Advance in animal-assisted intervention: a visualized analysis
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2022.11.012
- VernacularTitle:动物辅助干预研究进展的可视化分析
- Author:
Pengyu YANG
1
;
Jialin WANG
1
;
Yue LIU
1
;
Ping TANG
2
;
Sihui SU
1
Author Information
1. School of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610075, China
2. Nursing Department, Anyue People's Hospital, Ziyang, Sichuan 642350, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
animal-assisted intervention;
visualization;
knowledge map
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2022;28(11):1325-1333
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo analyze the hotspots and development of researches on animal-assisted intervention in the past ten years. MethodsThe researches on animal-assisted intervention from 2011 to 2021 were retrieved from the Web of Science core database, and analyzed the countries/regions, institutions, authors, cited journals, cited literature and keywords using CiteSpace. ResultsA total of 607 researches were included. The researches increased with years, while United States (230), Italy (65) and the United Kingdom (45) were the top three in the number of publications; Purdue University published the most researches (20); and Santaniello A, etc. were the high-producing authors. The key nodes of literature were mainly systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials. Animal-assisted therapy and dogs were high-frequency keywords, with 20 keywords of high centrality and 16 keywords of strongest bursting. Hotspots focused on Alzheimer's disease, depression, children, autism. Disorder and occupational therapy might be the new topics in the future. ConclusionThe animal-assisted intervention has been mainly used as a healthcare in psychology, and may be an approach of occupational therapy.
