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The research aims to identify research trend of academic journals related to senior depression and exercise published on the Research Information Sharing Service (RISS), National Digital Science Library (NDSL) in the Republic of Korea, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (PUBMED) in the United States for the past 20 years based on the most frequently used keywords. With such a study on senior depression and physical activities, the research suggests a direction that further research on respective topics in Korea may pursue. Keyword network analysis was adopted, which bases on network algorithm; network text analysis was conducted utilizing the SNA package of program R (version 4.01) to analyze frequently used keywords and identify the connective structure among those words.
As a result, keywords with high frequency could be categorized into three big areas: individual’s happiness (quality of life, life satisfaction), physical activities (physical activity, ADL, IADL, physical function), and mental health (cognitive function, cognitive, dementia, depressive symptom). First, a total of 7 research papers were found to have used 18 keywords related to the happiness of individuals such as quality of life and life satisfaction: life satisfaction (7 times), depression (5 times), elderly (4 times), depression reduction (1 time), and 14 others (1 time each). Second, a total of 28 papers used 50 keywords related to physical activities such as ADL, IADL, physical activity, and physical function: depression (26 times), physical activity (16 times), ADL (13 times), elderly (12 times), IADL (5 times), cognition (4 times), social support (4 times), exercise (3 times), sleep (3 times), dementia (2 times), pain (2 times), physical health (2 times), Institution elderly (1 time), and other 37 keywords (1 time).
Third, a total of 20 research papers used 51 keywords related to mental health such as cognitive function, cognitive, dementia, and depressive symptom: depression (14 times), cognitive function (12 times), dementia (6 times), elderly women (6 times), depressive symptom (4 times), elderly (4 times), quality of life (3 times), aerobic exercise (2 times), cognition (2 times), combined exercise (2 times), social support (2 times), BDI (1 time) and other 39 keywords (1 time).
In conclusion, as our society is nearing a super-aged society, research on senior depression and exercise should be conducted further to devise ways to encourage physical activities of senior citizens and boost their social participation by enhancing their physical confidence. Social support is therefore necessary to improve the cognitive functions of senior citizens and prevent dementia.