Analysis of Research Trends about Spiritual Care in Korea

Seung-Yeon Yoo

doi:10.7475/kjan.2013.25.3.332

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Analysis of Research Trends about Spiritual Care in Korea

Seung-Yeon Yoo

Korean Journal of Adult Nursing 2013;25(3):332-343.
Published online: June 30, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2013.25.3.332

Department of Nursing, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yoo, Seung Yeon. Department of Nursing, Hannam University, 461-6 Jeonmin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-811, Korea. Tel: +82-42-629-8915, Fax: +82-42-629-8883, yoo3282@hnu.kr

• Received: January 11, 2013 • Revised: April 24, 2013 • Accepted: June 23, 2013

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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to analyze the research trends of spiritual care in Korea and to make suggestions for future studies.
Methods
209 researches from 1981 to 2012 were analyzed.
Results
Among the 209 studies reviewed. 74 were thesis studies and 135 for reported research in academic journal. There were 169 quantitative studies, 11 qualitative studies and 29 other types studies. The most frequently used study design was correlational. The majority of study participants were patients, followed by nursing students, nurses or non-medical participants. In the correlation studies, the variable of spiritual well-being had a positive correlation with hope, self-esteem and spiritual nursing care and a negative correlation with depression, anxiety and loneliness. In the experimental studies, the independent variables were spiritual nursing intervention, spiritual care education program and spiritual promoting intervention. The main theme of qualitative studies were the experience of spiritual care, spiritual experience and the most frequent designs were grounded theory, phenomenology and interpretative phenomenology.
Conclusion
The domestic research about spiritual care needs to utilize a variety of approaches including concept or tool development study suitable for Korean peoples, multi-disciplinary research, qualitative study and program development study.
Key Words: Spiritual care; Research; Trends; Analysis

This paper has been supported by 2012 Hannam University Research Fund.

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Table 1

Types of Research according to Publication Years (N=209)

WCJ=world class journals; EDJ=excellent domestic journals.

^†WCJ, SSCI or SCOPUS level journal; ^‡EDJ, NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) accredited journal or candidate journal for accredited of NRF.

Table 2

Research Designs according to Types of Research and Journal (N=209)

Exp=experimental research; Sur=Survey; Cor=Correlational research; GT=grounded theory; PM=phenomenology; IP=interpretative phenomenology; FGI=focus group interview; CA=concept analysis; RT=research trend; PD=program development; TD=tool development; MA=meta analysis; WCJ=world class journals; EDJ=excellent domestic journals.

Table 3

The Analysis of Correlational Research (N=113)

Table 4

The Analysis of Experimental Research (N=25)

Table 5

The Analysis of Qualitative Research (N=11)

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Analysis of Research Trends about Spiritual Care in Korea

Table 1

Types of Research according to Publication Years (N=209)

WCJ=world class journals; EDJ=excellent domestic journals.

^†WCJ, SSCI or SCOPUS level journal; ^‡EDJ, NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) accredited journal or candidate journal for accredited of NRF.

Table 2

Research Designs according to Types of Research and Journal (N=209)

Table 3

The Analysis of Correlational Research (N=113)

Table 4

The Analysis of Experimental Research (N=25)

Table 5

The Analysis of Qualitative Research (N=11)

Table 1 Types of Research according to Publication Years (N=209)

WCJ=world class journals; EDJ=excellent domestic journals.

^†WCJ, SSCI or SCOPUS level journal; ^‡EDJ, NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) accredited journal or candidate journal for accredited of NRF.

Table 2 Research Designs according to Types of Research and Journal (N=209)

Table 3 The Analysis of Correlational Research (N=113)

Table 4 The Analysis of Experimental Research (N=25)

Table 5 The Analysis of Qualitative Research (N=11)