title: [A Methodological Quality Assessment of South Korean Nursing Research using Structural Equation Modeling in South Korea].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the methodological quality of nursing studies using structural equation modeling in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Databases of KISS, DBPIA, and National Assembly Library up to March 2014 were searched using the MeSH terms 'nursing', 'structure', 'model'. A total of 152 studies were screened. After removal of duplicates and non-relevant titles, 61 papers were read in full.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the sixty-one articles retrieved, 14 studies were published between 1992 and 2000, 27, between 2001 and 2010, and 20, between 2011 and March 2014. The methodological quality of the review examined varied considerably.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study suggest that more rigorous research is necessary to address theoretical identification, two indicator rule, distribution of sample, treatment of missing values, mediator effect, discriminant validity, convergent validity, post hoc model modification, equivalent models issues, and alternative models issues should be undergone. Further research with robust consistent methodological study designs from model identification to model respecification is needed to improve the validity of the research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sujin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing; The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. parkjh07@cu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jin-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011643:Publishing; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: Korea; Nursing; Nursing research; Review