Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review
Table 4
Number of articles published in indexed journals (original studies and reviews) using empirical methods published between 1982 and 2017 by study design.
1982-1992 ()
1993-2003 ()
2004-2014 ()
2015-2017 ()
Total ()
Quantitative
Experimental
1 (0.7)
3 (2)
13 (8.7)
4 (2.7)
21 (14.1)
Cross-sectional non-experimental
0 (0)
7 (4.7)
11 (7.4)
3 (2)
21 (14.1)
Longitudinal nonexperimental
1 (0.7)
2 (1.3)
5 (3.4)
0 (0)
8 (5.4)
Qualitative
Experimental
1 (0.7)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0.7)
Cross-sectional nonexperimental
0 (0)
1 (0.7)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0.7)
Grounded theory
0 (0)
0 (0)
4 (2.7)
4 (2.7)
8 (5.4)
Ethnographic design
3 (2)
8 (5.4)
6 (4)
3 (2)
20 (13.6)
Phenomenological design
3 (2)
13 (8.7)
9 (6)
1 (0.7)
26 (17.7)
Action-research design
1 (0.7)
1 (0.7)
1 (0.7)
1 (0.7)
4 (2.7)
Narrative design
0 (0)
9 (6)
3 (2)
0 (0)
12 (8.2)
Mixed
Concurrent
1 (0.7)
1 (0.7)
3 (2)
1 (0.7)
6 (4.0)
Sequential
0 (0)
1 (0.7)
4 (2.7)
1 (0.7)
6 (4.0)
Integrated
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0.7)
1 (0.7)
Review
0 (0)
3 (2)
8 (5.4)
3 (2)
14 (9.4)
The percentages were calculated on the basis of the sample of empirical articles ().
