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KMID : 0948220030070010079
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Keimyung Journal of Nursing Science
2003 Volume.7 No. 1 p.79 ~ p.89
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An Analysis of Nursing Research on Family Nursing Reported in Korea from 1970 to 2002
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Kim Jung-Nam
Oh Yun-Jung
Lee Hae-Ran
Lee, Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study is aimed to analyze the trend of research on family nursing in Korea and suggest direction for future family nursing.
Method: 372 studies published from 1970 to 2002 were examined according to the time of publication or presentation, degree thesis or non-degree research, research design, characteristics of subjects used in early study, research places, family assessment tool, conceptual frameworks, correlated concept and nursing intervention.
Result: 1) The number of studies related to the family has rapidly increased since the 1995´ s. Researches are included in 23.7% non-degree research, 94% doctoral degree thesis and 66.9% master´s degree thesis 2) The most popular research design was a descriptive study(45.3%). 3) On the research subjects, 220 papers dealt with the family and 191 papers dealt with the family member of a patient or single person. 4) On the places of studies, 68.8% of the studies were done in hospitals, 15.1% in the communities and community facilities, 9.1% in schools, 6.7% m the home and 0.3% in occupational settings. 5) The frequently used family assessment tool were Family support (developed by Kang), FACES(developed by Olson et al), FES(developed Moos & Insel), Family burden scale(developed Montgomery et al) and STAI (developed by Spielberger). 6) The most frequently used family concept of the studies was family support 7) Nursing intervention, including nursing education, social support, nursing information, rehabilitation nursing, communication etc, used in experimental studies mostly showed positive effects. 8) 5 papers built conceptual framework based on various theories of researchers, 16 papers applied family theories and 4 papers applied nursing theories.
Conclusion: The following suggestions are made based on the above findings: 1) More replicated family research is needed to prove the effect of program and try apply clinical setting 2) Family assessment tool should be developed for the Korean family. 3) Qualitative research should be used for family nursing research and interview and participant observation should be used for effective assessment of family 4) Family research is needed to be not only cross-sectional research but also longitudinal research.
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KEYWORD
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family nursing, research analysis
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