J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2017 Sep;23(4):385-396. 10.11111/jkana.2017.23.4.385.

Trends in Evidence-based Nursing Research in South Korea

• Ryu S
• Yun SW
• Kim YS

• KMID: 2393119
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2017.23.4.385

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status of research related to evidence-based nursing and to suggest directions for the future of evidence-based nursing practice, education and research.
METHODS
A search was done of 20 research publications, including domestic nursing journals, nursing master's theses and doctoral dissertations before November 2016. Finally, 183 studies were selected. The selected papers were analyzed using descriptive statistics and χ² test with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
Most of papers examined in this study were journal articles (80.9%). Meta-analysis (35.0%) was the most common study design. Methodological characteristics were as follows: before 2010 about 5% were documents that suggested Priori' design, generation of PICO, search strategy, quality assessment and description of quality assessment outcome, but after 2011, these designs increased to 30.8%, 73.1%, 41.0%, 91.0% and 65.4%, respectively. The most frequent topics for evidence-based nursing implementation were evidence-based nursing readiness (16 papers). Highest frequency topics in systematic reviews and meta-analysis were studies that confirmed the intervention effect of exercise programs. The highest frequency topics in guideline were temperature control.
CONCLUSION
Researchers' perceptions to improve research methodological quality and education to strengthen the research capability are necessary.

Keyword

Evidence-based nursing; Nursing research; Trends

MeSH Terms

Education
Evidence-Based Nursing*
Korea*
Nursing
Nursing Research

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  Figure 1 Study flow diagram.

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