[International Research Status and Trend of Community Palliative Care:A Study Based on Cite Space]

Objective To systematically analyze the international progress of community palliative care and to provide reference for promoting the development of community palliative care in China.Methods We searched the Web of Science core collection of the English-language papers associated with community palliative care published from January 1,2014 to November 1,2021 and then used CiteSpace 5.8.R1 to establish the cooperation and co-occurrence networks.Results A total of 1509 papers were included in this study.The annual number of published papers and the citations associated with community palliative care showed an increasing trend.The country,institution,and author publishing the most papers in this field were the United States,the King's College London,and Irene J Higginson at the King's College London,respectively.The research hotspot was identified as hospice of end-of-life patients like cancer patients,which aimed at improving the quality of life.The care will be expanded to dementia patients and old people.Research subjects involve family caregiver and palliative care worker.The predicted focuses of future studies include intervention methods and efficacy,patients' preference,and advance care planning.Conclusions Community palliative care has been rapidly developing in recent years and expanding from patients to the whole population for a full-life care.The Chinese researchers need to strengthen international exchange and cooperation and to learn the diverse development approaches for the whole population,thereby promoting the practice and development of community palliative care in China.