Journal of Dental Hygiene Science

Table 2

Research Trends in Journal of Academia

Characteristic	Division	n	%
Academic classification	Basic dental hygiene	149	22.8
	Educational dental hygiene	152	23.3
	Clinical dental hygiene	223	34.2
	Social dental hygiene	64	9.8
	Etc.	65	10.0
Research type	Original article	642	98.3
	Case report	11	1.7
Research method	Clinical-quantitative research	454	69.5
	Clinical-qualitative research	39	6.0
	Experimental study	153	23.4
	Literature review	7	1.1
Research subject	Elementary school student	24	3.7
	Middle school student	4	0.6
	High school student	20	3.1
	University student (dental hygiene)	63	9.6
	University student (non-major)	18	2.8
	Adult (general)	102	15.6
	Adult (other occupation)	5	0.8
	Elderly	38	5.8
	Dental patient	6	0.9
	Experiment	131	20.1
	Dental hygienist	98	15.0
	Two groups	76	11.6
	Three groups	17	2.6
	Etc.	51	7.8
Data collection method	Clinical examination (oral examination)	25	3.8
	Clinical examination (etc.)	7	1.1
	Experimental study	140	21.4
	Questionnaire method	299	45.8
	Interview method	14	2.1
	Use of literature	112	17.2
	Etc.	56	8.6
Data analysis method (multiple responses)	Frequency analysis	322	49.3
	Cross tabulation analysis	182	27.9
	Independent t-test	258	39.5
	Paired t-test	47	7.2
	One way ANOVA	279	42.7
	ANCOVA	7	1.1
	Repeated measures ANOVA	24	3.7
	Correlation analysis	133	20.4
	Regression analysis	207	31.7
	Factor analysis	15	2.3
	Structure equation modeling	5	0.8
	Mann–Whitney U test	28	4.3
	Kruskal–wallis test	32	4.9
	Wilcoxon test	13	2.0
	Spearman correlation	5	0.8
	Etc.	236	36.1
Research funds benefit	Yes	176	27.0
	No	477	73.0
Total		653	100.0