University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Palliat Med. 2010 Jul;24(5):533-43. doi: 10.1177/0269216309359995. Epub 2010 Feb 15.
We report on a study of the place of research on supportive, palliative and end-of-life care within the United Kingdom Research Assessment Exercise of 2001 and 2008. Sixty-seven Higher Education Institutions in 2001 and 66 in 2008 contributed work to the Research Assessment Exercise relevant to supportive, palliative and end-of-life care. This comprised 16 subject areas in 2001 and 25 in 2008, and was generated by 178 authors in 2001 and 176 authors in 2008. Seven 'high-intensity groups' of concentrated research activity were identified in 2001, and eight such groups in 2008. Between the years little growth occurred in contributions to the Research Assessment Exercise relating to supportive, palliative and end-of-life care, and the 'high-intensity groups' remain relatively fragile. With one exception, there is no concentration of effort in clinical studies relating to the medical aspects of supportive, palliative and end-of-life care. By 2008 there were still less than 40 university academics in the UK with major commitments to research in supportive, palliative and end-of-life care, as measured by their Research Assessment Exercise participation.
我们报告了一项关于英国 2001 年和 2008 年研究评估活动中支持性、姑息治疗和临终关怀研究的研究。2001 年有 67 所高等教育机构和 2008 年有 66 所高等教育机构参与了与支持性、姑息治疗和临终关怀相关的研究评估活动。这包括 2001 年的 16 个学科领域和 2008 年的 25 个学科领域，由 2001 年的 178 位作者和 2008 年的 176 位作者产生。2001 年确定了 7 个“高强度研究小组”，2008 年确定了 8 个这样的小组。在这两年中，与支持性、姑息治疗和临终关怀相关的研究评估活动的贡献几乎没有增长，“高强度研究小组”仍然相对脆弱。除了一个例外，在与支持性、姑息治疗和临终关怀的医学方面相关的临床研究方面，并没有集中的努力。到 2008 年，英国仍有不到 40 名大学学者主要致力于支持性、姑息治疗和临终关怀的研究，这是根据他们在研究评估活动中的参与程度来衡量的。
