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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services	24
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial	18
Awareness of parental illness: a grounded theory of upholding family equilibrium in parents on long-term sick-leave in primary health care	17
The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder – creating an experience of generalised safety	17
How to support researchers in the primary care setting?	16
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	16
Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study	12
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study	12
General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries	12
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study	11
Changes in analgesic prescriptions in Dutch general practice	10
Multimorbidity and health related quality of life in midlife – a longitudinal study from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966	10
Promoting health literacy and sense of coherence in primary care patients with long-term impaired work ability—a pilot study	10
Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care	9
Impediments to and impact of checklists on performance of emergency interventions in primary care: an in situ simulation-based randomized controlled trial	9
Suitability of issuing sickness certifications in remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed method study of GPs’ experiences	9
Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden	8
The transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine	8
The burden of persistent symptom diagnoses in primary care patients: a cross-sectional study	8
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study	8
Antibiotic prescribing in Danish general practice in the elderly population from 2010 to 2017	8
Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population	8
Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study	7
Use and quality of point-of-care microscopy, urine culture and susceptibility testing for urinalysis in general practice	7
Associations between education level, blood-lipid measurements and statin treatment in a Danish primary health care population from 2000 to 2018	7

The durability of previous examinations for cancer: Danish nationwide cohort study	7
Primary health care in Ukraine is a cornerstone in both health reform and response to the full-scale invasion	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
Core values of primary health care help in rethinking the health services	7
Three ways of organising general practitioner’s medical services in sheltered housing. A qualitative study	7
Scientific papers and artificial intelligence. Brave new world?	6
Exploring the feasibility of an artificial intelligence based clinical decision support system for cutaneous melanoma detection in primary care – a mixed method study	6
Medicine as a moral activity	6
Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark	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
Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study	6
Thanks for hearing me: key elements of primary care according to older patients	6
To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question	5
The 40 ^th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	5
Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers	5
The impact of lifestyle counselling on weight management and quality of life among working-age females	5
Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care	5
Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center – one-year follow up	5
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease? A Swedish cross-sectional study	5
Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway	5
Weak association between socioeconomic Care Need Index and primary care visits per registered patient in three Swedish regions	5
Outcomes of antibiotic treatment for respiratory infections in children an observational study in primary care	5
Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice	5
Hypertension treatment in the oldest-old: focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners	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
Blood tests – too much of a good thing	5
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
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey	4
Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?	4
Is general practitioner involvement in the initiation of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain associated with opioid dose and concurrent drug use?	4
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway	4
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study	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
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study	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
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark	4
A machine learning tool for identifying metastatic colorectal cancer in primary care	3
Use of point-of-care tests in pharyngotonsillitis – a registry-based study in primary health care	3
Letter to the editor	3
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study	3
Learning strategies of general practitioners striving to achieve point-of-care ultrasound competence: a qualitative study	3
Differences in the referral process from general practice to resident specialists in gynaecology depending on density of specialists and patients’ socioeconomic status	3
Socioeconomic status affects achievement of blood pressure target in hypertension: contemporary results from the Swedish primary care cardiovascular database	3
Heart failure patients without echocardiography are more commonly diagnosed in hospital care and are associated with higher mortality compared to primary care	3
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study	3
Follow-up and screening for type-2 diabetes mellitus in women with previous gestational diabetes in primary care	3
Dealing with fibromyalgia in the family context: a qualitative description study	3
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors – the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	3
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study	3

General practice variation in peptic ulcer prophylaxis: a nationwide register-based study	3
Interpersonal contact and altered sensory conditions in video consultation – a qualitative interview study in Danish general practice	3
Factors associated with development of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at onset and within three years after diagnosis	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
Identifying performance indicators to measure overall performance of telephone triage – a scoping review	3
Care in the era of digital health: experiences from Norwegian general practitioners	3