[Validity of instrument development research in korean nursing research].
OBJECTIVE
This integrative review study was done to analyze methods used for validation studies in Korean nursing research.


METHODS
In this study, the literature on instrument development in nursing research from Research Information Sharing Service (RISS) and major nursing journal databases in Korea were examined. The MeSH search terms included 'nursing', 'instrument', 'instrument development', 'validation' and 189 articles were included in the review.


RESULTS
The most frequently reported validity type was content validity, followed by construct validity, and criterion validity. One third reported a single type of validity, and 15% of the studies demonstrated three kinds of validity at the same time. In about 40% of the studies, both content and construct validity were examined.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the study indicate that it is necessary to provide a wider variety of evidence to establish whether instruments are valid enough to use in nursing research.
Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Science, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea.
Kyunghee
K
Lee
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. ssj1119@sch.ac.kr.
Sujin
S
Shin
D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D063586:Social Validity, Research
Instrument; Nursing; Validation studies; Validity