Focuses and trends of the studies on pediatric palliative care:A bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2018
Pediatrics; Communication; Parents; Neoplasms; Bibliometrics; Hospice and palliative care nursing; Decision making; Professional-family relations
Objectives: To investigate the focuses and trends of the studies on pediatric palliative care (PPC) and provide directions for future research. Method(s): Relevant papers about PPC published from 2004 to 2018 were analyzed using bibliometric analysis methods, including co-word analysis, biclustering analysis, and strategic diagram analysis. The included papers were divided into three groups based on the publication time, including 2004-2008, 2009-2013, and 2014-2018. Result(s): A total of 1132 papers were published between 2004 and 2018, and there were 293 papers published between 2004 and 2008, 396 between 2009 and 2013, and 443 between 2014 and 2018. There were 42 high-frequency MeSH terms/MeSH subheadings in papers published between 2004 and 2018, including 12 between 2004 and 2008, 13 between 2009 and 2013, and 17 between 2014 and 2018. Conclusion(s): Studies on PPC were making progress, with the increasing number, expanding scope, and uneven global distribution. Integration palliative care into pediatrics, cancer treatments in pediatric oncology, education methods on PPC, and establishment of professional teams were the major themes during 2004-2008, then the themes changed into establishing interventions to enhance the quality of life of the patients and parents, building professional-family relationship, and investigating attitude of health personnel in PPC during 2009-2013 and subsequently turned into communication skills, end-of-life decision making, and guidelines making on PPC during 2014-2018. Underdeveloped and protential themes including effective approaches to deal with the ethical dilemmas, training programs on communication skills, family support and guideline making are worth studying in the future. Copyright © 2020 The authors
Zhang M; Li X
International Journal of Nursing Sciences
2021
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.11.005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.11.005</a>
Social support and prolonged grief disorder symptoms in parents who lost their only child from urban and rural China
Parents; Grief; social support; China; Social Support; Symptoms; International Classification of Diseases; Only Children; parents who lost their only child (shiduers); prolonged grief disorder (PGD); Rural Environments; urban/rural area
Objective: The one-child policy has existed in China for more than 30 years. It brought benefits to the country's economic development and reduced the magnitude of the population within a short period. However, it has led to the emergence of a significant number of parents who have lost their only child, referred to as shiduers (失独者). This study explored the symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) among shiduers and their relationship with the social support shiduers received after they lost the child, specifically accounting for the disparity between rural and urban areas. Method: In total, 405 participants were recruited with a mean age of 60.37 years (SD = 7.78). Around 68.75% were female, and 58.66% were urban shiduers. They were asked to complete a series of self-reported questionnaires, including demographic information, the Social Support Rate Scale, and the Prolonged Grief-13. Results: First, 29.63% of the participants (N = 120) fulfilled the International Classification of Diseases (11th rev.) diagnostic criteria for PGD symptoms; second, PGD symptoms of shiduers were negatively related to social support, including objective support, subjective support, and the availability of support; and third, urban/rural location moderated the effect of objective support on the PGD symptoms of shiduers, but not the effect of subjective support on PGD symptoms. Furthermore, the simple-slope tests indicated that the shiduers in rural areas benefited most from objective support. Conclusions: The present results revealed high rates of PGD symptoms in Chinese shiduers, and our findings highlight the important role of urban/rural location in the relationship between social support and PGD symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) This study could help government leaders and primary health care workers to create targeted programs for shiduers in the future, especially those living in rural areas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Song C; Fu Z; Li W; Yu Y; Ma J; Li X; Wang J
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
2023
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001116" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1037/tra0001116</a>