Citation

Cheng WF, Shen ZA, Zhao DX, Li DW, Shang YR. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2017; 33(4): 233-237.

Affiliation

Burns Institute, the First Hospital Affiliated to the PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Zhonghua yi xue hui)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

28427137

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the current status of epidemiological study of burns in China, and to explore the related strategies. Methods: Retrospective or cross-sectional scientific articles in Chinese or English on epidemiological study of burns in China published from January 2005 to December 2015 were systemically retrieved from 4 databases. The databases include PubMed, Embase, China Biology Medicine disc, and Chinese Journals Full-text Database. From the results retrieved, data with regard to publication year, journal distribution, number of institutions participated in the study, affiliation of the first author and its location, and admission time span and age of patients in all the scientific articles were collected. Furthermore, the definition of age range and the grouping method of age of pediatric patients in English articles on epidemiological study of pediatric burns of China were recorded. Data were processed with descriptive statistical analysis. Results: A total of 256 scientific articles conforming to the study criteria were retrieved, among which 214 (83.59%) articles were in Chinese, and 42 (16.41%) articles were in English; 242 (94.53%) articles were retrospective studies, and 14 (5.47%) articles were cross-sectional studies. During the 11 years, the number of the relevant articles was fluctuant on the whole. The scientific articles were published in 130 journals, with 42 English articles in source journals for SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED-JOURNAL LIST, accounting for 16.41%, and 116 Chinese articles in Source Journal for Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers, accounting for 45.31%. Totally 215 (83.98%) articles were single-center studies, and 29 (11.33%) articles were multicenter studies which were conducted by three or more centers. The number of affiliations of the first author of articles was 161 in total. The top 10 institutions regarding the article publishing number published 58 articles, accounting for 22.66%. Scientific articles on epidemiological study of burns were retrieved with location of affiliation of the first author in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government in Mainland China, and also in Taiwan Province and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, among which Shanghai ranked first with 24 (9.38%) articles published. The admission time span of patients in the articles ranged from 3 months to 47 years, with 120 (46.87%) articles from 3 months to 5 years, 79 (30.86%) articles from 6 to 10 years, and 57 (22.27%) articles more than 10 years, respectively. Regarding the age of patients in the study, 123 articles were on epidemiological study of pediatric burns, and 16 articles on epidemiological study of elderly burns, accounting for 48.05% and 6.25%, respectively. Further analysis of articles on epidemiological study of pediatric burns in English showed that there was no standard definition of age range or unified grouping method of age for pediatric burn patients. Conclusions: The epidemiological study of burns in China has been carried out nationwide, but the number of institutions conducted relevant study is not that much, and multicenter epidemiological studies remain scanty. The quality of the articles needs to be further improved. The epidemiological study of elderly burns is relatively deficient and calls for more attention. The epidemiological study of burns in China lacks regularity or continuity in time scope. There is an urgent need for the guideline on classification method for items of epidemiological study of burns in China so as to standardize the related research.

Language: zh

Vernacular Abstract

目的： 分析我国烧伤流行病学研究现状并探讨相关策略。 方法： 检索《PubMed》《Embase》《中国生物医学文献数据库》《中国期刊全文数据库》收录的、2005年1月--2015年12月发表的有关我国烧伤流行病学的中英文回顾性、横断面研究文献。统计所有文献发表年份、期刊分布、参与研究单位数、第1作者单位及其所在地、研究对象收治时间跨度及年龄，另对我国小儿烧伤流行病学研究英文文献中小儿年龄范围的限定、年龄分组方法进行统计。对数据进行描述性统计分析。 结果： 共检索出符合入选标准的文献256篇，其中中文文献214篇，占83.59%；英文文献42篇，占16.41%。回顾性研究242篇，占94.53%；横断面研究14篇，占5.47%。11年间发表文献数总体较为波动。文献发表在130种期刊中，其中42篇英文文献发表在《科学引文索引扩展版收录期刊》中，占16.41%；116篇中文文献发表在《中国科技论文统计源期刊》中，占45.31%。单中心研究文献215篇，占83.98%；由3家及以上单位参与进行的多中心研究仅29篇，占11.33%。文献第1作者单位共161家，其中发表文献数居前10位的单位共发表文献58篇，占22.66%。我国大陆地区31个省、自治区、直辖市以及台湾省、香港特别行政区都有烧伤流行病学研究文献发表，其中上海市最多，共24篇，占9.38%。文献研究对象收治时间跨度为3个月～47年，其中3个月～5年的文献120篇，占46.87%；6～10年的文献79篇，占30.86%；大于10年的文献57篇，占22.27%。按文献研究对象年龄划分，123篇文献为小儿烧伤流行病学研究，占48.05%；仅16篇为老年烧伤流行病学研究，占6.25%。11篇小儿烧伤流行病学研究英文文献对小儿年龄范围没有一致的限定标准，对患儿年龄的分组也无统一方法。 结论： 我国烧伤流行病学研究已在全国普遍开展，但组织相关研究单位不够多且多中心研究较少；文献质量有待进一步提升；老年烧伤流行病学研究相对缺乏，重视不够；烧伤流行病学研究在时间上缺乏规律性或连续性。亟待制订统一的烧伤流行病学研究项目的划分方法，以规范相关研究的开展。.

Language: zh

Keywords

Bibliometrics; Burns; Epidemiology