Asian Oncology Nursing(2011~2017년)에 게재된 논문의 경향분석 : 이론 적용을 중심으로

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify and analyze the trends of theory-based research published in Asian Oncology Nursing(AON) from 2011 to 2017. Methods: We analyzed 22 theory-based studies taken from among the 232 studies published in AON for7years. We analyzed the framework developed by researchers, descriptive summaries of theory, keyword classification of nursing meta-paradigms, the generic character of the studies, and the type of research designs. Results: A total of 23 theories were applied in the22 (9.5%) studies. ‘Nursing’ was the most prevalent field of study (34.8%). In the field of study of theory, nursing theory was the largestwith eight (34.8%), and in the method of theory utilization, all 22 studies were theoretical applications 3 middle-range theories weremost prevalent. In the keyword classification using meta-paradigm in nursing, we found 83 key words. Among them, ‘Health’ relatedkey words were most frequent (53), followed by ‘Cancer’ keywords (13). Conclusion: AON has a high ratio of theoretical study comparedto other journals, but the ratio is still less than 10%, which is still weak. Therefore, it is believed that the attention to, utilization of,application, and institutional establishment of nursing theory should be necessary.