Table 3.
Number of articles presenting other characteristics, stratified by region and study design.
| Mainland China |
Hong Kong |
Taiwan |
Outside China |
Total (n=108) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empirical Study (n=7) | Review (n=3) | Report (n=3) | Empirical Study (n=35) | Review (n=5) | Report (n=1) | Expert Opinion (n=1) | Empirical Study (n=20) | Review (n=5) | Report (n=24) | Empirical Study (n=3) | Review (n=1) | ||
| Author number | |||||||||||||
| Single author | 0/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/0 | 5/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 11/3 |
| 2–5 authors | 6/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/15 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 6/9 | 3/0 | 19/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 37/30 |
| 6–10 authors | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/15 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/22 |
| More than 10 authors | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 |
| Multidisciplinary collaboration | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/29 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 6/42 |
| No | 1/1 | 3/0 | 1/0 | 0/6 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 5/7 | 3/0 | 23/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 36/18 |
| Not sure | 4/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6/0 |
| International collaboration | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/14 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/21 |
| No | 6/0 | 3/0 | 3/0 | 0/21 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 8/12 | 5/0 | 24/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 49/38 |
| Not sure | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Page number | |||||||||||||
| 1–2 pages | 2/0 | 0/0 | 3/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/0 |
| 3–5 pages | 3/0 | 3/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 8/7 |
| 6–10 pages | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/16 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/8 | 4/0 | 15/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 22/28 |
| 11–20 pages | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/11 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5/2 | 0/0 | 8/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 13/18 |
| More than 20 pages | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/6 |
| Journal topic | |||||||||||||
| Nursing | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/8 | 3/0 | 21/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 30/16 |
| Medical science* | 3/0 | 3/0 | 3/0 | 0/8 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 12/10 |
| Violence | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/10 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/16 |
| Women's health† | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/8 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/9 |
| Public health | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/5 |
| Psychology | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 |
| Quality of life | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Social science | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Others‡ | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
| Impact factor | |||||||||||||
| Less than 1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/3 | 3/0 | 5/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/5 |
| 1–2 | 5/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/7 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 7/16 |
| 2–3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/10 |
| 3–4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/8 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/13 |
| 4–5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| 5–10 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/6 |
| More than 10 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| N/A§ | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4/0 | 2/0 | 19/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 38/8 |
| Funding | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/25 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/36 |
| No | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/6 |
| Not reported | 4/0 | 3/0 | 3/0 | 0/8 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 8/5 | 5/0 | 24/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 47/17 |
| Study quality | |||||||||||||
| High | 1/1 | 3/0 | 3/0 | 0/24 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 5/5 | 5/0 | 24/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 6/33 |
| Moderate-to-high | 1/0 | 0/8 | 0/6 | 0/1 | 1/14 | ||||||||
| Low-to-moderate | 2/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 3/1 | ||||||||
| Low | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | ||||||||
| N/A¶ | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 36/12 | ||||||||
Data are shown as articles published in Chinese/English. A total of 108 articles were included. Macao is not shown due to no identified article. IPV=intimate partner violence. N/A=not applicable.
*This category also includes family medicine, general practice, social medicine, and medical education.
†This category also includes midwifery, obstetrics, and gynecology.
‡School journals that covered a wide range of topics.
§Journals without impact factors.
¶Including empirical studies (analysis of medical records, survey using Delphi technique), reviews, and reports.