Abdulmajeed Abdulmajeed A, Ismail Mosleh A, Nour-Eldein Hebatallah
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):368-73. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.148112.
Research in family medicine (FM) provides an important contribution to its discipline. Family medicine research can contribute to many areas of primary care, ranging from the early diagnosis to equitable health care. Publication productivity is important in academic settings as a marker for career advancement.
To describe the publications by family medicine researcher authors between 1992 and 2013.
All full text, original articles published by family medicine researcher; author with affiliation to the Suez Canal University were collected using the internet and hand search. The journals that published for family medicine researcher authors were identified. Author characteristics were described. The trend of publications was described. All articles were analyzed for their characteristics, including the themes and study designs according to predefined criteria.
Along 22 years, 149 research articles were published by 48 family medicine authors in 39 medical journals. The largest category in publications was related to Family physician/Health service (FP-HS, n = 52 articles), followed by 'Patient' category (n = 42). All the studies were quantitative; the largest group was represented by cross-sectional studies (76.5%).
The publication productivity by family medicine researchers are going to be increased. FP-HS and patient topics were mostly addressed in publications. Cross-sectional studies exceeded any other designs. There is need to put more emphasis on intervention studies. Continuous assessment and improvement of FM research production and publication is recommended.
家庭医学研究对该学科做出了重要贡献。家庭医学研究可在从早期诊断到公平医疗保健等初级保健的许多领域发挥作用。在学术环境中，发表成果作为职业发展的一个标志很重要。
描述1992年至2013年间家庭医学研究人员作者的发表情况。
通过互联网和手工检索收集苏伊士运河大学附属家庭医学研究人员作者发表的所有全文、原创文章。确定发表家庭医学研究人员作者文章的期刊。描述作者特征。描述发表趋势。根据预定义标准对所有文章的特征进行分析，包括主题和研究设计。
在22年期间，48位家庭医学作者在39种医学期刊上发表了149篇研究文章。发表文章中最大的类别与家庭医生/卫生服务（FP-HS，52篇文章）相关，其次是“患者”类别（42篇）。所有研究都是定量研究；最大的群体是横断面研究（76.5%）。
家庭医学研究人员的发表量将会增加。发表文章中大多涉及FP-HS和患者主题。横断面研究超过了任何其他设计。需要更加重视干预研究。建议持续评估和改进家庭医学研究成果及发表情况。
