Geographic Information Systems Utilization in Pediatric End-of-Life Research: A Scoping Review

Overview

Journal Am J Hosp Palliat Care

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Critical Care
Nursing

Date 2023 Mar 24

PMID 36960618

Authors

Kerri A Qualls

Radion Svynarenko

Melanie J Cozad

Jessica Keim-Malpass

Guoping Huang

Lisa C Lindley

Affiliations

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Abstract

Currently, little is known about how geographic information systems (GIS) has been utilized to study end-of-life care in pediatric populations. The purpose of this review was to collect and examine the existing evidence on how GIS methods have been used in pediatric end-of-life research over the last 20 years. Scoping review method was used to summarize existing evidence and inform research methods and clinical practice was used. The Preferred Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA) was utilized. The search resulted in a final set of 17 articles. Most studies created maps for data visualization and used ArcGIS as the primary software for analysis. The scoping review revealed that GIS methodology has been limited to mapping, but that there is a significant opportunity to expand the use of this methodology for pediatric end-of-life care research.

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