Research focus of geriatric nursing: a citation clustering analysis

Objective To reveal the present situation of geriatric nursing, summarize the important research topics, in order to determine the focus of the research and work of geriatric nursing in China. Methods To take "geriatric nursing" belonged to MeSH thesaurus as key words, related literatures from 2006 to 2016 in Web of Science core collection were searched, then clustering analysis were adopted to analyze highly cited papers. Results Totally 2 148 pieces of literatures related to geriatric nursing, there were 80 079 pieces of quotations. The contents involved inappropriate medication use and falls in geriatric nursing risk management, functional decline, delirium and chronic cognitive impairment of the elderly, distinguishing between the basic theory of geriatric diseases, tools and practice of geriatric nursing assessment. Conclusions The current research hotspots on geriatric nursing includes: the risk management of geriatric nursing, prevention and control of geriatric syndrome, systematic study on geriatric nursing assessment. Key words: Geriatric nursing; Cluster analysis