OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial	28
The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder – creating an experience of generalised safety	23
Using online health information for unknown symptoms common among young adults: a qualitative analysis of health-related web pages illustrating the need for numeracy skills, the ability to deal with u	18
Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services	18
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study	16
Multimorbidity and health related quality of life in midlife – a longitudinal study from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966	16
General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries	15
Letter to the editor regarding ‘How to support researchers in the primary care setting?’	14
How to support researchers in the primary care setting?	14
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study	13
Interdisciplinary collaboration and clinical management for Norwegian preschool children who stutter: ‘Who, what, when, and where?’	13
Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care	13
Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study	13
The burden of persistent symptom diagnoses in primary care patients: a cross-sectional study	12
Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population	12
Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden	11
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study	10
Antibiotic prescribing in Danish general practice in the elderly population from 2010 to 2017	9
Suitability of issuing sickness certifications in remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed method study of GPs’ experiences	9
Promoting health literacy and sense of coherence in primary care patients with long-term impaired work ability—a pilot study	9
Changes in analgesic prescriptions in Dutch general practice	9
Impediments to and impact of checklists on performance of emergency interventions in primary care: an in situ simulation-based randomized controlled trial	9
Scientific papers and artificial intelligence. Brave new world?	8
Core values of primary health care help in rethinking the health services	8
Three ways of organising general practitioner’s medical services in sheltered housing. A qualitative study	8

Does the use of surgical face masks reduce postoperative infections in traumatic wounds sutured outside hospital? A randomized study at a Norwegian casualty center	8
Use and quality of point-of-care microscopy, urine culture and susceptibility testing for urinalysis in general practice	8
Facilitators and barriers for return to work among patients with post-COVID-19 condition: a qualitative interview study	8
The durability of previous examinations for cancer: Danish nationwide cohort study	8
The transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine	8
Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study	7
Challenges in pain management and opioid prescribing practices following traumatic injury: a focus group study with orthopedic surgeons and general practitioners	7
Promoting Nordic ‘Green Care Practices’	7
Associations between education level, blood-lipid measurements and statin treatment in a Danish primary health care population from 2000 to 2018	7
Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study	7
Primary health care in Ukraine is a cornerstone in both health reform and response to the full-scale invasion	7
Mental stress due to poor organizational climate and high work commitment as predictor of 10-year registered sickness absence: a cohort study based on The Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	7
Thanks for hearing me: key elements of primary care according to older patients	6
Diagnostic equipment and point-of-care tests in Norwegian emergency primary healthcare clinics: a cross-sectional study	6
Clinical presentation of scabies from 1996 to 2022: a retrospective cohort study from Finland	6
Medicine as a moral activity	6
Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice	6
Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers	6
Hypertension treatment in the oldest-old: focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners	6
Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark	6
The 40 ^th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	6
Blood tests – too much of a good thing	6
Exploring participants’ characteristics and self-assessed readiness to conduct clinical trials in general practice – baseline analysis of the RaPHaeL practice-based research network	5
Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care	5
Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center – one-year follow up	5
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease? A Swedish cross-sectional study	5
Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway	5
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care	5
To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question	5
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark	4
‘Do you have a future when you are 93?’ Frail older person’s perceptions about the future and end of life – a qualitative interview study in primary care	4
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey	4
Is general practitioner involvement in the initiation of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain associated with opioid dose and concurrent drug use?	4
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden	4
“Returning to the core tasks”: a qualitative interview study about how general practitioners in home health care solved problems during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?	4
Primary care patients with mild or stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease need more support in disease management: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial	4
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study	4
Exploring the feasibility of an artificial intelligence based clinical decision support system for cutaneous melanoma detection in primary care – a mixed method study	4
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway	4
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study	4
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study	4
A machine learning tool for identifying metastatic colorectal cancer in primary care	4
Follow-up and screening for type-2 diabetes mellitus in women with previous gestational diabetes in primary care	3
Interpersonal contact and altered sensory conditions in video consultation – a qualitative interview study in Danish general practice	3
Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study	3
What makes patients in primary care complex? A scoping review combined with a focus group analysis	3
Socioeconomic status affects achievement of blood pressure target in hypertension: contemporary results from the Swedish primary care cardiovascular database	3
Home care service employees’ contribution to patient safety in clients with dementia who use dietary supplements: a Norwegian survey	3

Use of primary health care services and mortality in older patients with type 2 diabetes with or without comorbidities	3
Identifying performance indicators to measure overall performance of telephone triage – a scoping review	3
Differences in the referral process from general practice to resident specialists in gynaecology depending on density of specialists and patients’ socioeconomic status	3
Heart failure patients without echocardiography are more commonly diagnosed in hospital care and are associated with higher mortality compared to primary care	3
Care in the era of digital health: experiences from Norwegian general practitioners	3
Learning strategies of general practitioners striving to achieve point-of-care ultrasound competence: a qualitative study	3
Use of point-of-care tests in pharyngotonsillitis – a registry-based study in primary health care	3
Danish primary care: a focus on general practice in the Danish healthcare system	3
Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden	3
Patient experiences and clinical outcomes of admissions to municipal acute wards versus a hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Norway	3
Trends in haemoglobin levels from 1968 to 2017 and association with hormonal contraceptives: observations from the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden	3
To be or not to be supervisors for medical students in general practice clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway	3
Factors associated with development of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at onset and within three years after diagnosis	3
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study	3
Letter to the editor	3
General practice variation in peptic ulcer prophylaxis: a nationwide register-based study	3
Dealing with fibromyalgia in the family context: a qualitative description study	3
Exploration of the feasibility to combine patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure in self-management groups with focus on exercise self-efficacy	3
Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress – a pragmatic cluster rando	3
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors – the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	3