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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Opportunities and barriers for occupational engagement among residents in supported housing	42
Lifestyle Redesign^®with independent living older adults in countries other than the USA	30
Information and communication technology in home-based rehabilitation – a discussion of possibilities and challenges	19
Occupational therapy in overweight and obesity care: Australian perspectives from a mixed methods study	17
The use and value of play: Perspectives from the continent of Africa – a scoping review	16
Hippotherapy concepts: A scoping review to inform transdisciplinary practice guidelines	13
Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties	13
Exploring the life contexts of patrolling police officers in the European Union – A scoping review	12
Learning occupational therapy practice using standardised patients in a practical examination – experiences of students and teachers	12
Validity and reliability of the Turkish Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-T) in mental health	12
Occupational therapy in the space of artificial intelligence: Ethical considerations and human-centered efforts	11
Work conditions as predictors of Swedish occupational therapists’ occupational balance	11
Occupational performance and prioritized problematic everyday occupations among people with advanced cancer living alone versus living with someone	10
A scoping review exploring occupation-based research on trauma: A colour palette to paint richer horizons	10
A survey of research involvement and priorities among occupational therapists in Norway	10
Daily life coping—Helping stress-afflicted people manage everyday activities	9
‘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	9
Feasibility of using the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance in a population of Danish stroke survivors: Adaptation and study protocol	9
Women’s experience of the impact of work environment during menopause – A qualitative interview study	8
Test–retest reliability and construct validity of a Japanese version of the Satisfaction with Daily Occupations and Occupational Balance for people with mental illness	8
Bridging the transition from homelessness: Developing an occupational therapy framework	8
Occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease in Israel: A SWOT analysis	8
Occupational balance as a component in weight loss interventions	8
Occupational adaptation as a social process for dementia care teams	8
Relationships between motor skills and executive functions in developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review	8

Dance for Parkinson, multifaceted experiences of persons living with Parkinson’s Disease	7
Icelandic translation, adaptation and validation of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-IS)	7
Cognitive impairment in daily life (CID): A double-faced instrument to detect changes and impairments in activities of daily living for people with suspected cognitive impairment	7
Potential roles of occupational therapists in urban planning for age-friendly environments: A Q-methodology	7
Perspectives on residential involvement and engagement in everyday life–a qualitative study	6
Initial validation of the powered mobility device autonomy residential screen (PoMoDARS)	6
Cross-cultural validation of the German Paediatric Evaluation Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test: A comparative study with American normative standard scores	6
Clinical utility of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire (D-SAMQ)	6
Comparison of goals set by people with multiple sclerosis during two fatigue management interventions	6
Evaluation of a driving clinical decision pathway for generalist occupational therapists: Pilot test of practice change	6
Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’	5
“No miracle cure” interface evaluation of a UK suicide prevention app in a Norwegian context	5
Cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy return-to-work interventions for people with mental health disorders: A systematic review	5
Reliability of FUNDES-Child-SE - measuring participation and independence of children and youths with disabilities	5
Understanding professional identity in occupational therapy: A scoping review	5
Pre-vocational therapy in mental health. Clients' desired and achieved productivity status	5
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?	5
Study approaches mediate associations between learning environment and academic performance	5
Occupational experiences and their importance for young peoples’ mental health	5
Cognitive interviews on the Swedish occupational balance questionnaire	5
Case study research: Building the occupational therapy evidence base one case at a time	5
Driving practice effects for older drivers with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary study	5
Transition back to work after mild TBI: A qualitative study	4
Self-initiated management strategies in digitalized work and everyday life – experiences of people with cognitive difficulties due to neurological disorders	4
Occupational multi-level responsiveness: Describing the skills used by occupational therapists working with children seeking asylum in Australia	4
Mapping intervention practices in social occupational therapy in Brazil	4
What matters to you? A mixed-method evaluation of goal setting and attainment within reablement from a client perspective	4
Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile	4
Older adults’ experiences of maintaining social participation: Creating opportunities and striving to adapt to changing situations	4
Adapting the preschool environment to the needs of children on the autism spectrum in Sweden: A quasi-experimental study	4
Transitioning from an occupational therapy student to a clinically competent occupational therapist – A qualitative study	4
Ambitions and obstacles for evidence-based municipal primary healthcare – a mixed- methods study	4
Nineteen years of constraint-induced movement therapy: A practice-based, retrospective, observational study	4
Facing symptoms and limitations: A qualitative study of women with carpal tunnel syndrome	4
Clinical reasoning of occupational therapists in selecting activities together with older adults with dementia to postpone further development of cognitive decline	4
Handling fatigue in everyday activities at five years after stroke: A long and demanding process	3
Defining the complexities of an occupational pattern—A concept analysis and theoretical validation	3
Occupational therapists’ experiences of using a new internet-based intervention - a focus group study	3
The role of a socially assistive robot in enabling older adults with mild cognitive impairment to cope with the measures of the COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study	3
