Trend Analysis of Theory-based Research Published in Asian Oncology Nursing
- Author:
Hye young LEE
1
;
Min Kyeong KIM
;
Won jin SEO
;
Min jin LEE
;
Ye rin HEO
;
Sanghee KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Nursing Theory; Oncology Nursing; Cancer; Review
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Classification; Humans; Methods; Models, Theoretical; Nursing; Nursing Theory; Oncology Nursing; Research Design
- From:Asian Oncology Nursing 2019;19(1):1-8
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify and analyze the trends of theory-based research published in Asian Oncology Nursing (AON) from 2011 to 2017. METHODS: We analyzed 22 theory-based studies taken from among the 232 studies published in AON for 7years. We analyzed the framework developed by researchers, descriptive summaries of theory, keyword classification of nursing meta-paradigms, the generic character of the studies, and the type of research designs. RESULTS: A total of 23 theories were applied in the 22 (9.5%) studies. ‘Nursing’ was the most prevalent field of study (34.8%). In the field of study of theory, nursing theory was the largest with eight (34.8%), and in the method of theory utilization, all 22 studies were theoretical applications 3 middle-range theories were most prevalent. In the keyword classification using meta-paradigm in nursing, we found 83 key words. Among them, ‘Health’ related key words were most frequent (53), followed by ‘Cancer’ keywords (13). CONCLUSION: AON has a high ratio of theoretical study compared to other journals, but the ratio is still less than 10%, which is still weak. Therefore, it is believed that the attention to, utilization of, application, and institutional establishment of nursing theory should be necessary.
