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. 2024 Nov 15;103(46):e40405.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000040405.

Research focus and emerging trends of cancer-related fatigue in nursing arena: A bibliometric analysis from 2012 to 2021

Rong Zheng  1   2 , Xi Chen  1 , Xiuzhi Xu  3 , Yongxia Song  1 , Xiaodi Ju  1 , Wenru Wang  4 , Jingfang Hong  1
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Research focus and emerging trends of cancer-related fatigue in nursing arena: A bibliometric analysis from 2012 to 2021

Rong Zheng et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

Abstract

Background: To explore distributed characteristics and identify research focus and emerging trends related to cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in the nursing field.

Methods: Data were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection database between January 2012 and December 2021 using an advanced search strategy. Data were extracted and analyzed using CiteSpace and Microsoft Excel.

Results: A total of 967 articles were included in this study. The number of published nursing studies on CRF has increased with slight fluctuations. Keyword co-occurrence analysis and timeline view indicated that CRF is closely related to quality of life, and there is a correlation between CRF and other symptoms. Moreover, increasing attention has been paid to CRF nursing interventions. The assessment tools and their different language versions, risk factors and reviews of CRF were the research frontiers in recent years with citation bursts.

Conclusions: In the field of nursing, the focus of CRF research is still on risk factors, adverse outcomes and nursing management. Assessment tools will continue to be developed and additional risk factors will be studied in the future.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Number of cancer-related fatigue nursing research in Web of Science from 2012 and 2021.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Research countries/regions in Web of Science from 2012 to 2021. Note: The size of a circle is proportional to the number of articles published in a country/region. The color of rings of a circle is corresponding to the year. The purple rings of circle indicate high betweenness centralities. The links between nodes represent cooperation between countries/regions.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Research institutions in Web of Science from 2012 to 2021. Note: The size of a circle is proportional to the number of articles published in an institution. The color of rings of a circle is corresponding to the year. The purple rings of circle indicate high betweenness centralities. The links between nodes represent cooperation between institutions.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Keywords of cancer-related fatigue nursing research from 2012 to 2021. Note: The larger the font size of keywords, the more frequently they appear in the literature.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Keywords timeline view of cancer-related fatigue nursing research from 2012 to 2021. Note: Q, Modularity. When Q is >0.3, it indicates that the cluster structure is stable. S, Silhouette. When S is greater than 0.5, it indicates that the cluster is reasonable.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Keywords with strongest citation bursts of cancer-related fatigue nursing research from 2012 to 2021. Note: The occurrence periods of burst keywords are shown in red.
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