A Text-Mining Analysis of Research Trends in Animal-Assisted Therapy
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Method
2.2. Analysis Techniques
3. Results
3.1. Word Cloud Analysis
3.2. N-Gram Analysis
3.3. Two-Way Word Tree
3.4. CONCOR Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rank | Keyword | Frequency | Rank | Keyword | Frequency |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Therapy | 1087 | 51 | Approach | 89 |
2 | Dog | 810 | 52 | Depression | 88 |
3 | Assist | 724 | 53 | PTSD | 84 |
4 | Study | 587 | 54 | Condition | 82 |
5 | Effect | 355 | 55 | Pilot | 82 |
6 | Use | 340 | 56 | Communication | 79 |
7 | Health | 339 | 57 | Time | 79 |
8 | Group | 339 | 58 | Design | 78 |
9 | Program | 318 | 59 | Term | 77 |
10 | Care | 305 | 60 | Level | 75 |
11 | Intervention | 290 | 61 | Test | 75 |
12 | Research | 275 | 62 | Train | 74 |
13 | Service | 240 | 63 | Role | 74 |
14 | AAT | 238 | 64 | Function | 73 |
15 | Review | 231 | 65 | State | 72 |
16 | Treatment | 229 | 66 | Rehabilitation | 71 |
17 | Control | 228 | 67 | Risk | 70 |
18 | Disorder | 227 | 68 | Decrease | 69 |
19 | Stress | 202 | 69 | Attention | 69 |
20 | Pet | 169 | 70 | Dementia | 68 |
21 | Benefit | 167 | 71 | Survey | 68 |
22 | Support | 162 | 72 | Horse | 68 |
23 | Result | 162 | 73 | Randomize | 67 |
24 | Experience | 158 | 74 | Case | 66 |
25 | Anxiety | 158 | 75 | Presence | 66 |
26 | Improve | 152 | 76 | Visit | 65 |
27 | Increase | 147 | 77 | Assistance | 65 |
28 | Life | 139 | 78 | Change | 64 |
29 | Animal | 136 | 79 | Paper | 61 |
30 | Interaction | 128 | 80 | Efficacy | 61 |
31 | Reduce | 121 | 81 | Relate | 60 |
32 | Evidence | 119 | 82 | Welfare | 60 |
33 | Measure | 117 | 83 | Spectrum | 60 |
34 | Base | 117 | 84 | Conduct | 60 |
35 | Article | 116 | 85 | Family | 59 |
36 | Report | 115 | 86 | Staff | 58 |
37 | Practice | 112 | 87 | Concern | 58 |
38 | Age | 112 | 88 | Session | 57 |
39 | Work | 111 | 89 | Effectiveness | 57 |
40 | Quality | 110 | 90 | Disease | 56 |
41 | Aim | 110 | 91 | Process | 56 |
42 | Activity | 107 | 92 | Develop | 56 |
43 | Literature | 103 | 93 | Trial | 56 |
44 | Pain | 103 | 94 | Help | 55 |
45 | Companion | 99 | 95 | Center | 54 |
46 | Impact | 98 | 96 | Development | 54 |
47 | Autism | 97 | 97 | Post | 54 |
48 | Show | 97 | 98 | Parent | 53 |
49 | Home | 94 | 99 | Focus | 52 |
50 | Analysis | 91 | 100 | Child | 52 |
N | Keyword A | Keyword B | Strength | N | Keyword A | Keyword B | Strength |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Assist | Therapy | 445 | 51 | benefit | assist | 17 |
2 | Therapy | Dog | 147 | 52 | reduce | stress | 17 |
3 | Service | Dog | 129 | 53 | dog | dog | 16 |
4 | Therapy | AAT | 114 | 54 | dog | train | 16 |
5 | Control | Group | 77 | 55 | train | animal | 16 |
6 | Assist | Intervention | 70 | 56 | companion | dog | 16 |
7 | Quality | Life | 70 | 57 | ptsd | service | 16 |
8 | Pilot | Study | 61 | 58 | therapy | assist | 16 |
9 | Effect | Assist | 60 | 59 | care | home | 16 |
10 | Stress | Disorder | 58 | 60 | therapy | treatment | 15 |
11 | Autism | Spectrum | 55 | 61 | effect | aat | 15 |
