Open AccessDesigning and Using Surveys in Nursing Research: A Contemporary Discussion
Author(s) -
Siobhán O’Connor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1552-3799
pISSN - 1054-7738
DOI - 10.1177/10547738211064739
Subject(s) - data collection , survey research , quality (philosophy) , nursing , nursing research , research design , health care , medline , psychology , data science , medicine , computer science , applied psychology , sociology , political science , social science , philosophy , epistemology , law
This commentary summarizes the contemporary design and use of surveys or questionnaires in nursing science, particularly in light of recent reporting guidelines to standardize and improve the quality of survey studies in healthcare research. The benefits, risks, and limitations of these types of data collection tools are also briefly discussed.