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Lee, Kang, Gu, Kim, Kim, Suh, Suh, Yang, Lee, Lee, Choe, and Hah: Analysis of Trends and Contents of Nursing Doctoral Dissertations in Korea
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012; 42(2): 302-309.

Published online: 30 April 2012

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

Analysis of Trends and Contents of Nursing Doctoral Dissertations in Korea

Kwang-Ja Lee1, Younhee Kang2, Mee Ock Gu3, Kyunghee Kim4, Oksoo Kim1, Yeon-Ok Suh5, Eunyoung Suh6, Soo Yang7, Eun-Hyun Lee8, Ja Hyung Lee1, Myoung-Ae Choe9, Yang Sook Hah9

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 7 December 2011       Accepted 26 April 2012

© 2012 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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

Figures and Tables

Table 1
General Characteristics (N=1,089)
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Table 2
Research Type (N=1,089)
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ECG=Equivalent control group; NCG=Nonequivalent control group; OG=One group.

Table 3
Research Subjects (N=1,089)
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*Duplicate response.

Table 4
Type of Data Collection Settings (N=1,089)
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Table 5
Framework, Number & Type of Theory used in Doctoral Dissertations (N=1,089)
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Notes

This research was funded by Korean Society of Nursing Science.

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