Visual analysis of nursing research on liver transplant patients based on CiteSpace
Objective To visually analyze the relevant literatures on the nursing of liver transplant patients,so as to provide reference for the nursing and research of liver transplant.Methods Relevant studies in CNKI database were retrieved from January 1,2011 to December 31,2023.Research institutions,core authors,keywords,keyword clustering and emergence were visualized with CiteSpace software.Results A total of 827 valid literatures were retrieved.In the past decades,the publications related to the nursing of liver transplant patients showed a downward trend.The main institutions were The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Tianjin First Central Hospital,and the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.There was a lack of collaboration between research institutions.The existing researches mainly focused on perioperative period,children,quality of life,and complications.Conclusion Nursing research on liver transplant is in a period of slow development.We need to strengthen the construction of team collaboration network,expand the research scope,improve the quality of research in the nursing of liver transplant patients,so as to provide reference for better nursing services for liver transplant patients.