OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Serum folate concentration and health-related quality of life among the elderly in South Korea	67
Cross-cultural adaptation, validation and psychometric evaluation of the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 (iHOT12) to Hebrew	62
Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and evaluation of its measurement invariance across sex	52
Response shift in hearing related quality of life after cochlear implantation – effect size and clinical significance: a then-test study	48
Health-related quality of life and associated factors among children with Transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study in Guangxi Province	44
Heterogeneity of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical research	42
Correction to: Socio-economic correlates of quality of life in single and married urban individuals: a Polish case study	40
Reliability of the quality of life-aged care consumers (QOL-ACC) and EQ-5D-5L among older people using aged care services at home	37
Health-related quality of life among older adults who experienced the Pohang earthquake in South Korea: A cross-sectional survey	36
Quality of life instruments in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of measurement properties	35
Design, validation and implementation of the post-acute (long) COVID-19 quality of life (PAC-19QoL) instrument	34
Assessment of health state utilities in dermatology: an experimental time trade-off value set for the dermatology life quality index	32
Continued alcohol consumption and hepatic encephalopathy determine quality of life and psychosocial burden of caregivers in patients with liver cirrhosis	32
Association between overweight, obesity, and quality of life of patients receiving an anticancer treatment for prostate cancer: a systematic literature review	30
Self-care time and rating of health state in persons with diabetes: results from the population-based KORA survey in Germany	29
Partners matter: The psychosocial well-being of couples when dealing with endometriosis	29
Health-related quality of life in young adults born small for gestational age: a prospective cohort study	28
The effect of a pay-for-performance program on health-related quality of life for patients with hepatitis in Taiwan	28
Adaptation and psychometric validation of Diabetes Health Profile (DHP-18) in patients with type 2 diabetes in Quito, Ecuador: a cross-sectional study	28
EQ‑5D‑Y-3L population norms for children and adolescents in Jiangsu, China	28
Impact of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics on functional disability and health-related quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study from Palestine	28
More than sleep problems? Testing five key health behaviors as reasons for quality of life issues among shift workers	26
Mental and physical health, and long-term quality of life among service members injured on deployment	26
Viability of a MSQOL-54 general health-related quality of life score using bifactor model	26
A review of the psychometric properties and implications for the use of the fertility quality of life tool	25

Mental health outcomes and quality of life of Ukrainian refugees in Germany	25
Association of post-stroke hemiplegic shoulder pain with sleep quality, mood, and quality of life	25