A retrospective analysis on papers of geriatric neurological diseases published in Chinese core periodicals in 1992-2001 year / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective A retrospective analysis on papers of geriatric neurological diseases which were published in seven Chinese journals of core periodicals from 1992 year to 2001 year. Methods Ten years of Chinese Journal of Geriatrics, Chinese Journal of Neurology, Chinese Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Journal of Clinical Neurology, Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases, Chinese Journal of Clinical Neurosciences were reviewed and all papers on nervous diseases in the elderly were statistically analyzed. Results In these 7 journals, 231 papers on topics of senile neurological diseases were published in the period of 10 years. Among them, 148(64.1%) papers were published in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics, 28 papers (12 1%) in Journal of Clinical Neurology and 25 papers(10 8%) in Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. In all papers of senile nervous diseases, the cerebrovascular diseases occupied the first place, totally 78 papers accounted for 33 8%; Alzheimer's disease took second place, with 51 papers, accounted for 22 1% and Parkinson's disease was third one, 29 papers, accounted for 12 5%. In the other items of senile neurological diseases, there were multiple system atrophy in the elderly, myasthenia graves in the elderly, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of senile depression, epilepsia in the elderly, facial nerve paralysis in the elderly, senile traumatic intracranial hematoma and severe head trauma, etc. Conclusions Chinese Journal of Geriatrics is main carrier for publishing the papers of senile neurological diseases. The main published articles were in following orders cerebrovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. It indicates that these 3 diseases are the important risk illnesses for the health of the elderly.