Kwang-Ja Lee; Younhee Kang; Mee Ock Gu; Kyunghee Kim; Oksoo Kim; Yeon-Ok Suh; Eunyoung Suh; Soo Yang; Eun-Hyun Lee; Ja Hyung Lee; Myoung-Ae Choe; Yang Sook Hah

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Analysis of Trends and Contents of Nursing Doctoral Dissertations in Korea: Kwang-Ja Lee, Younhee Kang, Mee Ock Gu, Kyunghee Kim, Oksoo Kim, Yeon-Ok Suh, Eunyoung Suh, Soo Yang, Eun-Hyun Lee, Ja Hyung Lee, Myoung-Ae Choe, Yang Sook Hah; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012;42(2):302-309.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.302
Published online: April 30, 2012

¹Professor, Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

²Associate Professor, Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

³Professor, College of Nursing, Gerontological Health Research Center, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

⁴Professor, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Professor, Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.

⁶E. Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul·Researcher, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

⁷Professor, College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

⁸Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.

⁹Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Kwang-Ja. Division of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3277-2882, Fax: +82-2-3277-2850, kjlee@ewha.ac.kr

• Received: December 7, 2011 • Accepted: April 26, 2012

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Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to identify contents and trends of Korean nursing doctoral dissertations in terms of research methodology and theoretical characteristics.
Methods
The design of the study was descriptive study and a total of 1,089 quantitative studies completed between 1982 and 2010 were reviewed using the analytical framework developed by the researchers.
Results
The majority of studies utilized the experimental design (51.5%) and the others were survey design (38.8%) and methodological design (5.0%). Study subjects were shown as patients (45%), care givers (11.2%), ordinary persons (40.6%) and others (3.2%). There were growing trends in experimental design and patients as subjects. The prevailing data collection settings were hospitals (45.8%) and community (27.8%). The theoretical frameworks that studies were based on were the existing theories (37%) and a newly developed theoretical framework by a researcher (25.2%). a framework derived from other studies by the researcher (25.2%). Majority of studies (78.5%) employed a single theory as a theoretical framework. However, 31.8% of studies had no theoretical framework based on.
Conclusion
Findings of this study provided the opportunities to shed new light on the current status of Korean doctoral dissertation and to deliberate on the future direction of nursing studies in Korea.
Keywords: Nursing research; Dissertations; Analysis; Trends; Nursing theory

This research was funded by Korean Society of Nursing Science.

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Table 1

General Characteristics (N=1,089)

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Research Type (N=1,089)

ECG=Equivalent control group; NCG=Nonequivalent control group; OG=One group.

Table 3

Research Subjects (N=1,089)

^*Duplicate response.

Table 4

Type of Data Collection Settings (N=1,089)

Table 5

Framework, Number & Type of Theory used in Doctoral Dissertations (N=1,089)

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Analysis of Trends and Contents of Nursing Doctoral Dissertations in Korea

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2012;42(2):302-309. Published online April 30, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.302

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Table 1

General Characteristics (N=1,089)

Table 2

Research Type (N=1,089)

ECG=Equivalent control group; NCG=Nonequivalent control group; OG=One group.

Table 3

Research Subjects (N=1,089)

^*Duplicate response.

Table 4

Type of Data Collection Settings (N=1,089)

Table 5

Framework, Number & Type of Theory used in Doctoral Dissertations (N=1,089)

Table 1 General Characteristics (N=1,089)

Table 2 Research Type (N=1,089)

ECG=Equivalent control group; NCG=Nonequivalent control group; OG=One group.

Table 3 Research Subjects (N=1,089)

^*Duplicate response.

Table 4 Type of Data Collection Settings (N=1,089)

Table 5 Framework, Number & Type of Theory used in Doctoral Dissertations (N=1,089)