Research hotspots analysis of nursing home by PubMed

Chen Lianqun, Du Chengxu, Han

Abstract

Objective: To understand the research hotspots of nursing home by PubMed. Methods: With MS Excel, SPSS, Cytoscape software, we took MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) word frequency analysis, clustering analysis, co-word network graph of PubMed papers. Results: By MeSH of 1415 papers analyzed, it shows that the current nursing home research hotspots had focus on “Nursing Homes; Homes for the Aged; Facility Design and Construction; Health Services for the Aged; Activities of Daily Living; Long-Term Care”, etc, it also suggests that the most importance of which was “Nursing Homes”.. Conclusion: With multi-angle analysis of bibliometrics, we understand the outline of research hotspot about nursing home. It is helpful and timesaving for researcher or doctor to understand the research hotspots in nursing home.