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. 2024 Mar 29;103(13):e37459.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000037459.

Music therapy and anxiety: A bibliometric review from 1993 to 2023

Tingting Lun  1 , Yuecai Chen  1 , Jingcai Liu  2 , Li Li  3 , Jin Yu  1 , Meng Xiang  1
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Music therapy and anxiety: A bibliometric review from 1993 to 2023

Tingting Lun et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

Abstract

Background: Music therapy (MT) has received increasing attention from scholars in the efficacy treatment of anxiety symptoms, which is of great significance to human physical and mental health. The visual mapping functionality of CiteSpace and Vosviewer software was applied in this study to assess the status of MT in the treatment of anxiety symptoms.

Methods: In order to find research on MT and anxiety that were relevant for this research, we searched the Web of Science database. We also utilized CiteSpace and VOSviewer software to examine institutions, journals, authors, publications, and keywords for scientometric and visual analysis.

Results: Our findings show that since 2009, the field has developed rapidly and publications on MT and anxiety have gradually increased. The journal Complement Therapies In Medicine published the most relevant articles, the Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews journal had the highest citation frequency, and the United States had the most publications. The majority of the top academic institutions in the region are found in the United States, with the University of London having the most publications. The evolution of this field was significantly influenced by Gold C., the author with the most publications, and Bradt J., the author with the most co-citations. The topics of anxiety, nursing, cancer, and pain management have been the focus of this research.

Conclusion: This study has the potential to increase public understanding of MT and anxiety as well as mental health awareness, all of which are crucial for lowering the prevalence of mental diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

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Figure 1.
Flowchart of the literature collection.
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Figure 2.
Trend chart of the number of publications.
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Figure 3.
A. An analytical graph of the countries cooperation network. B. The distribution of countries.
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Figure 4.
Graph of the institutions cooperation network.
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Figure 5.
The dual-map overlay of journals with publications.
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Figure 6.
Graph of co-cited journals analysis.
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Figure 7.
A. Graph of the author collaboration network. B. Graph of the co-cited author collaboration network.
Table 6
Table 6
Clusters of co-occurring keywords in areas.
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Figure 8.
A. Map of co-occurring keywords with occurrences. B. Map of keywords density.
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Table 8
Top 15 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.
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Figure 9.
Map of co-cited references with citations.
Table 10
Table 10
Top 15 co-citation references with the strongest citation bursts.
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