Authors

Alba Quesada Vargas, Mª del Rosario Álvarez Álvarez

Position

Diplomadas en Enfermería. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de Neonatología. Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall`Hebrón (Barcelona).

Contact address

C/ Pirineos nº 100, 1º. 08923 Barcelona.

Contact email: Alba.quesada@campus.uab.es

Abstract

Objective: this study aims to analyse the main characteristics of scientific production in Paediatric Nursing in the Spanish territory and for the period of 2000-2004.
Material and methods: retrospective descriptive study of all the articles in paediatrics published in four Spanish magazines: “Enfermería Científica”, “Enfermería Clínica”, “Rol de Enfermería”, and “Metas de Enfermería” during the period from September 2000 to September 2004. A data collection index card was designed for each article, which included: type of article, subject, authors credentials, institution, and geographic origin. The SPSS 11.0 programme was used for the analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics indexes were also recorded.
Results: 75 magazines were reviewed, totalling 1097 articles, 10% of which were about Paediatric Nursing and of these, 7.1% dealt specifically with the neonatal period. 46.4% were research jobs. 43.5% sought to analyse aspects relating to the basic need to avoid risks. According to the author´s credentials, 44% of the articles were published by academics and 42% by nursing professionals. The university was the institution that generated most of the scientific production (53%), followed by the hospital (18.2%). The autonomous regions that published the most were: Andalusia (16%) and Catalonia (9.5%).
Conclusions: the level of scientific production in Paediatric Nursing is low and because of this it is necessary to continue promoting training and research in this field.

Keywords:

infantile; paediatrics; Scientific Production; bibliometry; basic needs; Hendersoninfancy

Versión en Español

Título:

Producción científica en Enfermería Infantil en el ámbito español (período 2000-2004)