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 |