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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The experiences of caring for disabled older adults in long-term: A qualitative study from the perspective of spousal caregivers	69
Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Facilitating Patient Activation and Empowerment in Chronic Illness using a Person-Centered and Strengths-Based Self-Management Program	47
Acceptability of a peer-led self-management program for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in regional Southern Tasmania in Australia: A qualitative study	20
The experience of hospitalization in people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative, phenomenological study	19
Food insecurity and glycemic goals among Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes	17
“My body is a cage”: A qualitative investigation into the self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer	16
Cytokine network analysis in a community-based pediatric sample of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome	15
Illness conversations: Self-disclosure among children and youth with chronic illnesses	12
When chronic critical illness is a family affair: A multi-perspective qualitative study of family involvement in long-term care	12
The treatment effects and cardiovascular events of high-dose intravenous iron for hemodialysis patients with renal anemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Prerandomization withdrawals from a Type 2 diabetes self-care support intervention trial are associated with lack of available support person coparticipant	12
Experiences of carers of youth, adult children and spouses with ME/CFS	12
Differences among physical activity actigraphy algorithms in three chronic illness populations	11
“I Felt Like I Mattered”: Caring is a key ingredient of collaborative care for chronic illness	9
Fatigue self-management led by occupational therapists and/or physiotherapists for chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Supporting wellness at pantries (SWAP) nutrition stoplight system aids rural food pantry clients living with chronic disease in selecting nutritious options	9
Strategizing early interventions to improve hemodialysis acceptance among chronic kidney disease patients	8
Management of psychiatric treatments of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year evaluation in the pandemic	8
Contextual factors for the successful implementation of self-management interventions for chronic diseases: A qualitative review of reviews	8
‘It's a double whammy’: A qualitative study of illness uncertainty in individuals with Parkinson's disease in the context of COVID-19	8
Treatment of last resort? Psychological therapy seeking in chronic pain patients	8
How does hospitalization affect the frailty status of geriatric patients? Prospective study from internal medicine wards of a university hospital	7
Effects of physical rehabilitation interventions on exercise performance, dyspnea, and health-related quality of life in acute and post-acute COVID-19 patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Severity, interference, qualities, and correlates of severe pain: Descriptive cross-sectional study on pain experience of cancer patients in Sri Lanka	7
Chronic illness and psychopathology in emerging adults: Moderation by parent–child relationship quality	6

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	6
A comparison of chronic conditions and health characteristics between cancer survivors and non-cancer survivors	6
Understanding how the Support Needs Approach for Patients (SNAP) enables identification, expression and discussion of patient support needs: A qualitative study	6
Using latent class analysis to inform the design of an EHR-based national chronic disease surveillance model	6
Patients’ perception towards chronic disease self-management and its program: A cross-sectional survey	6
Personality disorders and outcome after multidisciplinary pain therapy	6
Effectiveness of chronic disease self-management education (CDSME) programs to reduce loneliness	5
Role of self-efficacy on functional limitations among persons with spinal cord injury	5
Conceptualisations of COPD self-management: A narrative review of the research literature	5
Online Self-Disclosure and Social Sharing of Emotions of Women with Breast Cancer Using Instagram–Qualitative Conventional Content Analysis	5
Resilience-enhancing interventions for family caregivers: A systematic review	5
Impact of COVID-19 on perceived wellbeing, self-management and views of novel modalities of care among medically vulnerable patients in Singapore	5
The effect of an educational app on hemodialysis patients’ self-efficacy and self-care: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study	5
Attending with family members, completion rate and benefits accrued from chronic disease self-management program	5
Which self-reported measures are useful to explore diabetes support needs among adults with diabetes and severe mental illness?	5
Self-management interventions for chronically ill patients with limited health literacy: A descriptive analysis	4
The predictive role of intimate partner violence in treatment adherence among women with chronic illness: A cross-sectional study	4
The role of social support in the experience of life with ischemic heart disease for socially disadvantaged patients: A qualitative study	4
Designing an mHealth Roadmap for the Journey to Self-Management: A Qualitative Study with Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Chronic Illness	4
Using Communities of Practice Theory to Understand the Crisis of Identity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)	4
A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease	4
Navigational health literacy among people with chronic illness	4
Patient and caregiver satisfaction of a palliative care chronic diseases clinic during COVID lockdowns	4
Use of aspirin in cardiovascular disease prevention—the role of online information search	4
Transitioning to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Perspectives from partners of women with cystic fibrosis and healthcare providers	4
A narrative review of the late effects of paediatric cancer treatment within an educational setting: Existing evidence and where do we go from here?	4
Chronic illness and psychological problems in emerging adults: Moderation by perceived parental distress	4
Remote delivery of self-management education workshops for adults with chronic pain, 2020–2021	4