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Searching for the Intervention in Intervention Research Reports
Author Affiliations
Delta Air Lines (United States), University of Missouri, International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh)
Published InJournal of Nursing Scholarship
Year2008
Citations85
Abstract
PURPOSE: Precisely described interventions in nursing research reports are essential as a foundation for nursing practice and to facilitate future research. The purpose of this project was to characterize the intervention descriptions in nursing intervention research reports. DESIGN AND METHODS: Quantitative content analysis was used to analyze intervention descriptions in reports published in English-language general nursing journals during 2005. Normative analysis was used to examine reports for details related to intervention content and delivery. Physical unit analysis was used to compare relative amounts of article space devoted to intervention description vs. other methodological details. FINDINGS: Results were tabulated for 141 research articles published in 27 journals. Analysis indicated incomplete reporting of intervention details in many articles. Dose and dosing frequency…
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