OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (13): 1843-1848.

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Visual analysis of digital health literacy knowledge graph based on Web of Science database

XU Yuling1,2a, SONG Guiqi1,2a, LI Shuwen3, WANG Qian1, ZHANG Guowen2b, DING Hui4   

  1. 1. School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu Anhui, 233030, China;
    2. a Department of Education, b Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui, 230001, China;
    3. School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei Anhui, 230022, China;
    4. Department of Nursing, Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei Anhui, 230022, China
  • Received:2023-09-20 Revised:2023-10-23 Published:2026-03-17
  • Contact: SONG Guiqi,Chief nurse,E-mail:songguiqi66@sina.com

Abstract: Objective Based on the related literature of digital health literacy in Web of Science,this study aims to sort out the research status in this field and explore its frontier trend and development vein,and provide reference and direction for the research in the field of digital health literacy in China. Methods Using the core collection of Web of Science as the literature source,the CiteSpace 6.1.R6 software was used to screen the literature related to digital health literacy published from January 1,1998,to April 15,2023,and the visual analysis was performed on the number of publications,author,institution and keyword nodes. Results A total of 2 503 valid literature were included,with a peak of 688 articles in 2021. The author with the highest number of publications was OKAN,and the institution with the highest number of publications was the University of Toronto. The top three keywords in co-occurrence analyses were mental health,health literacy,and care. In recent five years,the prominent words were implementation and digital intervention,the key words clustering mainly included ehealth literacy,digital technology,and computer literacy. Conclusion The research on digital health literacy has shown a preliminary downward trend,with research mainly focused on developed countries in Europe and America. In the future,effective methods can be explored to improve the digital health literacy level of the Chinese population based on international hot topics,combined with China's national conditions and strengthening interdisciplinary cooperation.

Key words: Digital health literacy, Hotspot, Frontier, Knowledge graph, Visual analysis

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