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Review Papers | Health Sciences | Turkey | Volume 11 Issue 4, April 2022

Analysis of Postgraduate Thesis Studies on Stress Management: A Systematic Review

Kamile ONER | Birgul OZKAN

Abstract: This systematic review was made to examine the postgraduate theses (master and doctorate) on stress management in the field of nursing in higher education in Turkey. 51 postgraduate theses registered to the national thesis center of the Higher Education Institution were scanned between 1991-2020 using the Turkish word "stress management" and are accessible. Theses; year, sample group, research type, research method and department. When the sample group of stress management on the subject of the thesis in Turkey, mostly educators (academics, lecturers, teachers and school administrators etc.), the hospital staff (nurses, emergency service personnel, hospital staff, etc.). 90.2% of the theses are master's thesis, 9.8% are doctoral thesis. In 90.2% of the theses quantitative, 5.9% qualitative and 4% mixed models were used. Master's theses are mostly done in business and doctoral theses are mostly in the department of nursing. According to the results of the research, most of the postgraduate theses on stress management are master's theses and the department of business stands out. In postgraduate theses, quantitative model was mostly used and survey design was used, it is seen that the use of qualitative and experimental studies with higher levels of evidence is limited.

Keywords: Stress, stress management, postgraduate thesis, systematic review

Edition: Volume 11 Issue 4, April 2022,

Pages: 1244 - 1250

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