OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Elucidating the meaning of life world phenomena. A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience	52
Katie Eriksson’s caring theories. Part 1. The caritative caring theory, the multidimensional health theory and the theory of human suffering	28
Human dignity research in clinical practice – a systematic literature review	22
Older people and rural eHealth: perceptions of caring relations and their effects on engagement in digital primary health care	21
Dignity in end‐of‐life care at hospice: An Action Research Study	19
‘Treat me with respect’: transgender persons’ experiences of encounters with healthcare staff	17
The importance of families in nursing care: attitudes of nurses in the Netherlands	17
Factors associated with quality of life for children affected by parental illness or substance abuse	17
Job rotation approach in nursing profession	16
Children’s individual voices are required for adequate management of fear and pain during hospital care and treatment	16
Dignity reflections based on experiences of end‐of‐life care during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative inquiry among bereaved relatives in the Netherlands (the CO‐LIVE study)	16
‘Getting back to the matters’: Why the existential matters in care	15
Being a volunteer encountering older people’s loneliness and existential loneliness: alleviating loneliness for others and oneself	15
Factors determining nurses’ knowledge of evidence‐based pressure ulcer prevention practices in Finland: a correlational cross‐sectional study	15
Informal carers’ support needs when caring for a person with dementia – A scoping literature review	15
Caring for patients with end‐stage renal disease during COVID‐19 lockdown: What (additional) challenges to family caregivers?	15
The marked body – a qualitative study on survivors embodied experiences of a COVID‐19 illness trajectory	14
Professional values and nursing self‐efficacy in the Italian context. Correlational descriptive study	14
Impact of the person‐centred intervention guided self‐determination across healthcare settings—An integrated review	14
Nurses’ required end‐of‐life care competence in health centres inpatient ward – a qualitative descriptive study	14
'I know his needs better than my own' – carers’ support needs when caring for a person with dementia	14
Nursing professional practice environment and its relationship with nursing outcomes in intensive care units: a test of the structural equation model	13
Predictors of caring ability and its dimensions among nurses in China: A cross‐sectional study	13
Quickly home again: patients’ experiences of early discharge after minor stroke	12
Promoting patient engagement: a scoping review of actions that align with the interactive care model	12

Assessments of stress of conscience, burnout and social support amongst care providers in home care and residential care for older people	12
A CHAT about health literacy – a qualitative feasibility study of the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool (CHAT) in a Danish municipal healthcare centre	12
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of using mindfulness training in a cardiology department – a qualitative study	12
Developing eHealth in neonatal care to enhance parents’ self‐management	11
Fathers' lived experiences of caring for their preterm infant at the neonatal unit and in neonatal home care after the introduction of a parental support programme: A phenomenological study	11
Effects of a mindfulness‐based programme on the health‐ and work‐related quality of life of healthcare professionals	11
The relationships of job and family demands and job and family resources with family caregivers’ strain	10
Transitional ‘hospital to home’ care of older patients: healthcare professionals’ perspectives	10
The challenging journey from trauma to post‐traumatic growth: Lived experiences of facilitating and hindering factors	10
The meaning of significant encounters in forensic care	10
Development of a family resiliency model to care of patients with schizophrenia	10
Perceptions of providing safe care for frail older people at home: A qualitative study based on focus group interviews with home care staff	10
Am I going to die now? Experiences of hospitalisation and subsequent life after being diagnosed with aortic dissection	10
Older patients’ perspectives on mealtimes in hospitals: a scoping review of qualitative studies	10
In the borderland of the body: How home‐dwelling older people experience frailty	9
Association between malnutrition risk and pain in older hospital patients	9
‘I have cried a lot’: a qualitative study on children experiencing severe parental illness	9
Self‐transcendence among adults 65 years and older: A meta‐analysis	9
Recovery‐oriented care: mental health workers’ attitudes towards recovery from mental illness	9
Resilience and post‐traumatic growth in the transition to motherhood during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative exploratory study	9
Living with an ever‐present breathlessness: Women’s experiences of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage III or IV	8
‘Hope as a lighthouse’ A meta‐synthesis on hope and hoping in different nursing contexts	8
Older hospitalised patients’ experience of involvement in discharge planning	8
Barriers and facilitators for dental care among patients with severe or long‐term mental illness	8
Lower parental socioeconomic status in childhood and adolescence predicts unhealthy health behaviour patterns in adolescence in Northern Finland	8
Good interaction skills are not enough – competency in mental health issues in child health clinics and school health services	8
Exploring physiological stability of infants in Kangaroo Mother Care position versus placed in transport incubator during neonatal ground ambulance transport in Sweden	8
Teaching about death and dying—A national mixed‐methods survey of palliative care education provision in Swedish undergraduate nursing programmes	8
Pain prevalence among residents living in nursing homes and its association with quality of life and well‐being	8
Continuing professional development among social‐ and health‐care educators	8
Development and validation of an ICU‐specific pressure injury risk assessment scale	8
Challenging and redesigning a new model to explain intention to leave nursing	8
Body image experience of women with breast cancer: A meta‐synthesis	7
Moral distress experienced by care leaders’ in older adult care: A qualitative study	7
Consistent practice for pressure ulcer prevention in long‐term older people care: A quasi‐experimental intervention study	7
Katie Erikson's caring theories. Part 2. The theory of caritative caring ethics and the theory of evidence	7
Caring Behavior Coding Scheme based on Swanson’s Theory of Caring – development and testing among undergraduate nursing students	7
Hospital‐acquired pressure ulcers prevention: What is needed for patient safety? The perceptions of nurse stakeholders	7
Older adults’ provision of informal care and support to their peers – A cornerstone of swedish society: Demographic characteristics and experiences of social isolation	6
Interventions to optimise nutrition in older people in hospitals and long‐term care: Umbrella review	6
Return to work after coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement surgery: A scoping review	6
Sámi language in Norwegian health care: ‘He speaks good enough Norwegian, I don’t see why he needs an interpreter’	6
Relatives’ negotiation power in relation to older people’s acute hospital admission: A qualitative interview study	6
Who cares?—The unrecognised contribution of homecare nurses to care trajectories	6
“What do we fear the most?”: Exploring fears and concerns of patients, family members and dyads in end‐stage renal disease	6
Perceptions of person‐centred care in two large university hospitals: A cross‐sectional survey among healthcare professionals	6
Use of simulation practices in public or community health nursing: findings from mixed‐methods systematic review	6
Nursing professionals’ experiences of person‐centred practices in hospital settings	6
The ups and downs of lifestyle modification: An existential journey among persons with severe obesity	5
Parents’ experiences of family health conversations after having a child in need of neonatal intensive care	5

Me and us: Cultivating presence and mental health through choir singing	5
Registered nurses' efforts to ensure safety for home‐dwelling older patients	5
More support, knowledge and awareness are needed to prepare emergency department nurses to approach potential intimate partner violence victims	5
Family members’ participation in palliative inpatient care: An integrative review	5
Expanding the conceptualisation of the Art of Caring	5
Family members’ expressions of dignity in palliative care: a qualitative study	5
Newly graduated nurses’ evaluation of the received orientation and their perceptions of the clinical environment: An intervention study	5
Older person’s experiences of benefits gained from the support and advice given during preventive home visits	5
The meaning of reflection for understanding caring and becoming a caring nurse	5
The well‐being and burden of caregiving for patients with Parkinson’s disease	5
Roles and functions in clinical care for registered nurses with a PhD—A systematic literature review	5
Flexible patient‐reported outcome‐based telehealth follow‐up for type 1 diabetes: A qualitative study	5
Burnout among direct support workers of adults with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability	5
Stillbirth – transitions and rituals when birth brings death: Data from a danish national cohort seen through an anthropological lens	5
Family caregivers’ experiences of end‐of‐life care in the acute hospital setting. A qualitative study	5
Nurses' perspectives on caring for and attitudes towards adults aged eighty years and older	4
Impacted family equality, self‐confidence and loneliness: a cross‐sectional study of first‐time and multi‐time fathers’ satisfaction with prenatal and postnatal father groups in Sweden	4
A comparison of perceptions of caring behaviours among women in homelessness, Registered Nurses and nursing students	4
Attitudes towards oldest‐old adults (age ≥80 years): A survey and international comparison between Swedish and Austrian nursing students	4
Next of kin’s experiences with and attitudes towards digital monitoring technology for ageing people with dementia in residential care facilities. A qualitative study based on the voices of next of ki	4
A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery	4
Ambivalence and moral dilemmas in women’s lived experiences of obesity and pregnancy: Qualitative insights for maternal lifestyle interventions	4
Healthcare practices and interventions in Europe towards families of older patients with cardiovascular disease: A scoping review	4
Fatigue after heart transplantation – a possible barrier to self‐efficacy	4
Levels of education and technical skills in registered nurses working in post‐anaesthesia care units in Sweden	4
‘We experienced lack of understanding in the healthcare system’. Experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors of the childbearing process, health and motherhood	4
The relationship of psychosocial well‐being and social support with pregnant women's perceptions of traumatic childbirth	4
A concept analysis of health communication in a home environment: Perspectives of older persons and their informal caregivers	4
Core values and local guarantees of dignity in the care of older persons – Application, obstacles and further actions	4
Moving from one state to another among patients experiencing unexplained chest pain during physical activity: A secondary qualitative analysis by Meleis transition theory	4
Interprofessional collaboration in a community virtual ward: A focus group study	4
Associations between nurse managers’ leadership styles, team culture and competence planning in Norwegian municipal in‐patient acute care services: A cross‐sectional study	4
Undergraduate nursing students’ experiences of practicing caring behaviours with standardised patients	4
Making the invisible more visible: Reflections on practice‐based humanising lifeworld‐led research – existential opportunities for supporting dignity, compassion and wellbeing	4
The patient's agenda: nurses’ experience of learning and using guided self‐determination	4
Empathy, sympathy, and altruism—An evident triad based on compassion. A theoretical model for caring	4
Nature‐based interventions to promote health for people with stress‐related illness: An integrative review	4
Patients' experiences of patient‐centred care in hospital setting: A systematic review of qualitative studies	4
A planned but vulnerable pathway towards self‐management following day surgery. Orthopaedic patients’ experiences	4
The meaning of using caring science theory and concepts in the field of care	4
When life gives you no choice: Context of decision‐making when offered an oncology clinical trial	4
Efficacy of yoga for caregivers of persons with dementia: An integrative review	4
Challenges of nurses and care management of depressed older adults: a narrative literature review	4