Abstract:

Objective To analyze the research hotspots and development trend of maternal psychological birth trauma at home and abroad，and to provide references for subsequent research. Methods We searched the relevant literature on maternal psychological birth trauma in the CNKI，Wanfang Database，SinoMed，PubMed，and Web of Science Core database，with the search time limit from the establishment of the database to September 20，2023，and used CiteSpace 6.2.4 software to conduct the visualization analysis. Results A total of 412 articles of foreign and 82 articles of domestic were included in the search. The number of articles published on maternal psychological birth trauma at home and abroad showed an overall increasing trend，with the United States（n=98） in the first place and China（n=82） in the second place；the clustering results showed that the common research hotspots of scholars at home and abroad were influencing factors and intervention research，and the development trend of foreign research was "influencing factors-disease manifestation-disease intervention"，which focused on exploring the manifestation of trauma. The domestic research showed the development trend of "diversification and refinement"，which was more concerned with the development of specific assessment tools. Conclusion The research on maternal birth trauma has gradually increased，but the interventional research is still insufficient，and there is a big gap between domestic and foreign research progress. In the future，domestic scholars should strengthen localized research，expand the application of specific assessment tools，and carry out high-quality interventional research in order to promote the development of this field.

Key words: Psychological birth trauma, Research hotspots, Research trends, Visualization anlysis, Bibliometrics