Bibliometric analysis of qualitative research on patients' experiences of intestinal stoma published between 2002 - 2018.

Aims: The purpose of this paper was to perform a bibliometric analysis of the production of qualitative research in scientific journals through aggregation by levels and to identify factors of diversity, such as types of designs, in qualitative research on the experience of having an intestinal stoma between 2002 and 2018.

Design: Descriptive bibliometric study focused on the production of qualitative research on the subject of study, on three levels: micro, meso and macro.

Methods: Databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, SciELO, CUIDEN, Lilacs and Google Scholar were used to collect the data, between August - November 2018.