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Research on Family-Centered Care in pediatric patients: A Bibliometric Analysis
Sevim Çimke1, Dilek Yıldırım Gürkan1, Sevinç Polat1
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Yozgat Bozok University, Turkey.
Insights
Bibliometric analysis reveals a growing trend in family-centered care studies since the 1980s, primarily concentrated in the USA. Further global research is needed to expand understanding of this approach in pediatric care.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Healthcare Research
- Bibliometrics
Background:
- Family-centered care (FCC) is crucial in pediatric healthcare.
- Understanding research trends in FCC is essential for advancing practice and policy.
- Bibliometric analysis provides a quantitative overview of research output and impact.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a bibliometric analysis of studies on family-centered care in children.
- To identify trends, key publications, and geographical distribution of FCC research.
- To inform future research directions in pediatric family-centered care.
Main Methods:
- Bibliometric analysis of studies from the Web of Science database.
- Keywords included various forms of "family-centered care" and pediatric terms.
- Data analyzed using VOSviewer for publication trends, citations, and co-authorship.
Main Results:
- 2525 studies published from 1980 onwards were analyzed.
- The United States dominates publication output, with initial studies appearing in 1980.
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing published most, while PEDIATRICS received most citations.
Conclusions:
- Family-centered care has gained importance since the 1980s, with descriptive studies predominating.
- Research concentration in the USA suggests a potential lack of global engagement.
- Further in-depth and geographically diverse research is recommended to enrich nursing literature.
Objective:
This study is conducted as a bibliometric analysis to determine the trends in studies related to family-centered care in children.
Materials And Methods:
The Web of Science database was used to collect study data. A search was conducted on Web of Science using the keywords "family-centered care", "family centered care", "family-centred care", "family centred care", "family-integrated care", "family integrated care", "patient and family centered care", "patient- and family-centered care" and "child" or "pediatric" or "pediatrics" or "child" or "newborn" or "neonatal" or "adolescent" together. The VOSviewer program was used for data analysis and visualization. The analysis included the number of publications by year, distribution by journals, most cited studies, countries with the highest publication output, most frequently used keywords, and co-authorship dimensions, presented with visual maps.
Results:
A total of 2525 studies conducted from 1980 onwards were analyzed. The analysis revealed that the initial publications related to the subject emerged in 1980, and the United States was identified as the country with the highest number of publications, based on the Web of Science database. The Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families (JPN) was determined as the journal with the highest number of publications, while the journal receiving the most citations was PEDIATRICS.
Conclusion:
The study found an increasing importance given to the Family-Centered Care Approach since the 1980s, with a majority of studies being descriptive in nature. It was determined that the studies were concentrated in the USA indicating a lack of global interest in the Family-Centered.
Practical Implications:
Nursing researchers can build upon this study in the field of family-centered care by conducting more specific and in-depth investigations. This contributes to adding new information to the nursing literature and filling gaps in this area.
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