PMID 33046106.
  15. ^ Heidary, Zohreh; Ghaemi, Marjan; Hossein Rashidi, Batool; Kohandel Gargari, Omid; Montazeri, Ali (April 2023). "Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Studies". Cancer Control. 30. doi:10.1177/10732748231168318. ISSN 1073-2748. PMC 10236425. PMID 37082898.
  16. ^ Montazeri, Ali; Mohammadi, Samira; M.Hesari, Parisa; Ghaemi, Marjan; Riazi, Hedyeh; Sheikhi-Mobarakeh, Zahra (2023-12-15). "Preliminary guideline for reporting bibliometric reviews of the biomedical literature (BIBLIO): a minimum requirements". Systematic Reviews. 12 (1). doi:10.1186/s13643-023-02410-2. ISSN 2046-4053. PMC 10722750. PMID 38102710.

17. Tavousi M, Haeri-Mehrizi A, Rakhshani F, Rafiefar S, Soleymanian A, Sarbandi F, Ardestani M, Ghanbari S, Montazeri A. Development and validation of a short and easy-to-use instrument for measuring health literacy: the Health Literacy Instrument for Adults (HELIA). BMC Public Health. 2020 May 12;20(1):656. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08787-2. PMID: 32397970; PMCID: PMC7216550.

18. Ghanbari S, Ramezankhani A, Montazeri A, Mehrabi Y. Health Literacy Measure for Adolescents (HELMA): Development and Psychometric Properties. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 16;11(2):e0149202. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149202. PMID: 26881933; PMCID: PMC4755574.

19. Naghibi Sistani MM, Montazeri A, Yazdani R, Murtomaa H. New oral health literacy instrument for public health: development and pilot testing. J Investig Clin Dent. 2014 Nov;5(4):313-21. doi: 10.1111/jicd.12042. Epub 2013 Apr 4. PMID: 23559571.

20. Mirsalimi F, Ghofranipour F, Noroozi A, Montazeri A. The postpartum depression literacy scale (PoDLiS): development and psychometric properties. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Jan 3;20(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2705-9. PMID: 31900131; PMCID: PMC6942397.

21. Tavousi M, Mohammadi S, Sadighi J, Zarei F, Kermani RM, Rostami R, Montazeri A. Measuring health literacy: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of instruments from 1993 to 2021. PLoS One. 2022 Jul 15;17(7):e0271524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271524. PMID: 35839272; PMCID: PMC9286266.

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