12 | Randomize | Control | 52 | 62 | depression | anxiety | 15 |
13 | Spectrum | Disorder | 51 | 63 | brain | injury | 15 |
14 | Study | Effect | 46 | 64 | animal | welfare | 15 |
15 | Dog | Assist | 44 | 65 | effect | pet | 15 |
16 | Assistance | Dog | 41 | 66 | dog | stress | 15 |
17 | Therapy | Program | 41 | 67 | facility | dog | 14 |
18 | Disorder | PTSD | 37 | 68 | therapy | autism | 14 |
19 | Health | Care | 35 | 69 | anxiety | depression | 14 |
20 | Pet | Therapy | 34 | 70 | day | care | 13 |
21 | Control | Trial | 33 | 71 | effect | therapy | 13 |
22 | Heart | Rate | 32 | 72 | study | investigate | 13 |
23 | Assist | Activity | 31 | 73 | study | report | 13 |
24 | Aim | Study | 30 | 74 | stress | anxiety | 13 |
25 | Blood | Pressure | 28 | 75 | dog | reduce | 13 |
26 | Effect | Dog | 28 | 76 | purpose | study | 13 |
27 | Use | Assist | 27 | 77 | study | use | 13 |
28 | Health | Benefit | 26 | 78 | pain | management | 13 |
29 | Meta | Analysis | 25 | 79 | dog | handler | 13 |
30 | Post | Stress | 24 | 80 | dog | cat | 13 |
31 | Group | Group | 24 | 81 | efficacy | assist | 12 |
32 | Control | Study | 24 | 82 | pet | ownership | 12 |
33 | Dog | Program | 23 | 83 | pressure | heart | 12 |
34 | Term | Care | 23 | 84 | study | design | 12 |
35 | Review | Literature | 23 | 85 | study | assist | 12 |
36 | Study | Aim | 22 | 86 | review | review | 12 |
37 | Dog | Therapy | 22 | 87 | improve | health | 12 |
38 | Nurse | Home | 21 | 88 | group | therapy | 12 |
39 | Evidence | Base | 21 | 89 | therapy | therapy | 12 |
40 | Literature | Review | 20 | 90 | tf | cbt | 12 |
41 | Case | Study | 20 | 91 | presence | dog | 12 |
42 | Intervention | Program | 20 | 92 | study | study | 12 |
43 | Effectiveness | Assist | 19 | 93 | dog | use | 12 |
44 | Group | Control | 19 | 94 | intervention | group | 12 |
45 | Use | Therapy | 19 | 95 | assist | assist | 11 |
46 | Disorder | ASD | 19 | 96 | result | show | 11 |
47 | Dog | Visit | 18 | 97 | train | dog | 11 |
48 | Reduce | Anxiety | 18 | 98 | age | group | 11 |
49 | Review | Meta | 17 | 99 | dog | health | 11 |
50 | Therapy | Use | 17 | 100 | health | condition | 11 |
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Lee, S.-J.; Kim, G.-H.; Moon, Y.-H.; Lee, S.-S. A Text-Mining Analysis of Research Trends in Animal-Assisted Therapy. Animals 2023, 13, 3133. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193133
Lee S-J, Kim G-H, Moon Y-H, Lee S-S. A Text-Mining Analysis of Research Trends in Animal-Assisted Therapy. Animals. 2023; 13(19):3133. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193133
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Shin-Ja, Geun-Hyeon Kim, Yea-Hwang Moon, and Sung-Sill Lee. 2023. "A Text-Mining Analysis of Research Trends in Animal-Assisted Therapy" Animals 13, no. 19: 3133. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193133
APA StyleLee, S. -J., Kim, G. -H., Moon, Y. -H., & Lee, S. -S. (2023). A Text-Mining Analysis of Research Trends in Animal-Assisted Therapy. Animals, 13(19), 3133. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193133