The evolution and relevance of spirituality or religion in medical practice: a bibliometric study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22169/rbpics.v4n7.1492Resumo
In the health area, the amount of research related to religion/religiosity/spirituality has been growing in recent years, however, the dimension of research and related publications needs to be better explored. This study aimed to present a bibliometric analysis of documents published on the topic of spirituality/religion in the medical field in recent years. There was an active search in the Scopus database with the terms: “health” OR “spirituality” OR “medicine” OR “medical practice”, obtaining 98 documents, of which 55 articles were published between 1988 and 2021. The analysis was presented through graphs, network and density maps.
Keywords: religion; spirituality; medical practice; medicine; bibliometrics.
Resumo
Na área da saúde, o número de pesquisas relacionadas à religião/religiosidade/espiritualidade vem crescendo nos últimos anos, entretanto, a dimensão das pesquisas e publicações relacionadas precisa ser mais bem explorada. Este estudo teve como objetivo apresentar uma análise bibliométrica de documentos publicados sobre o tema espiritualidade/religião na área médica nos últimos anos. Foi realizada uma busca ativa na base de dados Scopus com os termos: “health” OR “spirituality” OR “medicine” OR “medical practice”, obtendo 98 documentos, dos quais 55 artigos, foram publicados entre 1988 e 2021. A análise foi apresentada por meio de gráficos, mapas de rede e de densidade.
Palavras-chave: religião; espiritualidade; práticas médicas; medicina; bibliometria.
Downloads
Referências
ARIA, M.; CUCCURULLO, C. Bibliometrix: an R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. Journal of Informetrics, Taiwan, v. 11, n. 4, p. 959-975, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JOI.2017.08.007. Available in: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751157717300500. Accessed in:10 Oct. 2024.
BORJALILU, S. et al. Spiritual care training for mothers of children with cancer: effects on quality of care and mental health of caregivers. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Thailand, v. 17, n. 2, p. 545-552, 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.2.545. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26925641/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
BRAVIN, A. M. et al. Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with chronic kidney disease: an integrative review. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Brasília, v. 72, n. 2, p. 541-551, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0051. Available in: https://www.scielo.br/j/reben/a/nsZzmpt5KMfkcVwjrbvT9Gh/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
CAMPOS, I. T. M. et al. Educação em saúde e espiritualidade na perspectiva de tutores de medicina da Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde (FPS). Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Education, Belém, v. 5, n. 2, p. 1-18, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4322/IJHE.V5I2.412. Available in: https://repositorio.fps.edu.br/handle/4861/934. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
DEMIR, E. The evolution of spirituality, religion and health publications: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Journal of Religion and Health, Israel, Türkiye and the USA, v. 58, n. 1, p. 1-13, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S10943-018-00739-W. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30523486/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
FALAGAS, M. E. et al. Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses. FASEB Journal: Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, USA, v. 22, n. 2, p. 338-342, 2008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1096/FJ.07-9492LSF. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17884971/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
FERREIRA-VALENTE, A. et al. The Role of Spirituality in Pain, Function, and Coping in Individuals with Chronic Pain. Pain Medicine, Massachusetts, v. 21, n. 3, p. 448-457, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/PM/PNZ092. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31045211/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
FORTI, S.; SERBENA, C. A.; SCADUTO, A. A. Mensuração da espiritualidade/religiosidade em saúde no Brasil: uma revisão sistemática. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, v. 25, n. 4, p. 1463-1474, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020254.21672018. Available in: https://www.scielo.br/j/csc/a/SC3ncDvp9mgfHPDmYzg5Gkc/#. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
GENG, L. et al. Mindful learning improves positive feelings of cancer patients’ family caregivers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, Switzerland, v. 16, n. 2, p. 248, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH16020248. Available in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352041/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
IVANITSKAYA, L. V.; BJORK, A. E.; TAYLOR, M. R. Bibliometric analysis and visualization of catholic health care research: 1973-2019. Journal of Religion and Health, New York, v. 60, n. 6, p. 3759-3774, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S10943-021-01255-0. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33860402/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
