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01-12-2020 | Stroke | Research

Global mapping of interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with cardiovascular diseases during 1990–2018

Authors: Bach Xuan Tran, Son Nghiem, Clifford Afoakwah, Giang Hai Ha, Linh Phuong Doan, Thao Phuong Nguyen, Tuan Thanh Le, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Roger C. M. Ho

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been the global health problems that cause a substantial burden for the patients and the society. Assessing the Quality of Life (QOL) of CVD patients is critical in the effectiveness evaluation of CVD treatments as well as in determining potential areas for enhancing health outcomes. Through the adoption of a combination of bibliometric approach and content analysis, publications trend and the common topics regarding interventions to improve QOL of CVD patients were searched and characterized to inform priority setting and policy development.

Methods

Bibliographic data of publications published from 1990 to 2018 on interventions to improve QOL of CVD patients were retrieved from Web of Science. Network graphs illustrating the terms co-occurrence clusters were created by VOSviewer software. Latent Dirichlet Allocation approach was adopted to classify papers into major research topics.

Results

A total of 6457 papers was analyzed. We found a substantial increase in the number of publications, citations, and the number of download times of papers in the last 5 years. There has been a rise in the number of papers related to intervention to increase quality of life among patients with CVD during 1990–2018. Conventional therapies (surgery and medication), and psychological, behavioral interventions were common research topics. Meanwhile, the number of papers evaluating economic effectiveness has not been as high as that of other topics.

Conclusions

The research areas among the scientific studies emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral approaches in both evaluation and intervention. Future research should be a focus on economic evaluation of intervention as well as interventions to reduce mental issues among people with CVD.
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Metadata
Title
Global mapping of interventions to improve the quality of life of patients with cardiovascular diseases during 1990–2018
Authors
Bach Xuan Tran
Son Nghiem
Clifford Afoakwah
Giang Hai Ha
Linh Phuong Doan
Thao Phuong Nguyen
Tuan Thanh Le
Carl A. Latkin
Cyrus S. H. Ho
Roger C. M. Ho
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01507-9

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