Public Health Concern on Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature from 1990 to 2022

Zhen Yang; Sitong Chen; Ran Bao; Ruizhe Li; Kaiming Bao; Renzhi Feng; Ziyi Zhong; Xuebin Wang

doi:10.3390/medicina58121764

Public Health Concern on Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease: A Bibliometric Analysis of Literature from 1990 to 2022

Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Nov 30;58(12):1764. doi: 10.3390/medicina58121764.

Authors

Zhen Yang¹, Sitong Chen², Ran Bao³, Ruizhe Li⁴, Kaiming Bao⁵, Renzhi Feng⁶, Ziyi Zhong⁷, Xuebin Wang⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
² Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia.
³ Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
⁵ Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
⁶ School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.
⁷ School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
⁸ Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is a long-term threat to global public health security, while sedentary behavior is a modifiable behavior among cardiovascular risk factors. This study aimed to analyze the peer-reviewed literature published globally on sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease (SB-CVD) and identify the hotspots and frontiers within this research area. Materials and Methods: Publications on SB-CVD from 1990 to 2022 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. CiteSpace and VOSviewer were applied to perform bibliometric and knowledge mapping visualization analyses. Results: A total of 2071 publications were retrieved, presenting a gradual growing trend. Authors from the USA topped the list with 748 (36.12%), followed by authors from England (373, 18.01%) and Australia (354, 17.09%). The University of Queensland, Australia, led with 95 (4.5%) publications. The top five active authors were all from Australia, while Dunstan D and Owen N published the most documents (56, 2.7%). A total of 71.27% of the publications received funding, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services provided 363 (17.53%) grants. Public Environmental Occupational Health (498, 24.05%), Sport Sciences (237, 11.44%), and Cardiac Cardiovascular Systems (212, 10.24%) were the three most popular disciplines, while PLOS One (96, 4.64%) and BMC Public Health (88, 4.25%) were the two most popular journals. Investigations within the SB-CVD research area addressed the entire lifespan, the most popular type of research was the epidemiological study, and the accelerometer was the primary instrument for measuring sedentary behavior. In terms of variables, physical activity and sedentary behavior were the dominant lifestyle behaviors, while obesity and hypertension were common health problems. Occupational physical activity and guidelines are at the frontier and are currently in the burst stage. Conclusions: The last three decades have witnessed the rapid development of the SB-CVD research area, and this study provided further research ideas for subsequent investigations.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; bibliometrics; cardiovascular disease; data visualization; health promotion; mapping knowledge domains; sedentary behavior.

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Exercise
Humans
Public Health*
Sedentary Behavior

Grants and funding

2020 Shanghai Social Science Planning Youth Project (2020ETY004); 2020 Shanghai Education Science Research Project (Second Batch) (C2-2020012); 2020 Hubei Leisure Sports Development Research Centre Open Fund Project (2020Y006).