Bibliographic Analysis of Medication Adherence and Use of Reminders

Abstract

The study aimed to highlight the work of different researchers and publication platforms in disseminating knowledge about medication adherence and the use of reminders. The trend of publication, prominent contributors, funders, countries, and shift in the use of reminders was encompassed based on bibliographic and text analysis. Articles published in the last ten years between 2011 to 2020 were extracted from the Scopus database. Data of 1007 articles were analysed in VOS viewer to obtain graphs and network diagrams. Most of the research was done in the United States (526 documents). The research conducted by Harvard Medical School had the maximum number of publications (42). In recent years there has been active publication from the countries like Norway, France, Singapore and China. It was also found that studies at the beginning of the decade were mainly focused on SMS and mobile phone interventions. The trend has shifted towards intentions like mobile applications, and the term “mhealth” is used more in the current years.