Wehbe-Alamah Hiba, Doumit Myrna A A, Bernstein Joshua, Aboul-Enein Basil H
Department of Nursing, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI, USA.
Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2024 Apr 15;10:23779608241246871. doi: 10.1177/23779608241246871. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
Twenty-two Arab countries comprise the League of Arab States. While united in Arab identity, diversities among these countries exist at many levels. Conducting and publishing research in the Arabic speaking countries is an essential pillar for improving the status of the nursing profession.
The purpose of this study is to assess the current status, trends, challenges, and opportunities of nursing research in Arab countries.
An integrative review was conducted using (1) Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Database Journals Directory (IMEMR), (2) the Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals Database (IASJD), (3) Ulrichsweb (UW), (4) The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research/Middle Eastern Journals (GFMER), (5) the Nursing Journal Directory (NJD), (6) the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and (7) Google Scholar. Journals and articles that met inclusion criteria were accessed, retrieved, reviewed, and subjected to content analysis by three authors, two of which were fluent in English, French, and Arabic languages. A third author fluent in all three languages confirmed the findings.
Nursing research in Arabic-speaking countries has evolved over the past decades but is still lacking compared to global nursing research. Moreover, it was found to be largely situated within academic institutions and linked to tenure and promotion requirements.
Nursing journals in Arabic-speaking countries do not adequately represent that overall region and are limited in access.
阿拉伯国家联盟由22个阿拉伯国家组成。尽管这些国家有着共同的阿拉伯身份认同，但在许多层面上仍存在差异。在阿拉伯语国家开展并发表研究是提升护理专业地位的重要支柱。
本研究旨在评估阿拉伯国家护理研究的现状、趋势、挑战和机遇。
采用以下数据库进行综合综述：（1）东地中海区域办事处数据库期刊目录医学索引（IMEMR）；（2）伊拉克学术科学期刊数据库（IASJD）；（3）乌尔里希斯网（UW）；（4）日内瓦医学教育与研究基金会/中东期刊（GFMER）；（5）护理期刊目录（NJD）；（6）开放获取期刊目录（DOAJ）；（7）谷歌学术。符合纳入标准的期刊和文章由三位作者进行访问、检索、评审并进行内容分析，其中两位作者精通英语、法语和阿拉伯语。第三位精通这三种语言的作者对研究结果进行了确认。
在过去几十年里，阿拉伯语国家的护理研究有所发展，但与全球护理研究相比仍有差距。此外，研究发现其主要集中在学术机构，且与任期和晋升要求相关。
阿拉伯语国家的护理期刊未能充分代表整个地区，且获取受限。
