• 1. School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Nursing, The Second Hospital e of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 73000, P.R.China;
  • 3. Evidence Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P.R.China;
YANG Xuemei, Email: 13919480379@163.com; MA Bin, Email:
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Objectives To evaluate the reporting quality of individual/focus group interviews published in nursing journals included in the Chinese science citation database (CSCD).Methods CSCD database was electronically searched to collect qualitative studies published in nursing journals included in CSCD from January 2016 to December 2018. Two researchers independently screened literatures, extracted data, and assessed the quality of included studies by COREQ guidelines, SPSS 25.0 software was then used for statistical analysis.Results A total of 223 qualitative researches were included. The results of COREQ evaluation showed that full report rate of 43.8% (14/32) studies were less than 50%, 78.6% (11/14) were less than 20%, and the full report rate of item 4 was even 0%. There were no significant differences between different total cites and the availability of funding in COREQ guidelines.Conclusion The reporting quality of the qualitative researches published in the four nursing journals included in the CSCD requires further improvement. Therefore, we suggest that domestic nursing journals should introduce COREQ guidelines in contribution and strictly implement it in editorial review and peer review.

Citation: FENG Lanling, ZHANG Qian, YANG Xuemei, PEI Lusi, MA Bin. The quality of qualitative research reports published by high-impact journals in the field of nursing in China from 2016 to 2018. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2020, 20(3): 311-316. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201908061 Copy

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