OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chronic Illness 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Experiences of carers of youth, adult children and spouses with ME/CFS	91
The experiences of caring for disabled older adults in long-term: A qualitative study from the perspective of spousal caregivers	26
How does hospitalization affect the frailty status of geriatric patients? Prospective study from internal medicine wards of a university hospital	26
A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease	20
The effect of an educational app on hemodialysis patients’ self-efficacy and self-care: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study	20
Chronic illness and psychological problems in emerging adults: Moderation by perceived parental distress	18
Use of aspirin in cardiovascular disease prevention—the role of online information search	17
Managing cardiovascular risk factors with telemedicine in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis of patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes	15
Post-intensive care syndrome in critically-ill COVID-19 survivors followed for one-year	15
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	12
Socio-Clinical factors associated with Parkinson's disease–related specific self-management behaviours	11
Comorbidity progression patterns of major chronic diseases: The impact of age, gender and time-window	11
Perceptions of mindfulness practices as a support for individuals managing caregiving responsibilities and chronic disease: A qualitative study	11
Factors affecting the caregiver burden of family members to palliative care patients: A descriptive and cross-sectional study	9
Investigating the role of treatment adherence in predicting marital satisfaction among women with coronary artery disease: A cross-sectional study from Iran	9
Return to work after chronic disease: A theoretical framework for understanding the worker-employer dynamic	9
Patient-centric holistic integrative therapies as an adjuvant in checking the progression of chronic kidney disease: A case study	9
Comorbidities among Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus: The COMOSLE-EGYPT study	8
Chronic illness and psychopathology in emerging adults: Moderation by parent–child relationship quality	8
Beyond dyadic communication: Network of communication in inflammatory arthritis teams	8
Severity, interference, qualities, and correlates of severe pain: Descriptive cross-sectional study on pain experience of cancer patients in Sri Lanka	8
Negotiating treatment and managing expectations in chronic kidney disease: A qualitative study in Argentina	8
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
A hospital care coordination team intervention for patients with multimorbidity: A practice-based, participatory pilot study	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	6
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	6
Prevalence of primary and secondary hypertension among hospitalized patients with cancer in the United States	6
Service users’ and parents/carers’ experiences of a paediatric chronic fatigue service: A service evaluation	5
Healthcare professional students’ perceptions of supporting patient self-management: A mixed method study	5
Long COVID and symptom persistence in post-discharge omicron patients: Insights into C-reactive protein	5
Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Provider Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral (PACRR-C) Scale in Simplified Chinese	5
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with chronic conditions in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study	5
Experiences and expectations of physician communication: A focus group discussion with Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	5
Linguistic adaptation and psychometric properties of the health literacy questionnaire in serbian language among people with chronic diseases	4
People with diabetes who read their clinicians’ visit notes: Behaviors and attitudes	4
Vitamin B12 deficiency in long-term metformin treated type 2 diabetic patients: Prevalence and risk factors in a Tunisian population	4
The Farsi version of meaning of life in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study	4
Relationship between parent–adolescent communication and parent involvement in adolescent Type 1 diabetes management, parent/family wellbeing and glycaemic control	4
Morbidity and utilisation of healthcare services among people with cardiometabolic disease in three diverse regions of rural India	4
Barriers and facilitators of self-management behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic comorbidities: A mixed-methods investigation	4
The relationship between kinesiophobia and adaptation to illness in different chronic illnesses	4