A Bibliometric Analysis of the Association Between Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Resilience From 2008 to 2021

Identificador:  imarina:9269885

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9269885

Autors:  Yi, Li-Juan; Liu, Yi; Tang, Ling; Cheng, Liang; Wang, Guo-Hao; Hu, Su-Wen; Liu, Xiao-Ling; Tian, Xu; Jimenez-Herrera, Maria F

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<jats:sec><jats:title>Aims</jats:title><jats:p>A negative association between the lower level of psychological resilience (PR) and increased risk of compassion fatigue (CF) and higher Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stress has been revealed. However, bibliometric studies have not been performed to comprehensively investigate this topic. This study aimed to identify the status and trends in the CF and PR field from 2008 to 2021 and during the COVID-19 pandemic.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We identified relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection<jats:sup>®</jats:sup> database using “resilience” and “compassion fatigue” on September 30, 2021. All search results were exported in plain text format for collaboration network analysis, reference-based co-citation analysis, analysis of journals, and keywords-based co-occurrence analysis, which were performed using Citespace<jats:sup>®</jats:sup> 5.8.R1.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>A total of 388 publications were identified finally, and there has been an increasing trend in the annual number of publications with light fluctuations. The analysis of journals and keywords indicated that nurses and social workers are the main research targets, and their mental problems are the main research topics. The turnover intention of health care providers has been a research focus, particularly during the COVID-19.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>The results of the present study help us understand the status of the CF and PR field and its recent developments.</jats:p></jats:sec>