Ethics in Occupational Therapy Research in Iran: A Scoping Review

Background and Objectives: Ethics is an important issue in various scientific fields, including rehabilitation and occupational therapy. Since ethics can be affected by the environment, culture, and religion, there was a need to identify a systematic examination of the published literature about ethics in occupational therapy in Iran. Therefore, the purpose of this scoping review was to identify, summarize, and describe existing literature on ethic in occupational therapy in Iran. Methods: A scoping review was conducted based on the five steps framework of Arksey and O’Malley. Two researchers separately searched international and Iranian database by using relative keywords for articles published from January 2000 to February 2019. Results: After considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the founded articles, seven articles were selected for evaluating the scoping review. Three articles have been performed quantitatively and four articles have been done qualitatively. Conclusion: The lack of sufficient studies in the field of ethics in occupational therapy shown that it doesn’t take an important place in the following area of research. Therefore, this scoping review revealed the need for the conduction of extensive studies and further research in this area