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. 2024 Jul 25;10(15):e35185.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35185. eCollection 2024 Aug 15.

Potential vicious cycle between postoperative pain and sleep disorders: A bibliometric analysis

Wenjie Xu  1 , Yuxiang Zheng  1 , Zizheng Suo  1 , Yafan Yang  1 , Jing Yang  2 , Qing Wang  1 , Bowen Zhou  1 , Cheng Ni  1
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Potential vicious cycle between postoperative pain and sleep disorders: A bibliometric analysis

Wenjie Xu et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Background: Surgical pain affects postoperative sleep quality, and they jointly form a vicious cycle of mutual influence. The cycle of postoperative pain and sleep disorders could lead to delirium, cardiovascular disease, and hyperalgesia, which significantly affect patients' postoperative recovery. Thus, exploring this phenomenon is of great importance for surgical patients, and warrants further investigation.

Objective: By employing bibliometric methods, this study systematically analyzes the publications on postoperative pain-sleep disorders, identifies research trends and field dynamics, and ultimately provides insights for further progress in this research area.

Methods: In this study, we searched the Web of Science database for studies on postoperative pain and sleep disorders from 2013 to 2023, and analyzed the number of publications, journals, authors, institutions, country regions, and keywords by utilizing CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and Bibliometrix.

Results: The 1894 retrieved publications showed a trend of increasing number of publications and correlations between postoperative pain and sleep disorders from 2013 to 2023. The top countries for publications included the USA, China, etc., establishing a global collaborative network centered around the USA, China, and Europe. The top institutions for publications included University of California System, Harvard University, etc. The top authors include Christine Miaskowski, Steven M. Paul, Qiuling Shi, etc. These publications involved multiple disciplines including surgery, neurology, and anesthesiology, and various research funds including NIH, HHS, NSFC, etc. The top journals for publications included the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, etc. Keywords that appear most frequently in this field include "pain", "surgery", "quality of life", "sleep", "depression", and "outcomes". The thematic map indicated that the hot topics in this area include obstructive sleep apnea, tonsillectomy, children, pain, quality of life, and sleep. The undeveloped topics with research potential included postoperative pain, analgesia and dexmedetomidine, breast cancer, fatigue, and lung cancer.

Conclusion: The increased number of publications and correlations between postoperative pain and sleep disorders, and the collaborative network across the USA, China, and Europe indicate a growing global interest in this area. This study also provides valuable insights into the trend of hot topics and frontiers and shows that this is an evolving and dynamic research area.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Cycle; Postoperative pain; Recovery; Sleep disorders.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

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(a) The year and country in which the articles on postoperative pain-sleep disorders were published. (b) Number of articles per year that directly/indirectly confirm the association between postoperative pain and sleep disorders.
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(a) The country contact map for co-published articles. (b) Distribution of postoperative pain-sleep disorders in the world map.
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Institution collaboration chart. The dot size represents the number of papers issued by the institution, and different colors represent different clusters.
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Author collaboration chart. The size of the dot represents the publication volume of authors, and the color represents different clusters.
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The proportion of articles published in different disciplines.
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The average citations per article in different disciplines. The color gradient from blue to yellow signifies the average citation count.
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Keyword co-occurrence knowledge map. The size of the dot represents the frequence of the keyword, and the color represents the publication of the keyword in different years.
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(a) Trend topics of keywords in postoperative pain-sleep disorders. (b) Thematic evolution of the three stages in the field of postoperative pain-sleep field.
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Thematic map of keywords in postoperative pain-sleep disorders.
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