Research design: a contribution to the author

ABSTRACT

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.