Comparison of Key Words of the Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing with MeSH (2003-2007)

Chaung, Seung-Kyo; Sohng, Kyeong-Yae; Kim, Kyung-Hee

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing 2008;15(4): 558

기본간호학회지 게재 논문의 주요어와 MeSH 용어의 비교(2003-2007년)

정승교¹, 송경애², 김경희³

¹세명대학교 간호학과
²가톨릭대학교 간호대학
³중앙대학교 간호학과

Comparison of Key Words of the Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing with MeSH (2003-2007)

Seung-Kyo Chaung¹, Kyeong-Yae Sohng², Kyung-Hee Kim³

¹Department of Nursing, Semyung University
²College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea
³ Department of Nursing, Chungang University

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze how accurately authors of the Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing used MeSH terms as key words.
Method: A total of 724 key words used in the 225 papers of Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing from 2003 to 2007 were compared with MeSH terms.
Results: Fifty nine point eight percent of total key words were completely coincident with MeSH terms, 13.5% were entry terms, and 21.8% were not MeSH terms. The coincidence rates for 2003 and 2007 separately were 38.5% and 70.9%. Also, 25.3% of papers precisely used MeSH terms as key words and 8% did not use any MeSH terms.
Conclusion: The results show that the coincidence rate of key words with MeSH terms was at a moderate level and gradually increased according to year. However, there is a need for us to understand MeSH more specifically and accurately.

Key words: MeSH(Medical subject headings)