J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2015 Mar;24(1):41-49. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2015.24.1.41.

Paradigm Consideration for Studies of Women's Mental Health: Focused on Domestic Nursing Academic Journals

• Lee K
• Kim YS
• Lee NH
• Jung BY
• Jo HM

• KMID: 2322795
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2015.24.1.41

Abstract

PURPOSE
This integrative review was done to explore trends in mental health nursing research on women in terms of a research paradigm, life-cycles of the women, and mental health concepts.
METHODS
n this study an examination was done of the literature on mental health of women described in nursing research published in major Korean nursing journal databases from 2000 to 2012. The Journal of Child Health Nursing was excluded. The MeSH search terms included 'nursing' and 'woman' and 282 articles were included in the final review.
RESULTS
Postpositivism was the most predominantly used paradigm. Middle aged women were studied more often and older and reproductive aged women were less likely to be studied compared to their percentage of the total population. Researchers focused most on depression, followed by sleep disorders and anxiety disorders.
CONCLUSION
The study results indicate a need for rmfjtunursing researchers to utilize various research paradigms when conducting nursing research and demonstrate paradigm utility. Researchers should also pay more attention to older and reproductive aged women, and to anxiety disorders.

Keyword

Women; Mental health; Nursing

MeSH Terms

Anxiety Disorders
Child
Child Health
Depression
Female
Humans
Mental Health*
Middle Aged
Nursing Research
Nursing*
Sleep Wake Disorders

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