LUCCHETTI, G. et al. Espiritualidade na prática clínica: o que o clínico deve saber? Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Clínica Médica, São Paulo, v. 8, n. 2, p. 154-158, 2010. Available in: https://docs.bvsalud.org/upload/S/1679-1010/2010/v8n2/a012.pdf. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
MENEZES, R. R. et al. Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde e espiritualidade em pessoas com câncer. Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, Rio de Janeiro, v. 64, n. 1, p. 9-17, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2018v64n1.106. Available in: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/106. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
OHNISHI, J. et al. Distinct transcriptional and metabolic profiles associated with empathy in Buddhist priests: a pilot study. Human Genomics, USA, v. 11, n. 1, p. 1-16, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/S40246-017-0117-3. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28865488/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
OLIVEIRA, R. A. Saúde e espiritualidade na formação profissional em saúde, um diálogo necessário. Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, v. 19, n. 2, 54-55, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23925/1984-4840.2017v19i2a1. Available in: https://revistas.pucsp.br/RFCMS/article/view/32819. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
PANIER, L. Y. X. et al. Predicting depression symptoms in families at risk for depression: interrelations of posterior EEG Alpha and religion/spirituality. Journal of Affective Disorders, Milano, v. 274, p. 969-976, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.084. Available in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451225/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
PERES, M. F. P. et al. A importância da integração da espiritualidade e da religiosidade no manejo da dor e dos cuidados paliativos. Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, São Paulo, v. 34 (suppl. 1), p. 82-87, 2007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832007000700011. Available in: https://www.scielo.br/j/rpc/a/Fm8XHKDqd8Rz5cp5dbvfNLf/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
R: A language and environment for statistical computing. gbif.org, 10 February 2015. Available in: https://www.gbif.org/tool/81287/r-a-language-and-environment-for-statistical-computing. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
REGINATO, V.; BENEDETTO, M. A. C.; GALLIAN, D. M. C. Espiritualidade e saúde: uma experiência na graduação em medicina e enfermagem. Trabalho, Educação e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, v. 14, n. 1, p. 237-255, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-7746-sip00100. Available in: https://www.scielo.br/j/tes/a/LrvT9vJJ6F3nXdYQCgzBqGF/abstract/?lang=pt. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
SAJADI, M. et al. Effect of spiritual counseling on spiritual well-being in Iranian women with cancer: A randomized clinical trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, v. 30, n. 79-84, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CTCP.2017.12.011. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29389484/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
ŞENEL, E. Health and religions: a bibliometric analysis of health literature related to abrahamic religions between 1975 and 2017. Journal of Religion and Health, New York, v. 57, n. 5, p. 1996-2012, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0665-4. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29992476/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
SHATTUCK, E. C.; MUEHLENBEIN, M. P. Religiosity/spirituality and physiological markers of health. Journal of Religion and Health, New York, v. 59, n. 2, p. 1035-1054, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0663-6. Available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29978269/. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
VAN ECK, N. J.; WALTMAN, L. Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, Budapest, v. 84, n. 2, p. 523-538, 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S11192-009-0146-3. Available in: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
VITORINO, L. M. et al. The association between spirituality and religiousness and mental health. Scientific Reports, Beijing, v. 8, n. 1, p. 1-9, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35380-w. Available in: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35380-w. Accessed in: 10 Oct. 2024.
Downloads
Publicado
Como Citar
Edição
Seção
Licença
Copyright (c) 2025 Matheus Henrique de Abreu Araújo, Beatriz Pereira Vilela, Felipe de Araújo Nascimento, Iasmin Ramos da Silva, Michelle Rocha Parise
Este trabalho está licenciado sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Em virtude de aparecerem nesta revista de acesso público, os artigos são de uso gratuito, com atribuições próprias, com aplicações educacionais e não comerciais, de acordo com a licença CC-BY-ND - Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode)
