Volume 25, Issue 109, March, 2021

Designing a national eye injury registry model for Iran

Farkhondeh Asadi^1♦, Nahid Ramezanghorbani², Sohrab Almasi¹

¹Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
²Department of Development & Coordination Scientific Information and Publications, Deputy of Research & Technology, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT

Background: The management of data related to eye injury can improve the process of care and treatment, and the implementation of preventive programs. The use of a national eye injury registry model greatly contributes to the management of eye injury data, prevention of these injuries, improvement of care, and cost control. Objective: This study aimed to propose a national eye injury registry model for Iran. Methods: This was an applied descriptive study. Based on a review of articles and information sources, and a comparative study of national eye injury registries in pioneering countries, a national eye injury registry model was designed for Iran. After confirming the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, the proposed model was given to ophthalmologists in a twostage Delphi technique, and their comments were applied to the final model. Results: The proposed national eye injury registry model has six dimensions: goals, structure, data sources, minimum dataset, standards, and processes. Conclusion: As a registry is essential to the management of eye injury data, the proposed model can improve the management of the data flow between the cooperating organizations, facilitate the adoption of preventive strategies, and thus help reduce and prevent eye injury.

Keywords: eye injury; eye injury registry; registries

Medical Science, 2021, 25(109), 569-576

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