Strengthening the Concept of Burden in Congenital Heart Diseases as a Contributor in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Study

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: Strengthening the Concept of Burden in Congenital Heart Diseases as a Contributor in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Study

Abstract

Introduction

Since more children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are surviving, policy changes are needed to improve their survival and quality of life. Global data and a literature review were systematically analyzed using The Global, Regional, and National Burden of CHDs, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, which provided estimates of mortality from CHD.

Objective

To outline studies with CHDs and the concept of burden as a possible contributor to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) over time.

Methods

Bibliographic references and related authors (2005 to 2022) were researched and analyzed. Web of Science (WoS), Clarivate Analytics, was chosen as the source database to outline the results through bibliometric analysis, which is characterized by a quantitative and statistical technique to understand and measure new issues, as well as identify some trends in current research, regarding the issue of burden in CHDs.

Results

Sixty-five selected publications were found according to the bibliographic survey using the keywords “Burden CHDs.” Afterwards, bibliometric analysis was performed, filtering the following results: years of publication; countries/regions; authors and number of citations; citation analysis; WoS index; types of documents; and research areas. The results are presented as figures.

Conclusion

The concept of burden addressing the issue of CHD has been used with great propriety for the development of goals for care of CHDs, mainly in the last decade, highlighting the year 2020.

Global Burden of Disease; Congenital Heart Defects; Chronology