Zhongguo quanke yixue (Apr 2023)
Recent 10-year Research Status and Development Trend of Wearable Devices in Health Management in China
Abstract
Background With the increasing maturity of wearable technologies, the value of wearable devices in health monitoring, health assessment and health intervention has been revealed gradually, which will help promote the innovation and development of health management. Objective To analyze the research hotspots, frontiers, and trends of wearable devices in health management in China in recent 10 years. Methods The periodical literature with the theme of "wearable" included in the CNKI database from 2011 to 2021 was retrieved and analyzed. Excel was utilized to analyze the temporal and spatial distribution of the included literature. The keywords were visually analyzed by CiteSpace. Results The number of published papers on wearable devices in health management in China showed an overall upward trend from 2011 to 2021 (n=519) , with the maximum quantity in 2021 (n=85) . Related researches involved multiple disciplines including biomedicine, information science, computer hardware and software technology, and published in various journals such as the Journal of Medical Informatics, China Digital Medicine, and Smart Healthcare. The top three prolific researchers included Professor ZHANG Zhengbo from the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Associate professor LUO Xiaolan from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Professor HE Xiaolin from Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. The top three prolific research institutions were Huazhong University of Science and Technology (14 papers) , Shanghai Jiaotong University (10 papers) and Southeast University (10 papers) . The keywords reflecting research hotspots included "mobile medicine" , "health management" and "smart medicine" , and those reflecting research frontiers were "elderly people" , "diabetes" and "arrhythmia" . The keywords related to research trends included "5G" , "monitoring system" and "chronic disease" . Conclusion The research on wearable devices in health management in China during 2011 to 2021 focused on the health monitoring for the elderly and the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. The frontiers of the research were the early warning and prediction of abnormalities in heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose, etc. And the research trend was constructing a complete health management system that is involved in health monitoring, health risk assessment, health intervention and promotion.
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