Table 2.
Publication year | |||
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 |
* Calculations performed only on original articles (total n = 314)