OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chronic Illness is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Experiences of carers of youth, adult children and spouses with ME/CFS	83
How does hospitalization affect the frailty status of geriatric patients? Prospective study from internal medicine wards of a university hospital	25
The experiences of caring for disabled older adults in long-term: A qualitative study from the perspective of spousal caregivers	24
A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease	19
The effect of an educational app on hemodialysis patients’ self-efficacy and self-care: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study	19
Chronic illness and psychological problems in emerging adults: Moderation by perceived parental distress	18
Post-intensive care syndrome in critically-ill COVID-19 survivors followed for one-year	14
Use of aspirin in cardiovascular disease prevention—the role of online information search	14
Do labels matter? Implications of ongoing symptomatic chronic illnesses labeled as conventional diagnoses vs. functional somatic syndromes	13
Chronic illness adjustment scale (CIAS): Development and validation	13
Managing cardiovascular risk factors with telemedicine in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis of patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes	13
Perceptions of mindfulness practices as a support for individuals managing caregiving responsibilities and chronic disease: A qualitative study	12
Patient-centric holistic integrative therapies as an adjuvant in checking the progression of chronic kidney disease: A case study	11
Comorbidity progression patterns of major chronic diseases: The impact of age, gender and time-window	10
Socio-Clinical factors associated with Parkinson's disease–related specific self-management behaviours	10
Investigating the role of treatment adherence in predicting marital satisfaction among women with coronary artery disease: A cross-sectional study from Iran	9
Beyond dyadic communication: Network of communication in inflammatory arthritis teams	9
Return to work after chronic disease: A theoretical framework for understanding the worker-employer dynamic	9
Factors affecting the caregiver burden of family members to palliative care patients: A descriptive and cross-sectional study	9
Comorbidities among Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus: The COMOSLE-EGYPT study	8
Severity, interference, qualities, and correlates of severe pain: Descriptive cross-sectional study on pain experience of cancer patients in Sri Lanka	8
Prevalence and predictors of hypertension among adults in Mbarara City, Western Uganda	8
Negotiating treatment and managing expectations in chronic kidney disease: A qualitative study in Argentina	8
Chronic illness and psychopathology in emerging adults: Moderation by parent–child relationship quality	8
Trying to be like everybody else: A qualitative study revealing the importance of social contexts and illness representations among adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents	7

A hospital care coordination team intervention for patients with multimorbidity: A practice-based, participatory pilot study	7
Healthcare professional students’ perceptions of supporting patient self-management: A mixed method study	7
Prevalence of primary and secondary hypertension among hospitalized patients with cancer in the United States	7
Which self-reported measures are useful to explore diabetes support needs among adults with diabetes and severe mental illness?	7
The content of patients’ emotional expressions during follow-up consultations for chronic diseases	7
Beyond the battle: A cross-sectional study on cancer-related fatigue and predictors of quality of life in female adolescent and young adult survivors	7
Experiences and expectations of physician communication: A focus group discussion with Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	6
Service users’ and parents/carers’ experiences of a paediatric chronic fatigue service: A service evaluation	6
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with chronic conditions in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study	6
Burden of cancer trial participation: A qualitative sub-study of the INTERIM feasibility RCT	6
Fibrous dysplasia patients with and without craniofacial involvement report reduced quality of life inclusive of stigma, depression, and anxiety	5
People with diabetes who read their clinicians’ visit notes: Behaviors and attitudes	5
Morbidity and utilisation of healthcare services among people with cardiometabolic disease in three diverse regions of rural India	5
The Farsi version of meaning of life in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study	5
Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Provider Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral (PACRR-C) Scale in Simplified Chinese	5
Linguistic adaptation and psychometric properties of the health literacy questionnaire in serbian language among people with chronic diseases	5
Experiences of Participants Who Then Become Coaches in a Peer Coach Diabetes Self-Management Program: Lessons for Future Programs	5
