Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 10 (2), 2011
Publication year: 2011
Aim:
helping readers, researchers and authors to understand the main research design used in nursing and health area in general. Method:
bibliographic research. Results:
schematic board in one sheet with the main characteristics of diverse designs or methodologies used in health area. Four categories were identified:
experimental, non-experimental, secondary and additional. The detachment of categories resulted in 36 designs. Conclusion:
The proposed tool constitutes a enabler for authors to fill the article with completed information in different sections: title, methodology and metadata.