Asian Oncol Nurs.  2015 Sep;15(3):123-131. 10.5388/aon.2015.15.3.123.

Trends in Nursing Research on Children and Adolescents with Cancer in Korea

• Kim SD
• Choi SE
• Choi SH

• KMID: 2069529
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2015.15.3.123

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify trends in nursing research on children and adolescents with cancer in Korea and suggest the direction for future research.
METHODS
A COSI model was used to guide the search process between the years 1988 and 2014, using the keywords 'cancer', 'malignancy', 'leukemia', 'HSCT', 'BMT', 'children', 'adolescent' and 'nursing'.
RESULTS
Of 104 papers, 10 were doctoral dissertations, 34 were master's theses and 60 were from academic journals. Quantitative research accounted for 91.3% while qualitative research accounted for 7.7%. The most frequently used research designs were quasi-experimental (84.6%) for experimental research and surveys (75.6%) for non-experimental research. As survival rates improved, the focus shifted to descriptive studies examining the adjustment of childhood cancer survivors.
CONCLUSION
The overall findings of this study suggest that future research should include more well-designed experimental studies and repeated studies to confirm the effect of previous study findings. Longitudinal studies are recommended to determine long-term child adjustment. Supporting systems and funding are required to help activate research of clinical nurses.

Keyword

Neoplasms; Child; Adolescent; Nursing Research; Trends

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Child*
Financial Management
Humans
Korea*
Longitudinal Studies
Nursing Research*
Nursing*
Qualitative Research
Research Design
Survival Rate
Survivors

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  Fig. 1 Flow of included articles through the literature search.

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