Zubairi Nadeem Alam, Butt Nadeem Shafique, Malik Ahmad Azam, Gazzaz Zohair Jamil
Nadeem Alam Zubairi, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nadeem Shafique Butt, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Nov-Dec;39(6):1595-1600. doi: 10.12669/pjms.39.6.7514.
Patient safety is a major concern in health care. Research is an important tool to minimize preventable errors. Research performance and trends evaluation need to be identified for future guidance. Our objective was to evaluate the research performance in Arab World countries related to patient safety so that real picture is available to all stake holders for future application.
This was a descriptive exploratory study carried at King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, using Bibliometric analyses on Web of Science extracted data, exploring the research publications related to Patient Safety from the Arab World in last two decades (2001-2020). Digital resources were used. Data collected was further explored to see the trends.
Only 2% of total worldwide publications on Patient Safety were from Arab World. A positive trend, however, has emerged since 2015. Out of 5940 documents identified, only 383 had single authorship. Egypt and Saudi Arab were the major contributors. Other countries had less or even zero publications. Researchers are coordinating with others in Western countries to enhance the research productivity. Cairo University with 734 publications had most affiliations. Publications on safety culture and medication safety were frequent. Hospital Acquired Infections and error reporting had limited research.
Researches on patient safety in the Arab World are not sufficient. Countries other than Egypt and Saudi Arabia also need to contribute more frequently. Critical problems, like Hospital Acquired Infections, should have regular research from all countries to assist those treating patients and those making health related policies.
患者安全是医疗保健领域的主要关注点。研究是将可预防错误降至最低的重要工具。需要确定研究绩效和趋势评估，以便为未来提供指导。我们的目标是评估阿拉伯世界国家在患者安全方面的研究绩效，以便向所有利益相关者呈现真实情况，供未来应用。
这是一项在吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学开展的描述性探索性研究，对从科学网提取的数据进行文献计量分析，探索过去二十年（2001 - 2020年）来自阿拉伯世界的与患者安全相关的研究出版物。使用了数字资源。对收集到的数据进行进一步探索以查看趋势。
全球关于患者安全的出版物中，仅有2%来自阿拉伯世界。不过，自2015年以来出现了积极趋势。在识别出的5940份文献中，仅有383份为独著。埃及和沙特阿拉伯是主要贡献者。其他国家的出版物较少甚至为零。研究人员正在与西方国家的其他人合作以提高研究生产力。开罗大学以734份出版物拥有最多的合作机构。关于安全文化和用药安全的出版物较为频繁。医院获得性感染和错误报告方面的研究有限。
阿拉伯世界在患者安全方面的研究不足。除埃及和沙特阿拉伯之外的国家也需要更频繁地做出贡献。像医院获得性感染这样的关键问题，所有国家都应该定期开展研究，以帮助治疗患者的人员和制定卫生相关政策的人员。
