Murphy Shirley A, Johnson L Clark
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7263, USA.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2006 Dec;20(6):276-81. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.05.003.
Interventions using a group format can be powerful treatment modalities. However, a review of nursing journals most likely to report the conduct of group research by nurses showed that less than 1% of nursing research reports used this approach and that none accounted for group-level effects in the analysis. This article discusses methodological issues inherent in group intervention research. We begin by offering examples of variables that can be incorporated into group research. We then present some challenges that researchers must address in collecting data when group formats are used. We end with recommendations for conducting group intervention research and by addressing issues associated with interpreting and reporting results.
采用小组形式的干预措施可以成为强有力的治疗方式。然而，对最有可能报道护士进行小组研究情况的护理期刊进行的一项综述表明，不到1%的护理研究报告采用了这种方法，而且在分析中没有一份报告考虑到小组层面的影响。本文讨论了小组干预研究中固有的方法学问题。我们首先给出一些可以纳入小组研究的变量示例。然后，我们提出研究人员在使用小组形式收集数据时必须解决的一些挑战。最后，我们给出进行小组干预研究的建议，并探讨与解释和报告结果相关的问题。
