Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center, Maharajgunj, Institute of Medicine.
Nursing Campus Pokhara, Institute of Medicine.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2024 Jun 22;22(1):96-100. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v22i01.4460.
Publication of the research work done during the master's program is highly desirable. However, there is a paucity of data on the number of publications, especially from low-income countries. The objective was to find out the status of the publication of the theses of post-graduate students in Nursing from the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal from 2015-2019.
Cross-sectional analytical design with a structured interview via telephone was done for data collection. Independent variables were age, marital status, current work status, current working organization, type of research, year of graduation, and facilitators and barriers to publication, whereas dependent was the publication status of the thesis.
Two hundred five (76.2%) out of 269 participated in the study. The age group ranged from 27 to 50 years (mean ± SD = 36.6±4.8). The majority 89.3% were married. Currently working in academic institutions was 51.7%. One hundred ninety-eight (96.6%) respondents performed a cross-sectional descriptive study. Only 2.9% of studies were cross-sectional analytical and 0.5% were qualitative. Seventy-five (36.6%) respondents published their theses. Twenty-seven (36.0%) were published in PubMed-indexed journals. The most common facilitator for publication was academic satisfaction [59 out of 75(78.7%)] followed by encouragement from supervisors 52.0% and peers 40.0%, whereas the commonest barrier to publication was lack of interest [80 out of 124 (64.5%)] followed by lack of confidence 51.6%.
Based on the results, more than one-third of the participants published their theses in national and international journals including those indexed in PubMed. Provision of university research grants, development of publication culture among post-graduate students, and making a provision of academic publication before degree awards should be encouraged for more academic publication.
发表硕士课程研究工作的成果是非常理想的。然而，关于出版物数量的数据很少，特别是来自低收入国家的出版物。目的是了解 2015 年至 2019 年期间，尼泊尔特里布万大学医学研究所研究生论文的发表情况。
采用横断面分析设计，通过电话进行结构化访谈收集数据。自变量为年龄、婚姻状况、当前工作状况、当前工作组织、研究类型、毕业年份以及发表的促进因素和障碍，而因变量是论文的发表情况。
269 名参与者中有 205 名（76.2%）参与了研究。年龄组为 27 至 50 岁（平均±标准差=36.6±4.8）。大多数（89.3%）已婚。目前在学术机构工作的有 51.7%。198 名（96.6%）受访者进行了横断面描述性研究。只有 2.9%的研究为横断面分析性研究，0.5%为定性研究。75 名（36.6%）受访者发表了他们的论文。27 篇（36.0%）发表在 PubMed 索引期刊上。发表论文的最常见促进因素是学术满意度[75 名中的 59 名（78.7%）]，其次是导师鼓励 52.0%和同行鼓励 40.0%，而发表论文的最常见障碍是缺乏兴趣[124 名中的 80 名（64.5%）]，其次是缺乏信心 51.6%。
根据研究结果，超过三分之一的参与者在国内外期刊上发表了论文，包括那些在 PubMed 索引中的期刊。应鼓励提供大学研究资助、在研究生中培养发表文化以及在授予学位前提供学术发表的机会，以促进更多的学术发表。
