The relationship between anal disease and quality of life: a bibliometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anal disease has a significant impact on patients' quality of life (QoL), and surgical treatment may further diminish QoL. The purpose of this study was to conduct bibliometric analysis to investigate the profile of studies on anorectal disease-related QoL.

Methods

The database of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) in Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) was searched. The search terms were "anal diseases" and "quality of life". The bibliometrix package of R software was used to analyze the literature on anorectal diseases and QoL. The content of the analysis included the following: the number of papers published in this field by each country, the cooperation relationship between countries, the number of papers published by institutions, the cooperation rela

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature