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GROUNDED THEORY IN THESES AND DISSERTATIONS OF BRAZILIAN NURSING1 1 This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to identifying how the researchers used the method of Grounded Theory in theses and dissertations of the Brazilian nursing.

Method:

this is a documentary study with a quantitative approach. As a source of data collection, the reports deposited in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Center for Nursing Studies and Research of the Brazilian Nursing Association between 2001 and 2015 were used, with subsequent redemption of the full version in the repository of the higher education institution of theses and dissertations. The data collection was carried out from data extraction in spreadsheets that were submitted to the descriptive analysis.

Results:

70 theses and dissertations (0.95%) were selected from the total of 7,369 studies. The majority (70%) described how the sample groups were constructed. Only 4.3% did not report having collected and analyzed the data concomitantly. From the studies that described all the steps, 34.3% did not present the validation process of the theoretical model. The diagrams and memos were used, respectively, in 74.3% and 65.7% of the theses and dissertations analyzed. The most frequent theoretical reference was Symbolic Interactionism and the methodological perspective was the Straussian. It was evidenced that for the researchers, the interview was the main collection technique used in isolation and combined with other approaches.

Conclusion:

the diversity in the presentation and description of the method and results of the studies reveals that there is still need for improvement regarding the use of the method, considering the different aspects of the Grounded Theory.

DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing research; Nursing methodology research; Qualitative research; Grounded Theory; Education, nursing, graduate

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