ArticleGlobalization and health2020
Physical rehabilitation in Iran after international sanctions: explored findings from a qualitative study.
Article in Globalization and health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Direct and indirect effects of economic sanctions on health: a systematic narrative literature review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of economic sanctions on health and health systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Hospitals during economic crisis: a systematic review based on resilience system capacities framework.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Health service disruptions under economic sanctions: evidence from Iran.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation in Iran's Health System: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Policy Landscape and System Strengthening Pathways.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Delivering physical rehabilitation services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: Common challenges and potential solutions for future pandemics.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Effects of economic sanctions on cancer care for patients in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Double burden of vulnerability for refugees: conceptualization and policy solutions for financial protection in Iran using systems thinking approach.Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Financing of health services for undocumented immigrants in Iran: common challenges and potential solutions.Globalization and health · 2023Article
- Integrating rehabilitation services into primary health care: policy options for Iran.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Facilitators and Barriers of Return to Work in Working People with Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Physical rehabilitation financing in Iran: a policy analysis using Kingdon's multiple streams.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- International Sanctions and the Procurement of Medical Equipment in Iran: A Qualitative Study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAlthough the main aims of sanctions are the political and economic pressures on governments, literature has demonstrated the harsh effects of sanctions on the general public, especially on the patients, poor and disabled people. Since the international sanctions regime negatively affected almost all dimensions of Iran's health sector, this qualitative study was conducted to investigate the situation of the physical rehabilitation sector after these sanctions.
methodsThis qualitative study was conducted from January 2019 to June 2019 in Iran using Skype, telephone, and face-to-face in-depth semi-structured interviews. Purposive and snowball sampling approaches were used to identify the participants. Also, framework analysis approach was applied to analyze the collected data.
resultsIn total, 38 individuals including health policy-maker, faculty member, rehabilitation expert, Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist, and Orthotist/Prosthetist, were involved in the study. Based on our findings, a number of challenges facing the Iranian physical rehabilitation sector during the international sanctions period included: 1) socioeconomic challenges (inadequate funding, rising inflation rate, high unemployment rate, catastrophic expenditures, and inappropriate employment status of practitioners); 2) education challenges (decreased international collaboration and shortage of training devices and materials); 3) international challenges (rising issues in accessing services for patients from neighborhood countries); and 4) service delivery challenges (shortage of raw materials for producing the orthoses and prostheses, hardening of the importing the needed equipment, inappropriate infrastructures, and impossibility to use external assistance).
conclusionAfter international sanctions, the Iranian physical rehabilitation sector has faced considerable multifaceted challenges. Therefore, the international community must be aware of the situation and be concerned about the irreparable consequences.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.