Telemedicine and geriatric diseases: an analysis on international development tendency

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.49.028

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: With the development of science and technology and improvement in living quality, telemedicine has played an important role in daily life, in particular in disease diagnosis and treatment as well as rescue process for elderly people.

OBJECTIVE: Based on Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov databases, to analyze the international telemedicine and elderly disease development so as to provide referential basis for the related study in China.

METHODS: An online retrieval of Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov databases was performed with the key words “telemedicine” and “geriatric diseases” for papers regarding telemedicine for geriatric diseases published from 2003 to 2013.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) 239 papers regarding telemedicine for geriatric diseases were retrieved in Web of Science from 2003 to 2013. As per distribution by country for publications, USA published the highest number of papers (n=93, 38.912%). As per distribution by institute for publications (2003-2013), University of Washington was most prolific, followed by Columbia University, The University of Queensland and The University of Western Australia (Australia). Among the included journals, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare published the greatest number of papers (n=20, 8.368%). The number of included papers gradually increased over the 10-year study period. Among these 239 papers, only 4 of them were from China, indicating that Chinese scholars paid relatively little attention in this research field, and the number and quality of Chinese papers on telemedicine for geriatric diseases need to be improved. (2) 18 studies regarding telemedicine for geriatric diseases were registered in ClinicalTrials.gov database from 2003 to 2013. Interventional studies (n=15) accounted for the largest proportion, followed by observational studies.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：肾移植；肝移植；移植；心脏移植；组织移植；皮肤移植；皮瓣移植；血管移植；器官移植；组织工程

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Key words: telemedicine, geriatrics, quality of health care, home care services

CLC Number:

R318

Liu Shi-min, Bai Ruo-cen, Chen Min. Telemedicine and geriatric diseases: an analysis on international development tendency[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2014, 18(49): 8031-8036.

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2.1 汤森路透Web of Science数据库在2003年1月至2013年12月远程医疗与老年疾患国际发展趋势相关文献数据结果分析 2.1.1 国家分布情况 Web of Science数据库2003/2013收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献国家分布情况，见图1。 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的239篇文献中，美国发表文献最多，93篇，占文献总数的38.912%，其次为澳大利亚，德国，各发表19篇，占7.950%，加拿大，意大利各发表16篇，西班牙12篇，英国10篇，其他国家文献数量不足10篇。Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患相关文献前9位的国家没有亚洲国家，说明亚洲国家在远程医疗与老年疾患领域不具优势，此领域还有待发展。 2.1.2 文献类型分析 Web of Science数据库收录2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患相关文献以研究原著为主，其中研究原著205篇，占文献总数的85.774%，会议文章20篇，占8.368%，综述17篇，占7.113%，文章章节2篇，社论 1篇。研究原著远远多于其他类型的文献，见表1。 2.1.3 机构分布状态见图2。 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献数量排在前10位的机构有美国华盛顿大学发表文献7篇，美国哥伦比亚大学，澳大利亚昆士兰大学，澳大利亚西澳大学各发表文献6篇，美国纽约州立大学上州医科大学发表文献5篇，美国盖辛格医学中心，澳大利亚蒙纳士大学，美国天普大学各发表文献4篇，美国梅奥医学中心发表文献3篇。 2.1.4 来源期刊情况 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献以远程医疗类杂志较多，Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (《远程医疗与远程护理杂志》)发表文献最多，20篇，占全部文献的8.368%，Telemedicine Journal and E-health (《远程医疗杂志与电子保健》)发表文献量17篇，占全部文献的7.113%，Telemedicine and E-health (《远程医疗与电子保健》)发表文献14篇，占全部文献的5.858%，其他杂志发表文献数量较少。通过来源期刊的统计分析，可帮助远程医疗与老年疾患研究者及时了解和掌握远程医疗与老年疾患的核心出版物，确定跟踪研究的文献基础，同时可以用于指导投稿，指导研究者尽可能选择学科类别与收录相关文献量大、收录侧重与研究内容相一致的期刊，提高文献命中率，有利于在本领域扩大研究成果的影响范围。 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献较多的来源出版物，见表2。 2.1.5 发表时间趋势 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献年份分析，见图3。 Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患相关文献总计239篇，2004年收录文献8篇，2005年7篇，2006年18篇，2007年13篇，2008年32篇，2009年32篇，2010年16篇，2011年21篇，2012年38篇，2013年47篇。从文献数量的趋势上看，呈上升的趋势。其中，2013年文献数量最多，47篇。2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患研究近10年发展较平稳，文献数量有所增加。 2.1.6 高被引文章分析根据文献计量学，衡量一篇文献质量高低的一个主要标准在于文献的被引用情况，它是同行学者评价文献学术价值的一个重要指标。文献被引用的次数越多，说明该文献的科学影响力越大[13-14]。Web of Science数据库2003至2013年收录远程医疗与老年疾患的文献239篇，近10年被引频次较高的文献，见表3。 2.2 北美临床试验注册中心2003至2013年关于远程医疗与老年疾患相关临床试验注册项目信息分析 2003年1月至2013年12月，在北美临床试验注册中心进行远程医疗与老年疾患相关临床试验项目注册18项，其中干预性研究项目有15项，观察性研究有3项，见表4。北美临床试验注册中心远程医疗与老年疾患相关注册项目中干预性试验研究15项，结果和研究条件及干预措施的分析，见表5。在这18项注册项目中，主要针对老年病的糖尿病、慢性心力衰竭、慢性阻塞性肺疾病、帕金森病、中风等疾病。远程医疗干预设施主要有远程控制、电话、可视电话、无线监控器、远程康复等。 "

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