Co-word analysis on the research hotspots of the elder health in China

Objective To provide basis for making elderly health intervention plan,carrying out health literacy intervention scientifically,establishing evaluation system for the effect of intervention,and provide reference for elderly health care and health promotion work.Methods Literature metrology software Bibexcel was used in this study,frequency statistics and co-word analysis method were adopted to analyze the health of the domestic elderly people.Related literature was searched with "CNKI" and ‘old people and health ‘were considered as keywords,frequency statistics and co-word matrix,social network,clustering analysis method were used,the key field in the literature were combed,and analyze of the field research frontier and hot topics.Results The main characteristics of the study on elderly health field:the status of medical support,social support,chronic disease,mental health,depression.Conclusion The research focus of elderly health includes 5 areas:epidemiological investigation of the elderly health,the impact of chronic diseases on the elderly health,health public health service on the elderly and the influence of social support,and the elderly health factors and quality of life of the elderly,the mental health.