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| Author(s): |
de Lima, Crislaine
[1]
;
Neto, Martins Fideles dos Santos
[1]
;
Costa, Ricardo Filipe Alves
[2]
;
Franco, Julia Onishi
[2]
;
Cal, Giovanna Simoes
[2]
;
Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro
[3]
;
Paiva, Carlos Eduardo
[3, 4]
Total Authors: 7
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| Affiliation: | [1] Barretos Canc Hosp, Res Grp Palliat Care & HealthRelated Qual Life GP, Barretos, SP - Brazil
[2] Barretos Sch Hlth Sci Dr Paulo Prata, FACISB, Barretos, SP - Brazil
[3] Barretos Canc Hosp, Learning & Res Inst, Oncol Grad Program, Barretos, SP - Brazil
[4] Barretos Canc Hosp, Breast & Gynecol Div, Dept Clin Oncol, Barretos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
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| Document type: | Review article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT; v. 62, n. 3, p. E177-E185, SEP 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Context. Research on palliative care (PC) can be used as a direct measure to assess the level of PC development in a country or region. Objectives. To investigate the scientific production in the field of PC in South American countries over the last two decades. Methods. The search was performed using the terms ``palliative care,{''} ``hospice care,{''} ``hospices,{''} and ``terminal care{''} combined with the names of South American countries in several databases. The trend in publications over time was analyzed by linear equations (R2) and by calculating the annual percentage change (APC). The article citations were extracted from Web of Science (WOS), Scopus and Google Scholar, and the countries' impact factors (IFc) were calculated. Results. Of the 4259 identified articles, 641 were included in the analysis. There was a clear increase in the number of publications over the analyzed period (R2 = 0.8794, APC = 14.42%). Brazil was the country with the highest number of publications (n = 389); however, after adjustments by population, GDP and number of researchers, Chile was the country with the greatest prominence, including the highest IF in WOS (4.409). Only 8.3% of publications were systematic review, clinical trial or cohort studies; only 15.4% were funded. Conclusion. This bibliometric review identified an annual increase of 14% in the number of scientific publications by researchers from South America over the last 20 years. Although Brazil produced the most articles, Chile, had the most efficient scientific production. In general, the articles had low potential for scientific impact. J Pain Symptom Manage 2021;62:e177 -e185. (c) 2021 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/09836-8 - Palliative Care research in South America: scientific publications, barriers to conduct studies and needed advances |
| Grantee: | Carlos Eduardo Paiva |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |