ObjectiveTo analyze the research status of mini-clinical evaluation exercise (Mini-CEX) in medical and nursing education in the mainland of China, so as to provide a basis for optimizing medical and nursing teaching evaluation tools and promoting the reform of medical and nursing personnel training mode.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Wanfang, CQVIP, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and China Biomedical Literature Database were searched. The key words were “mini-clinical evaluation exercise” or “mini-CEX” or “CEX” or “mini clinical exercise evaluation”. The languages were limited to Chinese and English. The address of the first author was in the mainland of China. The retrieval time was from the establishment of the databases to December 31st, 2020. The literature was analyzed bibliometrically after screening and duplicate removal.ResultsA total of 536 articles were included for analysis and summary. The articles originated from 28 provincial-level administrative divisions in China, among which Shanghai, Xinjiang, Guangxi, Liaoning, and Guangdong were the top five in terms of the number of papers published. The annual number of papers published exceeded 60 in 2017, and reached 112 in 2019 and 113 in 2020, respectively. A total of 397 hospitals and universities contributed to the literature, among which 49 institutions published more than 2 papers. The maximum number of articles published by a same author was 5. There were 530 journal papers published in 169 journals. Only 228 articles (42.54%) were supported by funds, and the research type was mainly experimental and quasi experimental research (56.71%). Under the key words co-occurrence network analysis, a total of 321 nodes and 1 013 connections were obtained, with an average of 3.21 connections per node. In addition to “mini-CEX” and “mini-clinical exercise evaluation”, the most prominent research directions were “clinical teaching” “standardized training” “resident” “scenario simulation” and “clinical ability”.ConclusionsThe number of mini-CEX-related medical and nursing articles is increasing year by year, but the distribution of research areas and institutions is uneven, the research quality needs to be improved, the application scope and research types need to be enriched, and the research content needs to be expanded. In the future, teachers and research teams of medical colleges and universities should be mobilized to apply Mini-CEX teaching method to the cultivation of medical and nursing talents in a whole and continuous way, so as to further standardize the localization application of mini-CEX in the mainland of China, and promote the in-depth development of formative evaluation of medical education.
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical research development of dementia in the UK Biobank database in SCIE and PubMed. MethodsThe literatures of dementia in the UK Biobank database published in SCIE and PubMed from January 1, 2018 to November 30, 2022 were searched, and the number of articles, publishing institutions, journals, citations, authors and keywords were statistically analyzed. ResultsA total of 279 papers were included, and the number of papers presented an annual growth trend. The United Kingdom has the largest number of publications, the United States journals have the greatest influence, and China has the third largest number of publications. Springer Nature from Germany published the most papers, with the largest number of 47 papers. Among the authors, Yu JT from China published the most, with 11 articles, and the most major keyword in the research content is Alzheimer. ConclusionThe literatures of dementia in the UK Biobank-related field included in SCIE and PubMed databases show an increasing trend year by year, mainly in English, and the core author group has not yet formed. The papers published by Chinese scholars are concentrated in 2020-2022, and there are few transnational cooperative papers.
Objective To investigate the development of biofilm research over the last 10 years in China based on a bibliometric approach. Methods We searched PubMed (1997 to 2007), China Hospital Knowledge Database (1997 to 2007), and VIP Chinese Journal Database (1997 to 2007). Quality assessment and data collection were performed by two reviewers independently. The amount of literature, research institutions, financial assistance, and contents of biofilm research were analyzed. Results A total of 240 Chinese papers were included. Colleges were the leading research institutions in China, and most of research focused on pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococci, primarily based on in vitro models. Available antibiotics were the main measures for biofilm control. Only 4 RCTs with a C grade in terms of methodological quality were included. Conclusion Biofilm research in China can keep pace with the international development, but its integration with engineering, material science and immunology needs to be strengthened.