Evaluation of the group intervention “Let’s Get Organized” for improving time management, organisational, and planning skills in people with mild intellectual disability	3
A call to resist occupational therapy’s promotion of ableism	3
Development and usability of an app-based instrument of participation in children with disabilities	3
Content validity of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for measuring participation of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in mainland China	3
A more active parenting after attending Let’s Get Organized – Experiences of parents with ADHD	3
Occupational therapy’s contributions to combating climate change and lifestyle diseases	3
Exploring return to work barriers through the lens of model of human occupation. The NOW WHAT project	3
Personal factors, participation, and satisfaction post-stroke: A qualitative exploration	3
A scoping review on occupational science research in European contexts	3
Environmental barriers and housing accessibility problems for people with Parkinson’s disease: A three-year perspective	3
Mindfulness and therapeutic relationships: A phenomenological inquiry into paediatric occupational therapists’ practices	3

The relevance of employing a three-perspective view on occupational balance among people with depression and/or anxiety disorders	3
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools	3
Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service	3
Occupational therapy students’ experiences and perceptions of journal club participation	3
Does the self-reported playfulness of older adults influence their wellbeing? An exploratory study	3
Occupational value outcomes among people with mental health issues participating in activity-based interventions – The importance of internal and external factors	3
Occupational therapy and stress-related exhaustion – a scoping review	3
Mitigating the effects of climate change in children’s outdoor play environments	2
Exploring communication in families affected by parental chronic pain: An occupational perspective	2
Establishing the measurement properties of the Residential Environment Impact Scale (Version 4.0)	2
Recovery experiences among mental health service users going through the Balancing Everyday Life ^™ intervention – A deductive qualitative study	2
Making choices in digital play spaces: Children’s experiences	2
Association between parent-proxy-reported and child-self-reported perceptions of children’s motor competence and children’s performance-based motor skill abilities	2
Use of information and communication technology in occupational therapy for older adults	2
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	2
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure the state of the art – a review	2
Phronesis: Recognising a neglected dimension of knowledge within occupational therapy research	2
The influence on daily occupations of Danish adolescents experiencing stress	2
Experiences with continuous quality improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model	2
Experiences of occupational therapists within an ACT-based interdisciplinary pain management program	2
Education leads to increased adherence to the ‘Australian Competency Standards for Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors’	2
Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations	2
Perceptions of unilluminated occupations a survey of Danish occupational therapists	2
Targeting the school environment to enable participation: A scoping review	2
Occupational therapists’ experiences of intra-professional collaboration during the discharge process from inpatient care to home healthcare	2
Considering the home environment and planning for the future: A qualitative exploration of the views of older adults and individuals with older relatives	2
Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature	2
Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan	2
How a group-based occupational therapy program works in woman with fibromyalgia: A process evaluation of the ADAPT program	1
Effect evaluation of a vocational rehabilitation program for young adults with chronic physical conditions at risk for unemployment: A controlled clinical trial	1
Occupational gaps reported by proxies for persons with dementia residing in a nursing home	1
Relationship between engagement in meaningful activities, self-efficacy, and quality of life in healthy young adults: An exploratory study	1
Participation of children with long-term health conditions compared to that of healthy peers: A cross-sectional comparative study	1
Fostering social participation among older adults: Perspectives of stakeholders	1
Creative activities as intervention – Exploring occupational therapists’ narrative reasoning	1
Understanding occupation in Canada: Recent graduates’ perspectives	1
Parents’ perceptions of sleep problems in children with ADHD when using weighted blankets	1
Supportive housing residents’ experiences of the intervention active in my home	1
Defining the future of occupational therapy: A concept analysis of leadership development	1
The impact of the BEL intervention on levels of motivation, engagement and recovery in people who attend community mental health services	1
Assessment of motor and process skills in Danish occupational therapy practice	1
Professional identity development of Flemish occupational therapists: A narrative study	1
A systematic review of lifestyle and health among patrolling police officers	1
Occupational wellbeing on playgrounds: Parents’ views on children with coordination disorder	1
Feasibility of an intervention to facilitate time and everyday functioning in preschoolers	1
Experiences of a digital group intervention ‘the health web’: a case study of older adults	1
The ‘Young Adult Taking Action’ programme for young adult cancer survivors: A study protocol for a feasibility study	1
‘Finding the play’ – exploring with occupational therapists practice possibilities in the context of Irish schoolyards	1
Leisure and social occupational choice within nursing home facilities in Ireland: Residents perspectives	1
Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions	1
Stroke rehabilitation adaptive approaches: A theory-focused scoping review	1
Correction	1
Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis	1
Mental health service users’ experiences of everyday occupations while attending day centres during the transition into retirement age	1
Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines	1
Turkish version of life balance inventory: Validity, reliability, and cultural adaptation study	1
Reliability and validity of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire	1
Adolescent participation characteristics: Development and initial psychometric properties of the adolescents participation questionnaire	1