COVID-19拡大状況下における看護系大学教員の研究活動上の肯定的変化：Web調査の自由記述の質的内容分析

Positive Changes in Nursing Faculty Research Activities During COVID-19: Qualitative Content Analysis of Open-ended Responses to Internet Survey

要旨

　目的：COVID-19拡大によって約2年に亘り看護研究活動が停滞している状況から，看護系大学教員の研究活動上の肯定的変化と関連要因を探索する．

　方法：日本看護科学学会会員を対象に2022年3月に実施されたWeb質問紙調査に同意した899名のうち，「肯定的な変化」等の自由記載項目に回答した看護系大学教員355名の記述内容について質的内容分析を行った．

　結果：肯定的変化として，【研究活動上の選択肢の拡大】，【仕事や研究活動に関する価値の捉え直し】等の5カテゴリ，関連要因として，【研究関係者とのつながりの維持】，【COVID-19を契機とする働き方や生活環境の変化】等の7カテゴリが明らかになった．

　結論：看護系大学教員はCOVID-19に関する経験を通して，オンラインやデジタル技術を活用しながら，研究活動の効率化やコミュニケーションの促進を認識していた．研究関係者とのつながりやテレワーク活用の継続性との関連が，研究活動上の肯定的変化をもたらすことが示唆された．

　Purpose: To explore positive changes and related factors in the research activities of faculty members at nursing universities during a period of approximately two years in which nursing research activities stagnated due to COVID-19.

　Methods: Of the 899 respondents who agreed to a web-based questionnaire survey conducted in March 2022 targeting members of the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, qualitative content analysis was carried out on the open-ended responses of 355 faculty members at nursing universities who responded to open-ended response topics such as "positive changes."

　Results: Five categories of positive changes were identified, including "expansion of options in research activities, " and "reassessment of values related to work and research activities. " Additionally, seven categories of related factors were identified such as "maintaining connections with research personnel, " and "changes in working and living environments triggered by COVID-19."

　Conclusion: Through their experiences with COVID-19, faculty members at nursing universities recognized that they could improve the efficiency of their research activities and facilitate communication by utilizing online and digital technologies. The results suggested that maintaining connections with research personnel and the continuity of remote work use were associated with positive changes in research activities.