Camoni, Nicole; Cirio, Silvia; Salerno, Claudia; Balian, Araxi; Bruni, Giulia; D'Avola, Valeria; Cagetti, Maria Grazia (2022). COVID-19 Pandemic and Remote Consultations in Children: A Bibliometric Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(16) MDPI 10.3390/ijerph19169787
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Telemedicine is becoming a standard method of consultation, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased its need. Telemedicine is suitable for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the pediatric population, as these are chronic conditions that affect many children worldwide. The aim of this study was to analyze the bibliometric parameters of publications on the use of telemedicine for the most common NCDs in children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the electronic search, 585 records were selected. "Metabolic diseases" was the most frequent topic before and after the pandemic, accounting for 34.76% in 2017-2019 and 33.97% in 2020-2022. The average IF of the journals from which records were retrieved was 5.46 ± 4.62 before and 4.58 ± 2.82 after the pandemic, with no significant variation. The number of citations per reference averaged 14.71 ± 17.16 in 2017-2019 (95% CI: 12.07; 17.36) and 5.54 ± 13.71 in 2020-2022 (95% CI: 4.23; 6.86). Asthma, metabolic diseases, and neurodevelopmental disorders were the most explored topics. A relevant finding concerns the increasing number of observational studies after the pandemic, with a reduction of the interventional studies. The latter type of study should be recommended as it can increase the evaluation of new strategies for the management of NCDs.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Camoni, Nicole |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1660-4601 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
29 Aug 2022 15:17 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:23 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph19169787 |
PubMed ID: |
36011421 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
bibliometric analysis non-communicable diseases pediatrics telemedicine |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/172421 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172421 |
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