Research hotspots and trend in chronic diseases′ long-term care based on knowledge map

Abstract

Objective To analysis the development tendency and research focus of long-term care of chronic disease between China and abroad and guide the research and application of long-term care of chronic disease in China. Methods The PubMed database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database were searched and co-word clustering analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis with Bicomb and SPSS 21.00 software were used. Results Foreign hot spots are summarized as follows: oxygen inhalation therapy; mental disorder patients; the needs and demands of long term care. And the following domestic hot spots: long term care for the aged; long term care insurance and social support. Conclusions Long-term care researches in China is still in the exploratory stage and combining with domestic and foreign research hot spots, proposal of long term care in China are summarized as follows: expand the study population of the domestic long-term care, such as the disabled and the mental disorder; enrich domestic long-term care research topics, such as long-term care model, caregivers, care quality, etc. Key words: Long-term care; Chronic diseases; Knowledge map; Multidimensional scaling analysis; Research focus