New research status of childhood epilepsy in China:co -word analysis based on domestic researches / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective It is the first time that co -word analysis method was used throughout this study,which was based on all the Chinese research papers on childhood epilepsy published during the last two years.This study aimed to understand the current research status and progress in this field in China,and try to formulate the foundations for further study.Methods All the papers in database of Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure,VIP database, Wanfang as well as PubMed were retrieved by using childrenand epilepsyas keywords.Publication date range was set from January 201 4 to June 201 5 and qualified papers were included in the research.Excel,Ucinet 6.0 and Net-draw software were used to analyze of the relationship between different key words and to generate diagrammatic repre-sentation.Results A total of 698 articles were identified and 41 high -frequently used keywords were extracted. Within the network planning of co -word relationship of high -frequency keywords,pediatric epilepsy was in the core rank,antiepileptic drugs,electroencephalogram,infantile spasm and treatment were hot topic issues.Pediatric epilepsy and electroencephalogram kept close relationships,so were pediatric epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs.Research status of Chinese childhood epilepsy was successfully represented and the possible future research was predicted through co -word analysis of these high -frequently used keywords.Conclusions At present,studies on childhood epilepsy are mostly focused on electroencephalogram,drug therapy,cognitive function,refractory epilepsy,pathogenesis as well as in-fantile spasms,but further research is needed to investigate the rehabilitation,comorbidity and immunity.