|
before 01.01.1999
|
after 01.01.1999
|
total
|
|
N = 160
|
N = 191
|
N = 351
|
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
Kind of journal
| | | |
medical
|
23
|
30
|
27
|
nursing
|
43
|
29
|
35
|
psychological
|
7
|
12
|
10
|
bioethical or social science
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
public health
|
11
|
13
|
12
|
multidisciplinary
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
Paper type
| | | |
original article
|
91
|
88
|
89
|
methodological paper
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
review
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
not evaluable
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Sample size*
| | | |
<15
|
19
|
24
|
22
|
15–50
|
26
|
22
|
24
|
>50
|
38
|
40
|
39
|
Not specified
|
17
|
14
|
15
|
Declared methodological approach*
| | | |
phenomenological
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
grounded theory
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
anthropological
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
ethnographic
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
Other
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
Not specified
|
73
|
80
|
76
|
Data gathering method*
| | | |
observation
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
interview
|
65
|
55
|
59
|
focus group
|
8
|
12
|
11
|
narrative
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
multiple method
|
4
|
12
|
8
|
Not specified
|
12
|
15
|
14
|
Typology of subjects involved*
| | | |
Cancer patients
|
46
|
49
|
48
|
Family
|
15
|
18
|
17
|
Nurse
|
13
|
3
|
7
|
General population
|
11
|
10
|
11
|
Other health care workers
|
9
|
11
|
10
|
Miscellanea
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
Not evaluable
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
Main theme considered*
| | | |
Illness experience
|
17
|
22
|
20
|
Information/communication
|
13
|
17
|
15
|
Cancer prevention
|
12
|
10
|
11
|
End of life
|
9
|
11
|
10
|
Psychological aspects
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
Nursing practice
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
Palliative care
|
6
|
14
|
10
|
Cultural aspects and attitudes
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
Pain
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
Fatigue
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
Coping style
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
Quality of life
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
Needs assessment/satisfaction
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
Miscellanea
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
Not evaluable
|
2
|
3
|
2
|