Vitamin B12 deficiency in long-term metformin treated type 2 diabetic patients: Prevalence and risk factors in a Tunisian population	4
Continuity of care among people with hypertension and disabilities	4
“I Felt Like I Mattered”: Caring is a key ingredient of collaborative care for chronic illness	4
Treatment of last resort? Psychological therapy seeking in chronic pain patients	4
Role of self-efficacy on functional limitations among persons with spinal cord injury	4
The relationship between kinesiophobia and adaptation to illness in different chronic illnesses	4
Relationship between parent–adolescent communication and parent involvement in adolescent Type 1 diabetes management, parent/family wellbeing and glycaemic control	4
Sociodemographic and behavioural risk factors for obesity among community-dwelling older adults in Ghana and Nigeria: A secondary analysis of data from the SIREN study	4
Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Facilitating Patient Activation and Empowerment in Chronic Illness using a Person-Centered and Strengths-Based Self-Management Program	4
Barriers and facilitators of self-management behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic comorbidities: A mixed-methods investigation	4
Towards a patient-centred approach in therapeutic patient education. A qualitative study exploring health care professionals’ practices and related representations	4
A comparison of chronic conditions and health characteristics between cancer survivors and non-cancer survivors	4
Contextual factors for the successful implementation of self-management interventions for chronic diseases: A qualitative review of reviews	4
Family-based interventions in improving caregivers' psychological-related outcomes: A systematic literature review	3
Eliciting patients’ healthcare goals and concerns: Do questions influence responses?	3
The experience of caregivers of chronically ill patients during the COVID-19: A Systematic Review	3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasés impact on the affected person and next of kin: A mixed methods study	3
Which chronic diseases contribute the most to healthy life years lost in Algeria?	3
The psychological adaptation journey among Chinese adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease: A qualitative study	3
Religious and spiritual coping in patients With type 2 diabetes Mellitus	3
Financial Hardship and its Associations with Perceived Sleep Quality in Participants with Type 2 Diabetes and Obstructive Sleep Apnea	3
Personal variation in patient-centered relevance Index based on individual characteristics and medical conditions among patients with diabetes Mellitus in Korea	3
Self-management interventions for chronically ill patients with limited health literacy: A descriptive analysis	3
Association between viral hepatitis and metabolic syndrome in lung function impairment: A Taiwan community-based study	3
The role of social support in the experience of life with ischemic heart disease for socially disadvantaged patients: A qualitative study	3
Biomarkers of sleep disturbance in adults with chronic illness: A scoping review	3
Healthcare providers perception of therapeutic patient education efficacy according to patient and healthcare provider characteristics	3
Illness conversations: Self-disclosure among children and youth with chronic illnesses	2
The impact of smoking status on anticipated stigma and experience of care among smokers and ex-smokers with chronic illness in general practice	2
Patient-led integrated cognitive behavioural therapy for management of long COVID with comorbid depression and anxiety in primary care - A case study	2
Psychosocial factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with chronic disease: Results of a cross-sectional survey	2
Comorbidity and risk factors of subsequent lower extremity amputation in patients diagnosed with diabetes in Saskatchewan, Canada	2
Impact on diabetes outcomes and team skills of integrating dietetic services into interprofessional education and teamwork in primary care	2

Prerandomization withdrawals from a Type 2 diabetes self-care support intervention trial are associated with lack of available support person coparticipant	2
“I am in other people's hands as regards my health” A sociological critique of health care encounters of people with cirrhosis. A secondary analysis	2
Chronic critical illness in critically ill COVID-19 patients	2
“It's the worst pain I think you could ever have in the world”: The experience of living with trigeminal neuralgia	2
A systematic review on physical function, activities of daily living and health-related quality of life in COVID-19 survivors	2
Using latent class analysis to inform the design of an EHR-based national chronic disease surveillance model	2
Open-source automated insulin delivery systems and formal healthcare: A qualitative study of challenges in the interaction between service-users with type 1 diabetes and healthcare professionals	2
Effectiveness of peer mentoring and self-monitoring to improve blood pressure control in a vulnerable population in Argentina: Pragmatic randomized open-label controlled trial	2
Cytokine network analysis in a community-based pediatric sample of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome	2