A co-word analysis of the research progress in feeding behavior in China / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective The study implemented the co-word approach to analyze Chinese literatures on feeding behavior published over the recent fifteen years, aiming to explore the research status and progress of the field and provide a foundation for further studies. Methods Literatures on the Chinese National Knowledge Integrated Database were searched using feeding behavior as theme and limiting published time fromJanuary 1,2001toJanuary 18,2017.those fitting in the criteria were included into the study. Keywords statistics and analysis were conducted by using Excel, and a co-occurrence analysis diagram was drawn by using Ucinet 6.237 and Netdraw to visualize the co-occurrence between frequently occurred keywords. Results A total of 467 literatures were included and 28 frequently occurred keywords were extracted for co-word analysis, revealing the correlations between the keywords. The results showed that the studies on feeding behavior in China had focused on infant, nutritional status, breastfeeding, complementary feeding and so on. The feeding difficulty, eating behavior, feeding behaviors for sick children had remained to be studied. Conclusion Domestic research on the current feeding behavior of caregivers is not yet comprehensive .There is an urgent need for a major parental feeding behavior scale for infants and young children, which is the main tool for assessing the feeding behavior of infants and young children. It provides scientific basis for feeding behavior problems and intervention.