Reporting quality of qualitative researches about interviews and focus groups in Chinese nursing field: A systematic review
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2015.02.010
- VernacularTitle:2004年至2013年国内护理领域个体及焦点小组访谈研究论文的报告学质量评价
- Author:
Yuanyuan WANG
;
Yinghui JIN
;
Xing CHEN
;
Juan CHEN
;
Hongwu WANG
;
Haoying DOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nursing;
Qualitative research;
Quality assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2015;31(2):113-118
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate reporting quality of researches about interviews and focus groups in Chinese nursing field.Methods All nursing specialization journals in China mainland were searched from the inception till December 2013.The search was performed on four Chinese databases:China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database,Wanfang database and VIP database.The reporting quality was assessed according to COREQ standard.Results A total of 2 758 qualitative researches were identified,among which 789 articles accorded with the inclusion and exclusion criterion.These articles were published on 19 journals such as the Chinese Journal of Nursing and the Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing.Non of the articles accorded with the COREQ standard.The flaws of reporting quality were reflected in the inadequate description of personal characteristics,incomplete reporting of data collection and the deficiency of the coding tree.Conclusions From 2004 to 2013,qualitative literature in nursing field increased year-by-year.Till now,most of the qualitative studies on nursing showed flaw of different degrees,which need continuous improvement.
