Jin Shuang, Liu Shuo, Li Jiaojiao, Ning Xiaohong, Liu Xiaohong
34732Department of Geriatrics, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
J Palliat Care. 2022 Apr;37(2):226-232. doi: 10.1177/08258597211039056. Epub 2021 Nov 8.
Mainland China is facing increasing demand for palliative care and has launched related policies after 2010. Research and publications are important for sustainable development of palliative care, and should be encouraged by policy. This study aimed to describe the development of palliative care-related publications in Mainland China in various aspects. We searched Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Ovid MEDLINE, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure for publications from Mainland China for 2010-2020, with the topic words "hospice," "palliative care," "end-of-life care," or "terminal care." The publishing year, region, impacts, journals, publication types, and topics were analyzed. A total of 3682 publications were identified, 754 of them (20.5%) published in Chinese core journals or international journals. The annual publication number and impact factor rose rapidly after 2016 and dropped again in 2020. There is no specialized palliative care journal in Mainland China. The publication numbers differed significantly between East and Western China and were closely linked to the economy (2 = 0.8120, < .0001). The megacities Beijing and Shanghai comprised 2.6% of the total population of Mainland China but produced 22.6% of the publications. Palliative care in cancer patients was the most common topic (37.7% of the publications). Practical keywords such as "pain management" and "living will" gained popularity recently. Palliative care-related research and publication in Mainland China are growing in recent years. However, the early stage growth is unstable, with a conspicuous regional disparity. Policies should be designed, in an equitable manner, to encourage original research and publication of palliative care.
中国大陆对姑息治疗的需求日益增加，并在2010年后出台了相关政策。研究和出版物对姑息治疗的可持续发展很重要，应得到政策鼓励。本研究旨在从各个方面描述中国大陆姑息治疗相关出版物的发展情况。我们在科学网、Scopus、PubMed、护理及相关健康文献累积索引、Ovid MEDLINE和中国知网中检索了2010 - 2020年中国大陆发表的、主题词为“临终关怀”“姑息治疗”“临终护理”或“终末期护理”的出版物。对发表年份、地区、影响力、期刊、出版物类型和主题进行了分析。共识别出3682篇出版物，其中754篇（20.5%）发表在中文核心期刊或国际期刊上。2016年后年发表数量和影响因子迅速上升，2020年又再次下降。中国大陆没有专门的姑息治疗期刊。中国东部和西部的出版物数量差异显著，且与经济密切相关（χ² = 0.8120，P <.0001）。特大城市北京和上海人口占中国大陆总人口的2.6%，但出版物占22.6%。癌症患者的姑息治疗是最常见的主题（占出版物的37.7%）。“疼痛管理”和“生前预嘱”等实用关键词最近受到关注。近年来中国大陆姑息治疗相关研究和出版物不断增加。然而，早期增长不稳定，地区差异明显。应公平地制定政策，鼓励姑息治疗的原创研究和出版。
