巴西双胞胎研究:一个广泛的审查
Eloisa de Souza Fernandes1, Isabella França Ferreira1, Renata Pereira de Felipe1
1Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Instituto de Psicologia (IP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
概括
巴西双胞胎研究正在增长,大多数研究都涉及健康和心理学. 这一趋势显示出越来越多的科学兴趣和潜在的全球影响.
科学领域:
- 巴西双胞胎研究跨越多个科学领域.
- 卫生科学,特别是医学,主导着出版物领域.
- 心理学,牙科和生物学也是重要的研究领域.
背景情况:
- 巴西双胞胎研究在国际上没有得到充分的代表.
- 需要全面理解和分类现有研究.
- 以前的元分析可能忽略了巴西的贡献.
研究的目的:
- 在不同领域对巴西双胞胎研究进行全面调查.
- 评估心理研究在更广泛的双胞胎研究中的代表性.
- 确定巴西双胞胎研究的特征,这些特征可能解释其被排除在全球元分析之外.
主要方法:
- 根据PRISMA指南进行了范围审查.
- 在六个数据库 (CAPES,BDLTD,PePSIC,PubMed,Google Scholar,SciELO) 进行了搜索,截至2022年.
- 与双胞胎和巴西相关的关键词在葡萄牙语和英语中使用.
主要成果:
- 审查中包括了340个出版物.
- 大约53.8%的人在遗传性研究中使用了经典的双胞胎设计.
- 出版物数量大约每十年翻一番,表明增长.
- 健康科学,以医学为首 (大约. 50%),其次是心理学,牙科和生物学,构成了大多数研究.
结论:
- 巴西科学家对双胞胎研究的兴趣正在稳步增加.
- 这种日益增长的趋势具有重大潜力,可以为全球科学格局做出贡献.
- 进一步调查这些研究的特点是有必要的,以确保它们在未来的全球分析中得到纳入.
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