Pasamba Koleen C, Toral Jean Anne B
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila.
Acta Med Philipp. 2024 Jun 28;58(11):72-80. doi: 10.47895/amp.vi0.7990. eCollection 2024.
The aim of this study was to assess research productivity on preterm birth (PTB) in Southeast Asian (SEA) countries and its correlation with socioeconomic characteristics and burden of disease.
A systematic review of preterm birth publications by SEA authors indexed in Scopus, PubMed, ClinicalTrials. gov, and Cochrane was done. Case reports, cohorts, control trials, reviews and cost analysis studies done by SEA researches involving pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and complications of preterm birth was included in the study while published letters to editors were excluded. The correlation of bibliometric indices, namely Scopus citations, and PlumX metrics indices (citations, usage, captures, mentions, and social media), with socioeconomic status and burden of preterm birth in SEA countries were analyzed by computing for the correlation coefficient (r) and p-value at an alpha of 0.05.
Thailand had the highest number of publications and the highest count across all bibliometric indices among all countries in SEA. The percent gross domestic product (GDP) per capita allotted for research and development (R & D) had direct correlation with publications and captures while crude birth rates had indirect correlation with publications, citations, and captures. Neonatal mortality had indirect correlation with publications and captures.
Support for research and development is essential to increase research productivity in SEA, which in turn may help in finding solutions to decrease the rate of preterm birth in the region.
本研究旨在评估东南亚国家关于早产的研究产出及其与社会经济特征和疾病负担的相关性。
对Scopus、PubMed、ClinicalTrials.gov和Cochrane数据库中索引的东南亚作者发表的早产相关文献进行系统综述。纳入东南亚研究人员进行的涉及早产病理生理学、诊断、管理和并发症的病例报告、队列研究、对照试验、综述和成本分析研究，排除已发表的给编辑的信件。通过计算相关系数（r）和p值（α = 0.05），分析文献计量指标，即Scopus引用次数和PlumX指标指数（引用、使用、捕获、提及和社交媒体）与东南亚国家社会经济状况和早产负担之间的相关性。
在东南亚所有国家中，泰国的出版物数量最多，且在所有文献计量指标方面的计数最高。人均国内生产总值（GDP）中分配给研发的百分比与出版物数量和捕获量呈直接相关，而粗出生率与出版物数量、引用次数和捕获量呈间接相关。新生儿死亡率与出版物数量和捕获量呈间接相关。
支持研发对于提高东南亚地区的研究产出至关重要，这反过来可能有助于找到降低该地区早产率的解决方案。
