Review articles published in nursing journals past three decades, Iran: use of nursing theories

The use of theory in scientific research is one of the aspects of scientific development. Nursing as a science has theories are numerous and diverse. The aim of this study published articles in nursing scientific Research journals, The use of nursing and non-nursing theories in the last 28 years in Iran.
In this retrospective study of all 30 articles of scientific nursing journal of the Medical Journals Commission is of nursing theory between the years 1366 to 1394 were studied.
A total of 5297 articles were evaluated with 4645 (87.7%) of paper quantitative, 381 (7.2 percent) Qualitative and 271 (5.1 percent) of the report. 182 articles (3.5%) based on nursing theory and in 221 articles (4.2%) of non-nursing theories (psychology, sociology, etc.) were used.
The findings of this study can be noted that the theory of nursing research papers is not enough. It is recommended for the development of nursing science in nursing research, and ultimately in articles More used of nursing theories.