Analysis of Published Nursing Research on Women's Health : 1988-1997

여성건강에 관한 간호연구 분석 : 1988 - 1997

The purpose of this study was to identify the research contents and designs of nursing papers on women's health. 1010 articles published in 9 Korean nursing journals and 2070 matser's theses and doctoral dissertations in nursing science for 10 years from 1988 through 1997 were reviewed. The percent of nursing papers on women's health was 12.7%(390) out of a total of 3080 papers. Major findings of 390 nursing papers analyzed were as following : 1. The contents of nursing papers on women's health were classified by 8 categories such as childbirth(19.5%), women's health state and behavior(18.5%), motherhood(14.9%), cultural and social issues(12.8%), menstruation(8.7%), mental health(8.2%), caring activities(8.2%), and surgery(7.7%). 2. The principal designs used in nursing papers on women's health were descriptive and correlational survey(70.8%), experimental design(14.4%), and qualitative research design(14.1%).