Bibliometric analysis of the Geriatric care research conducted by family physicians: “Two Decades of Thai Family Physician Impact evaluation (TFPIME) project"
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Bibliometric analysis of the Geriatric care research conducted by family physicians: “Two Decades of Thai Family Physician Impact evaluation (TFPIME) project"
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Background and Objectives: Global population ageing is on the rise, which has an impact on health systems. Thailand is one of the fastest ageing countries in the world. The Royal College of Family Physicians of Thailand includes ‘The care of elderly adult’ in the curriculum of residency training in family medicine in Thailand. This study aims to 1) categorize the included publications into twelve categories based on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in the Training Curriculum for the Certificate of Medical Proficiency in Geriatric Family Medicine, and 2) identify research gaps based on a bibliometric analysis.
Design: A bibliometric analysis
Methods: This study reviewed publications of Thai family physicians on Geriatric care issues. Researchers used the Famscholar database, a platform launched in November 2023 to gather publications from Scopus and Thaijo in 1991-2023.
Results: Of 87 articles from 258 retrieved, eligible 83 were included. Of these, 46 articles (55 percent) and 37 articles (45 percent) were retrieved from Scopus and Thaijo database, respectively. Most articles (62.6 percent) were cross-sectional studies. A majority of studies (43%) focus on areas other than EPAs. Among the studies that do investigate EPAs, the most common focus is on geriatric-specific tools, accounting for 18% of the total. Most of the studies concentrate on dementia and depression, as well as falls and frailty. However, collaborative and intervention studies are relatively rare and often short-term in nature.
Conclusions: Thai family physicians have published an increasing number of research articles on geriatric care. Collaboration and long-term intervention studies remain an interesting topic that deserves further exploration. The Royal College of Family Physicians of Thailand (RCFPT) could play a significant role in promoting this area of research.
Keywords: Geriatric, Entrustable professional activities, Bibliometric analysis, Family physicians, Thailand
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