Zhongguo quanke yixue (Feb 2024)
Bibliometric Analysis of Advances in mHealth Technology Application in Chronic Disease Management
Abstract
Background The research related to mHealth technology in chronic disease management has developed rapidly in recent years, however, the research trends, hotspots and cutting-edge issues in this field remain unclear. Objective To systematically review the application and development of mHealth technology in chronic disease management and provide reference for future research. Methods Using Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed as the source of literature data, the relevant literature was searched from 1997 to 2022 by CiteSpace 6.1.R 3 software on October 18, 2022, restricting the language to English, and excluding conference papers, conference abstracts, online publications, editorials, letters, book chapters, news, and other non-compliant contents. National regions, disciplinary intersections and keywords were analyzed to grasp the current status and hotspots of related research internationally, and the cutting-edge issues and research trends of mHealth technology in chronic disease management were comprehensively analyzed using keywords clustering analysis, keywords bursting analysis and timeline views. Results A total of 7 622 papers were finally included in the study, with a significant growth trend in the volume of publications starting from 2011, in which the United States contributed the most with a total of 2 645 (34.70%). The journals in which the papers were published were mainly in the fields of medicine, psychology and health; and the top five high-frequency keywords were chronic disease (711 times), nursing (695 times), management (544 times), intervention (502 times) and health (448 times). A total of 10 meaningful clusters were formed, which can be categorized into 4 dimensions of research tools, research theories and methods, research objects, and research factors; combining with keywords bursting and timeline view, the hot issues mainly focus on telemedicine, telecare, and digital health. Conclusion The international research fervor for the application of mHealth technology in chronic disease management has continued, and the field of research has shifted from medicine to health science, with the focus on intervention research on chronic diseases through mHealth technology and the use of digital technology to provide integrated telehealth services for chronic diseases. It is suggested that our scholars should pay attention to the application of mHealth and digital technologies in chronic disease management, find high-quality health services for patients with chronic diseases in China through intervention studies, and provide strategies and suggestions for the high-quality development of chronic disease services and management in China.
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