OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is 3. 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
Healthcare consumption among patients with stress-related exhaustion: a register-based study in swedish primary care	34
The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder – creating an experience of generalised safety	30
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial	18
Multimorbidity and health related quality of life in midlife – a longitudinal study from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966	17
General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries	17
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study	17
Letter to the editor regarding ‘How to support researchers in the primary care setting?’	17
Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study	15
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study	15
How to support researchers in the primary care setting?	14
Using online health information for unknown symptoms common among young adults: a qualitative analysis of health-related web pages illustrating the need for numeracy skills, the ability to deal with u	13
Interdisciplinary collaboration and clinical management for Norwegian preschool children who stutter: ‘Who, what, when, and where?’	12
The decision-making process in general practice of when to use antibiotics to treat acute rhinosinusitis	12
The burden of persistent symptom diagnoses in primary care patients: a cross-sectional study	11
Healthcare seeking with colorectal cancer symptoms—results from two Danish population-based surveys in 2012 and 2022	10
Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden	10
Changes in analgesic prescriptions in Dutch general practice	10
Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care	10
Suitability of issuing sickness certifications in remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed method study of GPs’ experiences	9
Promoting health literacy and sense of coherence in primary care patients with long-term impaired work ability—a pilot study	9
Hypertension management in the oldest-old: a survey of physicians in Swedish primary health care	9
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study	9
Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population	8
Improved diagnostic management of children with acute infections following the introduction of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing and general practitioner education in Latvia: a	8
The transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine	8

Three ways of organising general practitioner’s medical services in sheltered housing. A qualitative study	7
Promoting Nordic ‘Green Care Practices’	7
Challenges in pain management and opioid prescribing practices following traumatic injury: a focus group study with orthopedic surgeons and general practitioners	7
Facilitators and barriers for return to work among patients with post-COVID-19 condition: a qualitative interview study	7
Does the use of surgical face masks reduce postoperative infections in traumatic wounds sutured outside hospital? A randomized study at a Norwegian casualty center	7
Associations between education level, blood-lipid measurements and statin treatment in a Danish primary health care population from 2000 to 2018	7
Scientific papers and artificial intelligence. Brave new world?	7
Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study	6
Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study	6
Diagnostic equipment and point-of-care tests in Norwegian emergency primary healthcare clinics: a cross-sectional study	6
The durability of previous examinations for cancer: Danish nationwide cohort study	6
Use and quality of point-of-care microscopy, urine culture and susceptibility testing for urinalysis in general practice	6
Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark	6
Thanks for hearing me: key elements of primary care according to older patients	6
Primary health care in Ukraine is a cornerstone in both health reform and response to the full-scale invasion	6
Core values of primary health care help in rethinking the health services	6
Medicine as a moral activity	6
Mental stress due to poor organizational climate and high work commitment as predictor of 10-year registered sickness absence: a cohort study based on The Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	6
The 40 ^th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	5
High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden	5
Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice	5
To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question	5
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease? A Swedish cross-sectional study	5
Diagnostic accuracy of otitis media with and without a fictitious AI support among physicians in primary care and medical students	5
Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers	5
Clinical presentation of scabies from 1996 to 2022: a retrospective cohort study from Finland	5
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care	5
Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care	5
Quality assessment in sickness certificates – changes over an eight-year period in Sweden and associated factors	5
Exploring participants’ characteristics and self-assessed readiness to conduct clinical trials in general practice – baseline analysis of the RaPHaeL practice-based research network	5
Hypertension treatment in the oldest-old: focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners	5
Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway	5
Exploring the feasibility of an artificial intelligence based clinical decision support system for cutaneous melanoma detection in primary care – a mixed method study	5
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study	4
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey	4
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway	4
‘Do you have a future when you are 93?’ Frail older person’s perceptions about the future and end of life – a qualitative interview study in primary care	4
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study	4
Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center – one-year follow up	4
Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?	4
“Returning to the core tasks”: a qualitative interview study about how general practitioners in home health care solved problems during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Primary care patients with mild or stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease need more support in disease management: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial	4
Interpersonal contact and altered sensory conditions in video consultation – a qualitative interview study in Danish general practice	4
Blood tests – too much of a good thing	4
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark	4
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study	4
Is general practitioner involvement in the initiation of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain associated with opioid dose and concurrent drug use?	4
Letter to the editor	3
Follow-up and screening for type-2 diabetes mellitus in women with previous gestational diabetes in primary care	3

Improving cardiovascular control in a hypertensive population in primary care. Results from a staff training intervention	3
Preventive effect of methenamine in women with recurrent urinary tract infections – a case–control study	3
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors – the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	3
Dealing with fibromyalgia in the family context: a qualitative description study	3
Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study	3
Use of point-of-care tests in pharyngotonsillitis – a registry-based study in primary health care	3
Heart failure patients without echocardiography are more commonly diagnosed in hospital care and are associated with higher mortality compared to primary care	3
Learning strategies of general practitioners striving to achieve point-of-care ultrasound competence: a qualitative study	3
Trends in haemoglobin levels from 1968 to 2017 and association with hormonal contraceptives: observations from the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden	3
Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden	3
To be or not to be supervisors for medical students in general practice clinical placements: a questionnaire study from Norway	3
Differences in the referral process from general practice to resident specialists in gynaecology depending on density of specialists and patients’ socioeconomic status	3
What makes patients in primary care complex? A scoping review combined with a focus group analysis	3
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study	3
General practice variation in peptic ulcer prophylaxis: a nationwide register-based study	3
Care in the era of digital health: experiences from Norwegian general practitioners	3
Patient experiences and clinical outcomes of admissions to municipal acute wards versus a hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Norway	3
Effects of adding early cooperation and a work-place dialogue meeting to primary care management for sick-listed patients with stress-related disorders: CO-WORK-CARE-Stress – a pragmatic cluster rando	3
Identifying performance indicators to measure overall performance of telephone triage – a scoping review	3
Self-management difficulties in Swedish older adults and associations with sociodemographic factors, number of conditions, depression and health status	3
A machine learning tool for identifying metastatic colorectal cancer in primary care	3
Danish primary care: a focus on general practice in the Danish healthcare system	3
Factors associated with development of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at onset and within three years after diagnosis	3