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. 2022 Aug 19;19(16):10319.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610319.

A Scoping Literature Review of Rural Institutional Elder Care

Mingyang Li  1 , Yibin Ao  1   2 , Shulin Deng  2 , Panyu Peng  2 , Shuangzhou Chen  3 , Tong Wang  4 , Igor Martek  5 , Homa Bahmani  2
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A Scoping Literature Review of Rural Institutional Elder Care

Mingyang Li et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Under circumstances of pervasive global aging combined with weakened traditional family elder care, an incremental demand for institutional elder care is generated. This has led to a surge in research regarding institutional elder care. Rural residents' institutional elder care is receiving more attention as a major theme in social sciences and humanities research. Based on 94 articles related to rural institutional elder care, this study identified the most influential articles, journals and countries in rural institutional elder care research since 1995. This was done using science mapping methods through a three-step workflow consisting of bibliometric retrieval, scoping analysis and qualitative discussion. Keywords revealed five research mainstreams in this field: (1) the cognition and mental state of aged populations, (2) the nursing quality and service supply of aged care institutions, (3) the aged care management systems' establishment and improvements, (4) the risk factors of admission and discharge of aged care institutions, and (5) deathbed matters regarding the aged population. A qualitative discussion is also provided for 39 urban and rural comparative research papers and 55 pure rural research papers, summarizing the current research progress status regarding institutional elder care systems in rural areas. Gaps within existing research are also identified to indicate future research trends (such as the multi-dimensional and in-depth comparative research on institutional elder care, new rural institutional elder care model and technology, and correlative policy planning and development), which provides a multi-disciplinary guide for future research.

Keywords: institutional elder care; literature review; rural areas; science mapping; scoping analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flow chart of scoping analysis of literature on rural institutional elder care.
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The rules of screening samples.
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Yearly publications from 1995 to 2021.
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Map of mainstream journals in the field of rural institutional elder care.
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Map of co-authorship in the field of rural institutional elder care. Reference: [21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43]. Note: The reference citation number herein is the reference citation number in the text.
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Map of countries actively engaged in research on the rural institutional elder care.
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The geographical map of countries actively engaged in the research topic.
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Figure 8
Map of co-occurrence of keywords in the rural institutional elder care research.
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Figure 9
Framework linking current research topics to future research directions.
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