Structured health education interventions for lifestyle modification in hypertension management: a bibliometric analysis

Background: Hypertension persists as a major global health concern. Structured health education interventions emphasizing lifestyle modification are crucial for control and prevention. Increased research output across countries elucidates strategy development and key contributors in this area. Aims/Objectives: This bibliometric study aims to analyze global publication trends, identify influential contributors, and track thematic shifts in structured health education interventions for lifestyle modification in hypertension management. Methods & Materials: A bibliometric analysis of literature indexed in the PubMed database was conducted. The search was performed on 6 January 2026, Articles published between 1st January 2000 to dec 31st 2025, 336 articles were retrieved and after screening, 168 articles were considered for the bibliometric analysis, which was conducted using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. Trends in article volume, leading authors, affiliations, and journals were analyzed and thematic clusters were examined by keyword co-occurrence networks. Results & Conclusion: Research output increased substantially after 2013.Country-level analysis based on author affiliations indicated that the United States and China were the leading contributors to the literature, followed by Australia, Spain and Brazil. Highly cited authors included Trudeau L (564 citations), Khan NA (532 citations), Hill MD (532 citations), and Campbell NR (532 citations). Among journals, PLOS ONE published the highest number of articles (12 publications, 725 citations), followed by Nutrients (10 publications, 420 citations) and BMC Public Health (6 publications, 427 citations). Collaboration networks demonstrated active international partnerships, and thematic mapping revealed dominant research areas including lifestyle modification, patient education, self-management, physical activity, and digital health interventions. The analysis was limited to publications indexed in PubMed and to English-language articles.