국내외 호스피스완화의료 연구동향 분석: 2014년 1월부터 2019년 3월까지 한국 연구자들이 발표한 연구

Purpose: This study aimed to find out the implications for the topic and design of hospice palliative care research by grasping the trends and methodological characteristics of the topic of hospice palliative care research published in domestic and international journals by domestic researchers. Methods: This study is a literature review that analyzes 389 hospice palliative care studies conducted in Korea from January 2014 to March 2019 and published in domestic and international journals. Results: As a result of this study, an average of 74 hospice palliative care articles has been published over the past five years. The most research subjects were the advance care planning of 22.1%, and Quantitative research accounted for the largest share of 71.5% in research design and 91.0% of them were non-experimental studies. In brief, the results of this study have been focused on advance care planning for the last five years, and the proportion of experimental research was low in terms of research design. Conclusion: In further studies, various research designs, such as experimental design, should be developed and attempted to build the foundation for evidence-based practice in hospice palliative care.