Publication trends of shared decision making in 15 high impact medical journals: a full-text review with bibliometric analysis

Table 2 Characteristics of SDM publications

	No	%
Publication type*
Research publications	465	36.2
Observational study (case report/series, cohort study, case–control study, …)	287	22.3
Interventional study (randomized controlled trial, before-after study, …)	97	7.5
Systematic review with or without meta-analysis	43	3.3
Guideline, consensus publication	38	3.0
Non-research publications	820	63.8
Non-systematic review (narrative, clinical case, debate, …)	379	29.5
Letter, comment, book review	250	19.5
Editorial	145	11.3
Conference publication (abstract, paper, review)	40	3.1
Other (animal study, biology study, government report, unclear study type, combination study design, …)	6	0.5
Topic
Clinical	645	50.2
Gynaecology & Obstetrics (including prenatal testing and other foetal issues)	118	9.2
End-of-life care & Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	114	8.9
Cardiovascular system (including diabetes, CV diseases prevention, CV risks management)	101	7.9
Urology (including prostate issues)	86	6.7
Gastroenterology (including colorectal cancer)	54	4.2
Surgery, Orthopaedics & Rheumatology (including low back pain and osteoporosis)	41	3.2
Psychiatry/Mental Health (including addiction medicine)	28	2.2
Paediatrics & Genetics	26	2.0
Other**	77	6.0
Non-clinical	640	49.8
Medical education^† (including communication skills and medical management)	203	15.8
Decision making (including shared decision making and ethics)	199	15.5
Patient care management^†† (including patient education)	119	9.3
Public health^‡	119	9.3
Publications assessing decision aids	60	4.6
Overall	1285	100.0

*Categories adapted from indexing methods of PubMed, Embase, and bibliometric studies [21–23].
**Other clinical topics: anaesthesiology, complementary and alternative medicines, emergency medicine, endocrinology, ENT, infectious diseases, intensive care, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, pathology, pharmacology, radiology, respiratory system.
^†Education, training programs, and courses in various fields and disciplines in medicine.
^††Generating, planning, organising, and administering medical and nursing care and services for patients.
^‡Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level, including health care delivery and health promotion, e.g. physical activity, smoking management.

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