ObjectiveTo analyze the research status and hot spots of health technology assessment (HTA). MethodsDatabases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and PubMed were searched to collect published studies on HTA. The software of BICOMS-2 and VOSviewer 1.6.10 was used to draw the network diagram and to conduct cluster analysis of keywords. ResultsA total of 1170 studies in Chinese and 8584 studies in English were included. The number of HTA-related publications increased annually, among which countries with the most publications were the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Fudan University had the largest number of studies published in Chinese and York University had the largest number of studies published in English. The research topics mainly focused on hospital HTA, HTA decision transformation research, pharmacoeconomic evaluation, etc. The most frequent diseases were cancer and depression. Emerging keywords were real-word evidence, randomized controlled trials, cost-benefit analysis, etc. ConclusionHTA-related studies increase annually. Many HTA-related studies are performed in developed countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. The relevant research topics involve hospital HTA, HTA decision-making transformation research, and pharmacoeconomic evaluation. Current research focus is on the evaluation of health economics in the field of cancer based on the evidence of real-world research and randomized controlled trials.
Objective To analyze the research status and development trend of evidence-based social sciences, and to explore the synergistic relationship among branches of various fields. Methods A comprehensive search for research related to evidence-based social sciences published between the establishment of the database and September 2022 was conducted on the Web of Science, China Science Citation Database (CSCD), and Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI). The VOSviewer software was used to analyze the author and keywords and to perform the visualization. Results A total of 6 969 papers were included, 195 of which were in Chinese. The first paper, published in 1995, was on evidence-based management. The number of papers published on evidence-based social science research presented a trend of increasing continuously. The country with the most papers published was the United States; the institution outside China with the most papers published was McMaster University; and the institution in China with the most papers published was Sichuan University. The analysis of keywords showed that evidence-based policy, evidence-based practice, evidence-based management, and evidence-based decision-making appeared more frequently; research questions focused on evidence-based health policy development, application of big data in the context of COVID-19, evidence of climate change-induced disease, and real world research. Conclusion All the fields of evidence-based social sciences are closely related to each other in terms of research content and methods, and it presents a multi-level and multi-field crossover with evidence-based medicine. However, evidence-based social sciences in China are still in their infancy. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the methodological system of evidence-based social sciences, enrich the research content of social sciences, speed up the filling of evidence gaps in various fields, and promote the improvement and sustainable development of evidence-based social sciences.
ObjectiveTo investigate researches on inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor between 2010 and 2014 year and to provide reference information for the majority of professionals in deep research. MethodsBibliographies from research literature of inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor between 2010 and 2014 year in PubMed database were downloaded, the publication year, journals, countries of publication, the first authors and the frequency of major topic headings were counted by Bicomb 2.0 software. The affiliations were analyzed artificially. Major topic headings appeared no less than three times were intercepted as high frequency terms and high frequency. Major topic headings co-occurrence matrix were formed. SPSS 22.0 statistical software was applied for clustering analysis with matrix, then to get the topic hotspots. ResultsA total of 62 literatures were screened out. The data of research trend, journals, research degree of different countries were acquired. The number of high frequency major topic headings was 12 and among which 4 research hotspots were clustered. ConclusionResearches on inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor are mainly in terms of pathology, diagnosis and treatment, etiology, and immunoassay.
Objective To investigate the current status of systematic reviews/meta-analyses published by pharmacists in hospital in China by using bibliometric analysis and assessing the methodological quality of these studies. Methods The literatures were searched from CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, CBM, CMCI, PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 2, 2016) from the establishment to March 17th, 2016. According to the inclusive and exclusive criteria, the authors independently screened literature and extracted the data. Methodology quality and reporting quality were evaluated by using AMSTAR tool and PRIMSA statement. Data analysis was conducted by using Excel 2013 and SPSS 20.0 software. Results A total of 1 018 systematic reviews/meta-analyses were included of which 871 were published in Chinese and 147 were in English. The published literature increased year by year, as well as the reporting quality and methodological quality. All of the included studies were published in 146 Chinese journals and 97 English journals. The authors were from 308 hospitals of 27 provinces. Drug effectiveness and drug safety were mainly assessed, and western medicine was the main category. Most of these studies were focused on anti-tummor drugs. Conclusion Evidenced-based drug evaluation by hospital pharmacists in China is rapidly increasing as well as the methodological quality and reporting quality, however, the development is unbalanced in China, and evidence-based medicine should be further promoted in the field of hospital pharmacy.
Objective To investigate the health technology assessment reports, analyze publication characteristics and report quality, and explore hot topics in health technology assessment. Methods Web of Science and CNKI databases were searched to collect complete health technology assessment reports from inception to January 2023. SPSS 26.0 software was used to analyze the publication journals, countries, number of authors, assessment types and assessment contents of the assessment reports. The report quality was assessed based on International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) report criteria (2007 edition). VOSviewer 1.6.11 was used to analyze keywords clustering. Results A total of 216 papers were included, with 158 published by Chinese authors, and a rapid growth trend in the number of reports over past four years. The rate of reports on health technology social adaptability assessment was only 17.13%. Among the Chinese reports, 25 were general health technology assessments, 35 were rapid assessments, and 3 were mini assessments. Among the English reports, 4 were rapid assessments, and 54 were regular healthcare technology assessments. For the 14 items in the INAHTA reporting criteria, the reporting rates were high for the brief summary (98.61%), problem description (94.91%), and results discussion entries (97.69%). However, the reporting rates were low for criteria such as personnel responsibilities, conflict of interest statements, and peer review statements, at 31.94%, 19.44%, and 3.24% respectively. English literature generally exhibited higher report quality. Conclusion In recent years, the volume of health technology assessment reports in China has been increasing, with developments in assessment types and application fields. However, there are also problems with standardization of reporting.
With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, great progress has been made in the application of AI in the medical field. While foreign journals have published a large number of papers on the application of AI in epilepsy, there is a dearth of studies within domestic journals. In order to understand the global research progress and development trend of AI applications in epilepsy, a total of 895 papers on AI applications in epilepsy included in the Web of Science Core Collection and published before December 31, 2022 were selected as the research objects. The annual number of papers and their cited times, the most published authors, institutions and countries, and their cooperative relationships were analyzed, and the research hotspots and future trends in this field were explored by using bibliometrics and other methods. The results showed that before 2016, the annual number of papers on the application of AI in epilepsy increased slowly, and after 2017, the number of publications increased rapidly. The United States had the largest number of papers (n=273), followed by China (n=195). The institution with the largest number of papers was the University of London (n=36), and Capital Medical University in China had 23 papers. The author with the most published papers was Gregory Worrell (n=14), and the scholar with the most published articles in China was Guo Jiayan from Xiamen University (n=7). The application of machine learning in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy is an early research focus in this field, while the seizure prediction model based on EEG feature extraction, deep learning especially convolutional neural network application in epilepsy diagnosis, and cloud computing application in epilepsy healthcare, are the current research priorities in this field. AI-based EEG feature extraction, the application of deep learning in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, and the Internet of things to solve epilepsy health-related problems are the research aims of this field in the future.
ObjectiveTo investigate researches on pancreatic neoplasms and molecular imaging in recent five years and provide reference information for the majority of professionals in deep research. MethodsBibliographies from research literature of pancreatic neoplasms and molecular imaging in recent five years in PubMed database were downloaded. The publication years, journals, countries of publication, the first authors and the frequency of MJMEs were counted by Bicomb 2.0 software. The affiliations were analyzed artificially. MJMEs appeared no less than two times were intercepted as high frequency ones and the high frequency MJMEs co-occurrence matrix were formed. SPSS 22.0 statistical software were applied for clustering analysis with matrix, then to get the topic hotspots. ResultsA total of 28 literatures were screened out. The data of research trend, journals, research degree of countries were acquired. The number of high frequency MJMEs were 20 and among which 5 research hotspots were clustered. ConclusionsResearches on pancreatic neoplasms and molecular imaging are mainly in terms of therapy and genetics, diagnosis and metabolism, radionuclide imaging, pharmacology and pathology.