OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chronic Illness is 5. 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
The effect of an educational app on hemodialysis patients’ self-efficacy and self-care: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study	19
A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease	19
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	14
Post-intensive care syndrome in critically-ill COVID-19 survivors followed for one-year	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
Socio-Clinical factors associated with Parkinson's disease–related specific self-management behaviours	10
Comorbidity progression patterns of major chronic diseases: The impact of age, gender and time-window	10
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
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
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
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
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
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
Burden of cancer trial participation: A qualitative sub-study of the INTERIM feasibility RCT	6
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
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
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