Review Article

Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review

Table 3

Number of articles published in indexed journal (original studies and reviews) published between 1982 and 2017 by study type.

1982-1992 ()1993-2003 ()2004-2014 ()2015-2017 ()Total ()

Empirical articles
 Exploratory5 (2.4)16 (7.7)24 (11.5)8 (3.8)53 (25.5)
 Descriptive4 (1.9)19 (9.1)20 (9)7 (3.4)50 (24)
 Correlation1 (0.5)4 (1.9)11 (5.3)3 (1.4)19 (9.1)
 Scoping1 (0.5)9 (4.3)8 (3.8)4 (1.9)22 (10.6)
 Explanatory0 (0)1 (0.5)4 (1.9)0 (0)5 (2.4)
Non-empirical articles10 (4.8)21 (10.1)17 (8.2)11 (5.3)59 (28.4)

The percentages were calculated on the basis of the sample of articles published in indexed journals (original studies and reviews) ().