Tong Lai-Kun, Tam Hon-Lon, Mao Ai-Mei
Research Management and Development Department, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 May 27;13(11):1267. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13111267.
: Person-centered care (PCC) has become a pivotal concept in healthcare. At present, no published studies have assessed the PCC field using bibliometric tools. This study aimed to identify hot spots, trends, and developmental trajectories within the PCC field. : Publications related to PCC from 2010 to 2024 were extracted from the Web of Science core collection database and analyzed by the Bibliometrix package from RStudio. : A total of 5837 studies were analyzed. The analysis revealed steady growth in PCC research, with the United Kingdom, Australia, and the USA leading in publication numbers. Frequent keywords included patient-centered care, PCC, and qualitative research. The thematic shift from patient-centered care to PCC highlights a growing emphasis on individual healthcare needs and values. The evolution of research themes related to PCC has varied across different time periods, with communication, quality improvement, multimorbidity, and chronic disease remaining underdeveloped during 2020-2024, indicating that these themes are key focuses for future research. Emerging keywords over the past five years-value-based healthcare; deep learning; telehealth; and COVID-19-suggest new research directions. : This study provides a detailed overview of the PCC research landscape, highlighting key areas of focus and identifying potential directions for future research. The findings suggest a dynamic field with a growing emphasis on individualized care and the integration of new methodologies and themes to address current healthcare challenges.
以患者为中心的护理（PCC）已成为医疗保健领域的一个关键概念。目前，尚无已发表的研究使用文献计量工具评估PCC领域。本研究旨在确定PCC领域的热点、趋势和发展轨迹。从科学网核心合集数据库中提取了2010年至2024年与PCC相关的出版物，并由RStudio的Bibliometrix软件包进行分析。共分析了5837项研究。分析显示PCC研究稳步增长，英国、澳大利亚和美国在出版物数量上领先。常见关键词包括以患者为中心的护理、PCC和定性研究。从以患者为中心的护理到PCC的主题转变凸显了对个体医疗需求和价值观的日益重视。与PCC相关的研究主题在不同时间段有所不同，2020 - 2024年期间沟通、质量改进、多病共存和慢性病方面的研究仍不充分，表明这些主题是未来研究的重点。过去五年出现的新关键词——基于价值的医疗保健、深度学习、远程医疗和新冠疫情——提示了新的研究方向。本研究详细概述了PCC研究领域，突出了重点关注领域，并确定了未来研究的潜在方向。研究结果表明这是一个充满活力的领域，越来越重视个性化护理以及整合新方法和主题以应对当前医疗保健挑战。
