Protocol Design for Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-communicable Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience from Iran STEPS Survey 2021.
Shirin DjalaliniaSina AzadnajafabadErfan GhasemiMoein YoosefiNegar RezaeiYosef FarziAmeneh KazemiNaser AhmadiMaryam NasserinejadNima FattahiShahabeddin RezaeiElham AbdolhamidiElmira Foroutan MehrRosa HaghshenasNazila RezaeiJaleh AbdiAlireza MoghisiAlireza MahdavihezavehAli Akbari SariAlireza RaeisiHamidreza JamshidiBagher LarijaniFarshad FarzadfarPublished in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2022)
The novel initiatives and developed strategies in this round of Iran STEPS survey provide a state-of-the-art protocol for national surveys in the presence of an overwhelming catastrophe like the COVID-19 pandemic and the triggered limitations and shortages of resources.