OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Cognitive interviews on the Swedish occupational balance questionnaire	35
Occupational therapy in overweight and obesity care: Australian perspectives from a mixed methods study	32
Experiences of participating in a group-based sensory modulation intervention for mental health service users	23
“No miracle cure” interface evaluation of a UK suicide prevention app in a Norwegian context	20
Defining the complexities of an occupational pattern—A concept analysis and theoretical validation	18
Perspectives on content and delivery of the ABLE 1.0 intervention programme	17
Enhancing evidence-based practice into healthcare: Exploring the role of scientific skills in occupational therapists-	16
A systematic review of lifestyle and health among patrolling police officers	15
Psychometric testing of the Icelandic Occupational Self-Assessment (OSA-IS)	14
Defining the future of occupational therapy: A concept analysis of leadership development	13
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools	13
Occupational therapists’ experiences of using a new internet-based intervention - a focus group study	11
Can the internet based intervention ‘strategies for empowering activities in everyday life’ support people with cognitive difficulties to self-manage digital work and everyday life?	10
Contributing factors for participation and independence in children and youths with disabilities	9
‘ A new sense of my former self’ – transforming the self through vocational rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury	9
Comparison of goals set by people with multiple sclerosis during two fatigue management interventions	8
Leisure and social occupational choice within nursing home facilities in Ireland: Residents perspectives	8
Occupational balance of Spanish occupational therapists – a challenge	8
Pre-vocational therapy in mental health. Clients' desired and achieved productivity status	7
Perspectives on residential involvement and engagement in everyday life–a qualitative study	7
Effect evaluation of a vocational rehabilitation program for young adults with chronic physical conditions at risk for unemployment: A controlled clinical trial	7
Occupational therapy’s contributions to combating climate change and lifestyle diseases	7
Occupational intervention in mental health hospitals: Study of contextual impact	7
Psychometric evaluation of the Finnish version of the Worker Role interview (WRI-FI)	7
Lifestyle Redesign^®with independent living older adults in countries other than the USA	7

How a group-based occupational therapy program works in woman with fibromyalgia: A process evaluation of the ADAPT program	6
Perceptions of and interactions with green neighbourhood environment – A qualitative study	6
Content validity of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for measuring participation of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in mainland China	6
Assessment of motor and process skills in Danish occupational therapy practice	6
Mindfulness and therapeutic relationships: A phenomenological inquiry into paediatric occupational therapists’ practices	6
‘When I use the electric wheelchair, I can be myself’ – real-life stories about occupational identity construction	6
The relevance of employing a three-perspective view on occupational balance among people with depression and/or anxiety disorders	5
‘Weaving lifestyle habits’: Complex pathways to health for persons at risk for stroke	5
Opportunities and barriers for occupational engagement among residents in supported housing	5
Swedish occupational therapists’ considerations for leaving their profession: Outcomes from a national survey	5
The impact of the BEL intervention on levels of motivation, engagement and recovery in people who attend community mental health services	5
Implementing an occupational therapy specific mental health intervention in a multi-professional context – the case of Balancing Everyday Life (BEL)	5
The “Managing Fatigue” programme – Experiences shared by MS participants	5
Optimising the development of sustainable internet-based occupational therapy interventions: Important key actions and perspectives to consider	5
The centrality of work in everyday life after stroke: A qualitative study of long-term stroke survivors	5
Occupational balance, changes in occupations and psychological well-being of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Making meaning of everyday life in the context of lung cancer treatment—a qualitative study of outpatients’ perspectives	5
Changes in daily life and wellbeing in adults, 70 years and older, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service	4
Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions	4
Systematic review: Need for high-quality research on occupational therapy for children with intellectual disability	4
Information and communication technology in home-based rehabilitation – a discussion of possibilities and challenges	4
Occupational gaps reported by proxies for persons with dementia residing in a nursing home	4
Within moments ofbecoming—everyday citizenship in nursing homes	4
Fidelity and utility of GPS loggers as a tool for understanding community participation of older adults	4
Enabling social participation for older people: The content of reablement by age, gender, and level of functioning in occupational therapists’ interventions	4
Exploring two subdimensions of participation, involvement and engagement: A scoping review	4
Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan	4
Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis	4
Occupational therapists’ experiences of hegemony in a mental health setting: A practice-based enquiry	3
Mental health service users’ experiences of everyday occupations while attending day centres during the transition into retirement age	3
Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties	3
Study approaches mediate associations between learning environment and academic performance	3
Experiences of the Redesigning Daily Occupation programme – a qualitative study among persons with neurological diseases	3
‘Finding the play’ – exploring with occupational therapists practice possibilities in the context of Irish schoolyards	3
Occupational therapy in the space of artificial intelligence: Ethical considerations and human-centered efforts	3
A Rasch analysis of the Danish version of the occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11)	3
Occupational therapists’ experiences of photo-supported conversations – An intervention in primary health care	3
Use of information and communication technology in occupational therapy for older adults	3
Validity and reliability of the Turkish Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-T) in mental health	3
A survey of research involvement and priorities among occupational therapists in Norway	3
Work conditions as predictors of Swedish occupational therapists’ occupational balance	3
Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations	3
The use and value of play: Perspectives from the continent of Africa – a scoping review	2
Developmental coordination disorder questionnaire – translation and adaptation into Danish	2
Participation of children with long-term health conditions compared to that of healthy peers: A cross-sectional comparative study	2
An overview & critical review of the Sensory Profile – second edition	2
Underlying functions associated with keyboarding performance of elementary-school students	2
Turkish version of life balance inventory: Validity, reliability, and cultural adaptation study	2
Developing professional competence in an unfamiliar setting: Practice learning in Zambia	2

The ‘Young Adult Taking Action’ programme for young adult cancer survivors: A study protocol for a feasibility study	2
Feasibility of using the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance in a population of Danish stroke survivors: Adaptation and study protocol	2
A more active parenting after attending Let’s Get Organized – Experiences of parents with ADHD	2
Cross-cultural adaptation of assessments for time-related abilities of Indian older adults and evaluation of their reliability and validity	2
Measurement properties of performance-based instruments for assessing mental function during activity and participation in persons with stroke: A systematic review	2
Exploring the life contexts of patrolling police officers in the European Union – A scoping review	2
Occupational performance and prioritized problematic everyday occupations among people with advanced cancer living alone versus living with someone	2
A new tool to measure occupational balance: Adolescent Occupational Balance Scale (A-OBS)	2
Life contexts among patrolling police officers in the European Union, investigating environmental characteristics and health – A protocol for a scoping review and a systematic review	2
Establishing the measurement properties of the Residential Environment Impact Scale (Version 4.0)	2
Cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy return-to-work interventions for people with mental health disorders: A systematic review	2
Case study research: Building the occupational therapy evidence base one case at a time	2
Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines	2
Learning occupational therapy practice using standardised patients in a practical examination – experiences of students and teachers	2
Understanding professional identity in occupational therapy: A scoping review	2
Hippotherapy concepts: A scoping review to inform transdisciplinary practice guidelines	2
Daily life coping—Helping stress-afflicted people manage everyday activities	2
Exploring risk factors for developing occupational ill health – departing from an occupational perspective	2
Self-initiated management strategies in digitalized work and everyday life – experiences of people with cognitive difficulties due to neurological disorders	2
Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile	2
Self-initiated management approaches in everyday occupations used by people with acquired cognitive impairment	1
Diary-based survey of lifestyle habits in everyday activities and support for the process of change – a utility study	1
Driving practice effects for older drivers with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary study	1
The process of negotiating and balancing digital play in everyday life: Adolescents’ narratives	1
Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’	1
Experiences of a digital group intervention ‘the health web’: a case study of older adults	1
Relationships between motor skills and executive functions in developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review	1
Occupational performance issues in a longitudinal perspective in people with depression and/or anxiety on sick leave, returning to work or working	1
Occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease in Israel: A SWOT analysis	1
Exploring communication in families affected by parental chronic pain: An occupational perspective	1
Targeting the school environment to enable participation: A scoping review	1
Perceptions of unilluminated occupations a survey of Danish occupational therapists	1
Uncovering the experiences of engaging in an inpatient occupation-based group program: The LifeSkills group	1
Reliability and validity of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire	1
Occupational balance as a component in weight loss interventions	1
Mitigating the effects of climate change in children’s outdoor play environments	1
‘It’s like someone is holding your hand, an invisible hand’: A grounded theory study of participation and personal recovery in Flexible Assertive Community Treatment	1
Ambitions and obstacles for evidence-based municipal primary healthcare – a mixed- methods study	1
Bridging the transition from homelessness: Developing an occupational therapy framework	1
Information and communication technology to improve school participation among upper secondary school students with special educational needs	1
Occupational multi-level responsiveness: Describing the skills used by occupational therapists working with children seeking asylum in Australia	1
Measurement properties of performance-based instruments to assess mental function during activity and participation in persons who have survived a stroke: A systematic review protocol	1
A dyadic exploration of support in everyday life of persons with RA and their significant others	1
Feasibility of an intervention to facilitate time and everyday functioning in preschoolers	1
Older adults’ experiences of maintaining social participation: Creating opportunities and striving to adapt to changing situations	1
Weighted blankets for sleep problems – prescription, use and cost analysis	1
Reliability of FUNDES-Child-SE - measuring participation and independence of children and youths with disabilities	1
Occupational experiences and their importance for young peoples’ mental health	1
Occupational therapy and cooking: A scoping review and future directions	1
Comprehensive assessment as part of the assistive technology service delivery process	1
Creative activities as intervention – Exploring occupational therapists’ narrative reasoning	1
The relationship between resilience, reflective thinking and professionalism in Australian undergraduate occupational therapy students	1
Correction	1
‘It’s like it is designed to keep me stressed’—Working sustainably with ADHD or autism	1
Education leads to increased adherence to the ‘Australian Competency Standards for Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors’	1
How context influences person-centred practice: A critical-creative case study examining the use of research evidence in occupational therapy with people living with dementia	1
Relationship between the perceived burden of suffering and the observed quality of ADL task performance before and after a 12-week pain management programme	1