Visual analysis of advance care planning related studies
Journal Title: TMR Clinical Research - Year 2020, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Backgroud: To provide a reference for the further development of the field of the advance care planning (ACP), through the visual analysis of the related literature on the ACP. Methods: Taking the core collection database of Web of ScienceTM as data sources, the method of subject word retrieval is adopted. Literature metrology and CiteSpace â…¤ information visualization software were used to analyze the literature on ACP published from inception to September 2019. Results: A total of 1,981 literature were included. The number of ACP studies increased, USA published the most literature in the world, followed by Australia, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands and so on. The most leading published journal was the Journal of Palliative Medicine, and the highest impact factor was Palliative Medicine (4.956). Sudore, Rebecca L and Hillary D Lum are the key researcher networks with the largest amount of articles published in ACP field. The research content mainly included the definition, implementation process and implementation effect of ACP. Research focused on palliative care, hospice care, decision-making, communication, patient preference and so on. Conclusion: The studies on ACP is on the rise, the research content is deepening, which suggests that we can learn from the research results of foreign countries in this field and continue to deepen the research in the field of ACP in China.
Authors and Affiliations
Qi Wu, Zhi-Jian Liu, Xiao-Li Pang, Ling Cheng
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