Aims: To explore the intellectual landscape of care-giving studies and identify research trends and hotspots in this field. Design: A bibliometric and scientometric analysis of care-giving literature was undertaken from January-February 2020. Methods: CiteSpace was used to analyse research published between 1900-2019. A references-based co-citation analysis was used to identify the intellectual landscape of care-giving research. A keywords-based co-occurrence analysis with citation bursts was used to explore research hotspots and frontiers. Lastly, a co-authorship network analysis was used to identify cooperation among authors, countries, and institutions. Results: There has been an increasing trend in the number of publications on caregiving research with light fluctuations. Relevant literature mainly focused on the fields of oncology and psychiatry. The keywords-based analysis indicated that the main research targets had previously been informal caregivers of patients with stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia. In recent years, focus has shifted onto informal caregivers of patients with cancer, heart failure, and those at end-of-life. Conclusion: This bibliometric and scientometric analysis helps us understand the current state of caregiver research and its recent developments. Impact: • Caregivers' mental health and care experience have become research hotspots. Where and on whom will the research have an impact?: • This research allows the development of future research on care-giving. • Future researchers should explore effective interventions for the health of patient-caregiver dyads.
Background Medical students are supposed to utilize critical thinking (CT) to resolve problems in healthcare settings. And the complex clinical environment requires effective collaboration and communication. Students with higher emotional intelligence (EI) are more sensitive and can cope with the interpersonal communication better. Conflict is also inevitable in the medical workplace. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of CT, EI and conflict management modes (CMM) of the medical undergraduates, explore the correlation between CT and EI, CMM, and provide a theoretical evidence basis for the medical education. Methods A cross-sectional study of medical students from Jilin University was conducted using a questionnaire containing three parts: Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Chinese Version (CTDI-CV), Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROCI-II). Demographic data relating to gender, grade and specialty were also collected. Data was analysed using T-tests, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Results A total of 282 (95.39% response rate) medical undergraduates participated in this study. Students had a positive level of CT (Mean (SD) =281.12(27.40)). There was a positive correlation between the overall CT skills and the overall EI competencies (P < 0.01). For each dimension of ROCI-II, the total CTDI-CV score was significantly positively associated with integration and compromise scores (p < 0.01), significantly negatively associated with domination and compliance scores (p < 0.01) but not with avoidance score. The integration, perceived mood, compliance, dominance, and self-emotional regulation were good predictors of overall CT (adjusted R2 = 0.355). Conclusions Our findings showed medical undergraduates’ CT had significant correlations with EI and CMM. In other words, it was possible that the development of EI and conflict management skills might improve medical students’ CT. Therefore, further study is needed to uncover how educators can effectively foster EI and conflict management abilities to enhance the level of CT. The trial registration number (TRN) ChiCTR1800015784 Date of registration 2018/04/20 Keywords Critical thinking, Emotional intelligence, Conflict management modes, Medical undergraduates
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