Production of nursing thesis and dissertations in portugal, 2000-2010: a bibliometric study

Abstract

The study identifies Portuguese nursing research, produced in the period 2000 - 2010, published via Master's dissertations and doctoral theses, analyzed according to the following variables: institution training masters and doctors, studies' distribution by institution, study supervisors and co-supervisors with their respective titles, supervisors' productions, keywords/descriptors, topics studied, theoretical framework, methodological framework, subjects, data collection and data analysis. In this exploratory, descriptive and bibliometric study, dissertations from the Catholic University of Portugal and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Porto were collected, as were doctoral theses from both these institutions and the University of Lisbon, totalling 41 theses and 273 dissertations. The results describe the theoretical, methodological and bibliometric aspects of the strictu sensu scientific production of Portuguese nursing. It is concluded that nurse researchers, in having knowledge of the specific areas of the studies, can improve them to achieve quality and excellence of the training of Master's and doctoral students.

Brazilian nursing dissertations and theses conducted in intensive care units

“…The result found in the present study contrasts with an international bibliometric study conducted in nursing dissertations and theses, which showed that 57.0% of nursing dissertations and theses in that country used qualitative approach (15) . This divergence shows the use of both approaches in nursing investigations.…”

Teses e dissertações acerca da história da enfermagem

“…Analogous fact was identified in another study. 11 For most research, more than one source was used in data collection, aiming to obtain methodological rigor in research in Nursing History, which indicates the use of triangulation of sources, methods, researchers and theories. 12 The prevalence of the use of the qualitative research approach and the sociological (Pierre Bourdieu) and philosophical (Michel Foucault) basis in the support of data analysis is observed, the same condition mentioned in the literature.…”

“…These problems were also verified in a study carried out in Portugal. 11 As a limitation of this study, we highlight the access to the abstracts of the works carried out from 2008 to 2012, as these were not available in the CAPES catalog of theses and dissertations because they only provided abstracts from 2013 onwards. Due to this study, the productions from 2008 to 2018 with analysis of abstracts performed only from theses and dissertations from 2013 to 2018, but the absence of this information did not invalidate the results obtained.…”

Analysis of the Dissertations and Theses of the Graduate Nursing Program of Federal University of Paraíba

“…Estudo realizado na Universidade Católica Portuguesa e do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade do Porto identificou maior frequência de abordagem qualitativa nas dissertações (58,6%) e teses (46,3%) defendidas. 10 Houve aumento relevante das pesquisas qualitativas no campo das ciências da saúde nas últimas quatro décadas, excedendo seu campo original nas Ciências Sociais. Tal fato pode ser verificado nas bases eletrônicas de literatura científica, sobretudo na produção brasileira, norte-americana, canadense e de alguns países europeus.…”