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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
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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
© 2012 Korean Society of Nursing Science
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Abstract
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Purpose
- This study aimed to identify contents and trends of Korean nursing doctoral dissertations in terms of research methodology and theoretical characteristics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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General Characteristics (N=1,089)
Research Type (N=1,089)
ECG=Equivalent control group; NCG=Nonequivalent control group; OG=One group.
Research Subjects (N=1,089)
*Duplicate response.
Type of Data Collection Settings (N=1,089)
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)
