Status and trends of global research on psychological problems and interventions of cancer patients with bibliometrics analysis

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Objective：To analyze the domestic and foreign literatures on psychological problems and interventions of tumor patients in recent 10 years，so as to provide a basis for further improving the research level in this field. Methods：Based on the core database of Web of Science，VOSviewer software was used for the bibliometrics analysis of research on psychological problems and interventions of cancer patients. Results：A total of 2 644 articles were included，and the number of publications were increased year by year. The top one country was the United States，and China ranked fourth. The main direction of research fields involved：①psychological symptoms；②psychological studies related to quality of life；③studies related to caregivers；④studies on parents of adolescent cancer patients；⑤research on psychological assessment tools；⑥psychological research related to female cancer patients；⑦psychological research related to male cancer patients. The main intervention modes were mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy，music therapy，exercise therapy，supporting treatment，dignity therapy，complementary and alternative therapy and network intervention，etc. Conclusion：The academic research on psychological problems and interventions of cancer patients has increased. However，domestic research in this field needs to be further developed and improved. In the future，the psychological problems，resilience and decompression intervention of children，young and middle-aged patients，and terminally-ill cancer patients should be taken as the focus of research.