ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Multimorbidity in the Elderly: A Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Research Output.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Physical Activity and Healthy Aging: Functional, Cognitive, and Sleep Predictors Associated with Fall Risk in Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Observational
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- Measurement-Based Care for Depression in Youth: Practical Considerations for Selecting Measures to Assess Depression, Associated Features and Functioning.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Review
- Social participation and insomnia in Chinese older adults with multimorbidity: mediating roles of frailty, anxiety, and depression.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Chronic Diseases and Depression Symptoms Between Participants and Non-Participants of Physical Activity Among Chinese Older Adults in Urban and Rural Areas.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The extent and burden of high multimorbidity on older adults in the US: a descriptive analysis of Medicare beneficiaries.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Association Between Parental Absence and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Evidence From a National Household Longitudinal Survey.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Bibliometric analysis and key messages of integrating Chinese and Western Medicine for COVID-19.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Trajectories network analysis of chronic diseases among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Development and psychometric assessment of Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) in terms of smoking cessation among Chinese smokers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Chronic disease and multimorbidity in the Chinese older adults' population and their impact on daily living ability: a cross-sectional study of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Geriatric and Gerontology Research: A Scientometric Investigation of Open Access Journal Articles Indexed in the Scopus Database.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2023Article
- Cluster analysis for the overall health status of elderly, multimorbid patients with diabetes.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Research trends in the mental health and multimorbidity of older people from 2002 to 2022: A bibliometric analysisFrontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Research trends and hotspots of recurrent pregnancy loss with thrombophilia: a bibliometric analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Decline in Walking Independence and Related Factors in Hospitalization for Dialysis Initiation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- "To Be Treated as a Person and Not as a Disease Entity"-Expectations of People with Visual Impairments towards Primary Healthcare: Results of the Mixed-Method Survey in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Mental Health of Older Adults in the Densely Populated Areas of Tacna Region-Peru, 2021: Implications of the COVID-19 Information.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to analyze the progression and trends of multimorbidity in the elderly in China and internationally from a bibliometric perspective, and compare their differences on hotspots and research fronts.
methodsPublications between January 2001 and August 2021 were retrieved from WOS and CNKI databases. Endnote 20 and VOSviewer 1.6.8 were used to summarize bibliometric features, including publication years, journals, and keywords, and the co-occurrence map of countries, institutions, and keywords was drawn.
results3857 research papers in English and 664 research papers in Chinese were included in this study. The development trends of multimorbidity in the elderly are fully synchronized in China and other countries. They were divided into germination period, development period, and prosperity period. Research literature in English was found to be mainly focused on public health, and the IF of the literature is high; In China, however, most research papers are in general medicine and geriatrics with fewer core journals. Co-occurrence analysis based on countries and institutions showed that the most productive areas were the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while the Chinese researchers have made little contribution. The clustering analysis of high-frequency keywords in China and around the globe shows that the hotspots have shifted from individual multimorbidity to group multimorbidity management. Sorting out the top 10 highly cited articles and highly cited authors, Barnett, K's article published in Lancet in 2012 is regarded as a milestone in the field.
conclusionMultimorbidity in the elderly leads to more attention in the world. Although China lags behind global research the research fronts from disease-centered to patient-centered, and individual management to population management is consistent.
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