J Korean Acad Adult Nurs.  2008 Dec;20(6):895-904.

Analysis of Nursing Researches about Organ Donation and Transplantation in Korea

• You HS
• So HS
• Kim HS

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study analyzes the trends of nursing researches about organ donation and transplantation, and recommends the direction of future nursing studies in Korea.
METHODS
Ninety-nine researches based upon organ donation and transplantation in Korea were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
RESULTS
Among them 58 papers were master's theses and 9 were doctoral dissertations. Articles about organ beneficiaries were seventy. The 47 articles among them were for kidney transplantation. By the types of research design, there were 73 quantitative studies, 19 qualitative studies, and 9 methodological studies. In correlation studies, the quality of life of subjects were evaluated the association with stress, social support, self-efficacy, and compliance. In experimental studies, the independent variables were self efficacy promotion exercise, steroid medication, educational programs regarding an organ transplantation and a brain death, Danjeon breathing exercise, and telephone counseling. The methods of qualitative studies were based on the grounded theory, phenomenology, interpretive phenomenology, and ethnography. The dominant concepts of qualitative researches were experiences of a decision-making of donors and of recipients for organ transplantation.
CONCLUSION
Descriptive surveys or correlation studies were predominant on the nursing research about organ transplantation. Qualitative studies were conducted to some extent. It is recommended to conduct clinically applicable interventional researches with the experimental design.

Keyword

Organ transplantation; Nursing research; Analysis

MeSH Terms

Anthropology, Cultural
Brain Death
Compliance
Counseling
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Korea
Nursing Research
Organ Transplantation
Qualitative Research
Quality of Life
Research Design
Respiration
Self Efficacy
Statistics as Topic
Telephone
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Tissue Donors
Transplants