Global trends in dementia care research in the context of COVID-19: bibliometric analysis.

Autor: Gómez-Galán R; Research Group on Physical and Health Literacy and Health-Related Quality of Life (PHYQOL), University Centre of Mérida, University of Extremadura, Mérida, Spain., Denche-Zamorano Á; Promoting a Healthy Society Research Group (PHeSO), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Mendoza-Muñoz M; Research Group on Physical and Health Literacy and Health-Related Quality of Life (PHYQOL), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Pereira-Payo D; Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain., Barrios-Fernández S; Spain Social Impact and Innovation in Health (InHEALTH), University Centre of Mérida, University of Extremadura, Mérida, Spain., Muñoz-Bermejo L; Spain Social Impact and Innovation in Health (InHEALTH), University Centre of Mérida, University of Extremadura, Mérida, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in medicine [Front Med (Lausanne)] 2024 Jul 11; Vol. 11, pp. 1388767. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 11 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1388767
Abstrakt: Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, producing a deterioration in the activities of daily living which can lead to the need for care provision. COVID-19 impacted their quality of life and in this care delivery. This study aimed to analyse most productive and prominent authors, the journals and countries with the highest number of publications, the most cited documents and the most used keywords. Publications were retrieved from journals indexed in the Main Collection of the Web of Science (WoS) and analysed using the traditional laws of bibliometrics. A total of 376 documents were found. The WoS categories with the highest number of publications accumulated were "Geriatric Gerontology" and "Gerontology." Clarissa Giebel was the most productive (23 papers) and most cited (with 569 citations) co-author. The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (21 papers) published the most number of documents. The manuscript "2021 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures" was the most cited. Four thematic clusters related to mental health, telemedicine, care and well-being were found among the authors' keywords. Research networks exist worldwide, with the United States of America and England leading the scientific output. These results may be of interest to researchers, publishers and professionals interested in this subject, as they provide current information on publications related to this topic.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 Gómez-Galán, Denche-Zamorano, Mendoza-Muñoz, Pereira-Payo, Barrios-Fernández and Muñoz-Bermejo.)
Databáze: MEDLINE