Hotspot analysis of research on nurse-patient relationship abroad

Zhao Ling

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6493.2018.06.015

Abstract：Objective:To explore the status quo and hotspot areas of research on nurse-patient relationship in the international field. Methods:The literatures on the nurse-patient relationship in the past 10 years were retrieved from the PubMed database of the Na-tional Library in the United States and the main theme words were extracted.The method of literature metrology,Bibliographic Items Co-occurrence Matrix Builder(BICOMB),Graphical Clustering Toolkit(gCluto)were used for quantitative analysis,co-occurrence analysis of high-frequency thematic words and visual analysis of clusters.The literatures were combined for review analysis of nurse patient relationship status quo and research hot spots.Results:A total of 3 857 articles were retrieved.The top 10 journals(including 7 kinds of nursing journals)were published in 1 083 articles(28.08%).44 high frequency subject words were intercepted,and cluster analysis was 7.From 2006 to 2015,the main research subjects of nurse patient relationship focused on 4 groups,including maternity, tumor patients,the elderly and critically ill patients.Nurse patient communication,patients'satisfaction,spiritual care and empathy were hot topics in the research of nurse patient relationship.Conclusions:The research on the nurse-patient relationship abroad had been paid more attention in the field of nursing.The quality and level of published papers were higher,and the research on the nurse-pa-tient relationship was in a mature period of development.