[An analysis of the papers presented in national congresses of the Spanish Society of Intensive Nursing and Coronary Units in an 8-year period].
BACKGROUND
The research on critical care nursing is generally presented in the annual national congresses of the Spanish Society of Intensive Nursing and Coronary Units (SEEIUC). This study has aimed to analyze the main features of the papers presented in the above-mentioned congresses in order to get a deeper knowledge of the research capacity of our professional group.


METHODS
A descriptive, observational and retrospective study.


METHODS
all the papers. Dimension studied: structure and process. Time: 8 years.


METHODS
a collection of the papers presented in congresses.


METHODS
collected variables: number of authors, type of paper, city and region, type of study, timing, nursing role, dimension analyzed, topic, hospital, department, type of statistics, relevance, financing, structural quality and others. Statistical processing: descriptive statistics for quantitative variables with means and standard deviation (SD); qualitative variables are written in percentages. We have contrasted hypotheses with chi(2) accepting if p < 0.05 as a statistical significance.


RESULTS
Papers 736 (65-119), oral papers 270 (40.4%), mean of authors 4.87 (1-16), SD 1.97; per provinces: Barcelona 146 (19.8%); per autonomous communities: Catalonia 166 (22.6%); hospitals: University Hospital from Bellvitge 27 (4.2%); research studies 426 (65.3%); prospective studies 333 (51%), quantitative 345 (53%); with descriptive statistics 305 (46.9%); with a health perception and health management pattern 76 (10.3%); analyzed quality area: structure 379 (51.5%); with the presence of an autonomous role 380 (51.6%); most mentioned theme: respiratory care 100 (13.6%), with relevance and/or applicability 450 (69%); financed 23 (3.5%). Fulfillment of scientific structure: 97%.


CONCLUSIONS
Intensive Nursing Care shows an important amount of oral papers. Research studies stand out among these papers, the former having high structural quality and relevance and/or applicability.
Rodríguez Mondéjar
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Diplomado en Enfermería. Coordinador de Enfermería de Equipos de Atención Primaria. Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Murcia. Servicio Murciano de Salud (SMS). España. juanj.rodri@gmail.com
Cevidanes Lara
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MM
Herrera Romero
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Rodríguez Soler
J
J
López Amorós
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A
Peñalver Hernández
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F
Ramírez Pérez
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F
López Alcaraz
F
F
Martínez Huescar
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M
D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003422:Critical Care; D009729:Nursing; D011643:Publishing; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors