TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive categorical and bibliometric analysis of published research articles on pediatric pain from 1975-2010
AU - Caes, Line
AU - Boerner, Katelynn
AU - Chambers, Christine
AU - M, Campbell-Yeo
AU - Stinson, Jennifer
AU - Birnie, Katherine
AU - Parker, Jennifer
AU - Huguet, Anna
AU - Jordan, Abbie
AU - MacLaren Chorney, Jill
AU - Schinkel, Meghan
AU - Dol, Justine
PY - 2016/2
Y1 - 2016/2
N2 - The field of pediatric pain research began in the mid-1970's and has undergone significant growth and development in recent years as evidenced by the variety of books, conferences, and journals on the topic as well as the number of disciplines engaged in work in this area. Using categorical and bibliometric meta-trend analysis, the current study offers a synthesis of research on pediatric pain published between 1975 and 2010 in peer-reviewed journals. Abstracts from 4256 articles, retrieved from Web of Science, were coded across four categories: article type, article topic, type and age of participants, and pain stimulus. The affiliation of the first author and number of citations were also gathered. The results suggest a significant increase in the number of publications over the time period investigated, with 96% of the included articles published since 1990 and most research being multi-authored publications in pain- focused journals. First authors were most often from the United States, and affiliated with a medical department. The majority of studies were original research articles; the most frequent topics were pain characterization (39.86%), pain intervention (37.49%), and pain assessment (25.00%). Clinical samples were most frequent, with participants most often characterized as children (6-12 years) or adolescents (13-18 years) experiencing chronic or acute pain. The findings provide a comprehensive overview of contributions in the field of pediatric pain research over 35 years and offers recommendations for future research in the area.
AB - The field of pediatric pain research began in the mid-1970's and has undergone significant growth and development in recent years as evidenced by the variety of books, conferences, and journals on the topic as well as the number of disciplines engaged in work in this area. Using categorical and bibliometric meta-trend analysis, the current study offers a synthesis of research on pediatric pain published between 1975 and 2010 in peer-reviewed journals. Abstracts from 4256 articles, retrieved from Web of Science, were coded across four categories: article type, article topic, type and age of participants, and pain stimulus. The affiliation of the first author and number of citations were also gathered. The results suggest a significant increase in the number of publications over the time period investigated, with 96% of the included articles published since 1990 and most research being multi-authored publications in pain- focused journals. First authors were most often from the United States, and affiliated with a medical department. The majority of studies were original research articles; the most frequent topics were pain characterization (39.86%), pain intervention (37.49%), and pain assessment (25.00%). Clinical samples were most frequent, with participants most often characterized as children (6-12 years) or adolescents (13-18 years) experiencing chronic or acute pain. The findings provide a comprehensive overview of contributions in the field of pediatric pain research over 35 years and offers recommendations for future research in the area.
KW - pediatric pain
KW - review
KW - bibliometric analysis
KW - meta-trend analysis
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000403
U2 - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000403
DO - 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000403
M3 - Article
SN - 0304-3959
VL - 157
SP - 302
EP - 313
JO - Pain
JF - Pain
IS - 2
ER -