근관절건강학회지 게재 논문 분석: 2008년부터 2020년까지

Abstract

Purpose: To identify research trends in the Journal of Muscle and Joint Health. Methods: In total, 315 studies publishedbetween 2008 and 2020 in the Journal of Muscle and Joint Health were reviewed using analysis criteria developed bythe authors Results: Most participants were adults or older adults, they mostly had arthritis. The types of research designwere descriptive research (46.4%), quasi-experimental design (21.9%), randomized controlled trial (1.9%), andqualitative research (4.1%). The occupation of most authors was professor in universities (61.0%). Data were collectedmostly in hospitals (41.6%) or communities (24.4%) using a questionnaire (52.4%). Written consent was obtained at75.6% and 47.9% of studies were approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The instruments measuring physicalconcepts such as pain, flexibility, sense of balance and fatigue were mostly used. The most common interventions inexperimental studies were physical interventions, with the main being exercise. Key words were categorized into fournursing meta-paradigms: human, health, environment and nursing. The most frequently reported key words wereincluded in the health domain. The most frequently used key words were physical intervention, older patient, osteoarthritis,pain and depression. Conclusion: The results suggest that more research studies targeting various age groups relatedto muscle and joint health are required. Additionally there is a need to increase the number of qualitative studies,randomized experimental studies, and systematic review studies. It is necessary to pay attention to compliance withresearch ethics publication regulations.