Research Trends on Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2011 to 2020

Abstract

Background and ObjectiveA mounting body of evidence suggests that lung function may deteriorate over time with the development of chronic lung diseases (CRDs). Pulmonary rehabilitation has been proved to improve exercise capacity and quality of life in individuals with CRDs. However, PR remains grossly underutilized all around the world. This study aimed to analyze the research trends on PR over the past 10 years.MethodsThe publications related to pulmonary rehabilitation in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) from 2011 to 2020 were searched. VOSviewer (1.6.15) and CiteSpace Software (5.5.R2) were used to analyze authors and co-cited authors, countries and institutions, journals and co-cited journals, co-cited references, and keywords.ResultsA total of 4,521 publications were retrieved between 2011 and 2020, and the number of annual publications on pulmonary rehabilitation has shown an overall upward trend in the past decade. The USA was the most productive country, the University of Toronto from Canada was both the first in publications and citations. Spruit MA was both the most productive author and the one with the highest number of co-citations. The first productive journal was the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, while the first co-cited journal was the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The hot keywords were grouped into three clusters, while “Asthma” and “Respiratory society statement” were determined as the frontier topics.ConclusionsThe present study successfully revealed the research status and development trends of pulmonary rehabilitation from 2011 to 2020 by using bibliometric analysis, which may help researchers explore and discover new research directions in the future.

Impacto de um programa de reabilitação pulmonar em pacientes com doenças pulmonares crônicas em um centro de atenção terciária

“…Mesmo em países desenvolvidos, apenas <1,2% dos pacientes com DPOC têm acesso a um PRP. Desde a publicação da primeira declaração sobre RP pela ATS/ERS em 2006, diversos grupos acadêmicos têm recomendado a inclusão de pacientes pneumopatas crônicos em PRPs, incluindo a Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT) no manejo da bronquiectasia não fibrocística (Li & Chen, 2022;Pereira et al, 2019;Rochester et al, 2015).…”

“…Nos últimos anos a RP tem ganhado maior visibilidade na comunidade científica, como demonstrado por uma análise bibliométrica que evidenciou aumento notável da literatura referente ao tema entre 2019 e 2020 em comparação com períodos anteriores (Li & Chen, 2022). Provavelmente tal atenção está relacionada ao impacto da pandemia de COVID-19, responsável por uma carga de morbidade em pacientes sobreviventes que permaneceram sequelas da doença e podem obter benefício da RP na melhora da fadiga e dispneia (Kołodziej et al, 2021).…”

Editorial: Women in science: Pulmonary rehabilitation

“…This is also visible in the Assembly's early career member category (less than 40 years of age), where women (68%) are also more represented. This increasing representativeness of the female gender is also seen in leadership roles, as five out of 10 (50%) most influenceable researchers (based on the number of publications in the last decade) in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) are female ( 3 ). The current topic on “Women in Science: Pulmonary Rehabilitation” celebrates the increasing representativeness and leadership of females in this research area.…”