Bibliometric review of publications related to Geriatric Care and Ayurveda

Shyam B Singh; Poornima Mansoria; Azeem Ahmad

doi:10.21760/jaims.8.4.32

Shyam B Singh Research Officer (Ayu.), Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, C.C.R.A.S., Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Poornima Mansoria Lecturer, Govt. Autonomous Ayurveda College, Gwalior, India.
Azeem Ahmad Research Officer (Ayu.), C.C.R.A.S., Janakpuri, New Delhi, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.4.32

Keywords: Ayurveda, Analytical Review, Geriatric, Jaravastha

Abstract

Global population ageing presents an unprecedented set of problems, such as shifting disease burden, increasing health and long-term healthcare expenses, dissaving, and potential issues with old-age economic security. Ayurveda may provide some solutions for these issues because it already has a special division for treating elderly people. In the last few years, there has been research related to old age, in which Ayurveda has focused on the prevention and treatment of diseases occurring in old age. The analysis of this published work, journals, authors, organizations and keywords is done in this paper. 35 publications related to geriatric and Ayurveda published between 1999 and January 2023, were analyzed in various aspects and the conclusion was found that limited publications on geriatrics and Ayurveda care. These papers have been published in a total of 22 journals and 99 authors and 9 organizations were found related to these publications. The present paper presents a bibliometric review of the publications related to ageing and Ayurveda and emphasizes that research related to ageing Ayurveda should be encouraged.

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