International Journal of Behavioral Sciences

International Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Chronic Pain Trends in Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of a Psycho-Medical Factor

Document Type : Review Article

Authors
Mohsen Arefian 1
Seyedeh-Zahra Mousavi 2
1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Jahrom University, Fars, Iran
2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran
10.30491/ijbs.2024.457849.2121
Abstract
Introduction: Research in the field of chronic pain in breast cancer has increased during the past 50 years. However, no bibliometric research has been conducted in this regard. Thus, the present research was performed to determine chronic pain trends in breast cancer.
Method: This study focused on research about chronic pain in breast cancer, from 1971 to August 2022 from Scopus. For this purpose, 495 documents were selected through PRISMA protocol. Functional and network analysis were performed by R studio and vosviewer software, respectively.
Results: Based on findings of this study, the most effective article was Guh (2009), the most effective author was Kehlet, and the most impressive country, university, and journal were the United States, University of California, and Journal of Pain, respectively. Additionally, “breast cancer” and “chronic pain” were the most frequent keywords; and psychological keywords such as “quality of life”, “anxiety” and “depression” were among the most frequent keywords, indicating the relationship between psychological factors with this field.
Conclusion: The results can pave the way for future researchers to choose appropriate keywords, appropriate journals to submit their research, collaborate with impressive researchers, universities and countries, and find important documents to read this field’s literature.
Keywords
Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis
Beast Cancer
Chronic Pain
Science Mapping Analysis
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International Journal of Behavioral Sciences
Volume 18, Issue 3
Autumn 2024
Pages 158-165