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Table 4 Characteristics of the most-cited palliative oncology studies published in 1995–2005 and 2006–2016

From: Characteristics and impact of the most-cited palliative oncology studies from 1995 to 2016

 

1995–2005

2006–2016

Relative Change

Absolute Change

Cancer Type

 brain

0

4

 

4

 colon

3

2

0.67

−1

 lung

9

10

1.11

1

 mixed

89

86

0.97

−3

 prostate

1

0

 

−1

Study Topic

 access to care

6

15

2.50

9

 cost

1

3

3.00

2

 delirium

3

1

0.33

−2

 dementia

1

0

0.00

−1

 end-of-life discussions

4

9

2.25

5

 physician-assisted death

2

0

0.00

−2

 frailty

2

1

0.50

−1

 integrative medicine

1

2

2.00

1

 pain

10

6

0.60

−4

 place of death

9

8

0.89

−1

 prognosis

14

3

0.21

−11

 psychiatric symptoms

8

9

1.13

1

 psychosocial

19

23

1.21

4

 quality of life

9

10

1.11

1

 racial/ethnic disparities

3

3

1.00

0

 religion/spirituality

1

11

11.00

10

 symptoms

20

12

0.60

−8

 healthcare utilization

4

15

3.75

11

Study Population

 adult patients

67

75

1.12

8

 caregivers

22

19

0.86

−3

 countries

0

1

 

1

 geriatric patients

6

2

0.33

−4

 hospitals

0

4

 

4

 pediatric patients

3

4

1.33

1

 physicians

13

11

0.85

−2

 nurses

2

2

1.00

0

 Study Design

 cross-sectional

35

34

0.97

−1

 prospective cohort

38

28

0.74

−10

 randomized control trial

7

16

2.29

9

 retrospective cohort

20

22

1.10

2

Data Collection Method

 chart review

5

11

2.20

6

 clinical

32

23

0.72

−9

 database

11

16

1.45

5

 interview

24

25

1.04

1

 survey

31

34

1.10

3