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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Healthcare consumption among patients with stress-related exhaustion: a register-based study in swedish primary care	36
The untapped potential for healthcare to support recovery for patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder – creating an experience of generalised safety	31
Incidence of short-term community hospital stays and clinical profiles of patients: the Finnish Community Hospital Cohort Study	18
General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries	18
Cognitive and emotional reactions to pictorial-based risk communication on subclinical atherosclerosis: a qualitative study within the VIPVIZA trial	18
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	17
Multimorbidity and health related quality of life in midlife – a longitudinal study from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966	17
Interdisciplinary collaboration and clinical management for Norwegian preschool children who stutter: ‘Who, what, when, and where?’	15
Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections: a feasibility study	14
The decision-making process in general practice of when to use antibiotics to treat acute rhinosinusitis	14
Differences in use of telemedicine integrated into traditional primary health care – a comparative observational study	13
How to support researchers in the primary care setting?	12
Letter to the editor regarding ‘How to support researchers in the primary care setting?’	12
The burden of persistent symptom diagnoses in primary care patients: a cross-sectional study	12
Observational study of diagnosis and management in adult primary hypothyroidism in southwest of Sweden	11
Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care	10
Healthcare seeking with colorectal cancer symptoms—results from two Danish population-based surveys in 2012 and 2022	10
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study	10
Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population	10
Suitability of issuing sickness certifications in remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed method study of GPs’ experiences	10
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	10
Hypertension management in the oldest-old: a survey of physicians in Swedish primary health care	9
Promoting health literacy and sense of coherence in primary care patients with long-term impaired work ability—a pilot study	9
The transition of general practice into an academic discipline: tracing the origins through the first four professors in general practice/family medicine	8
Comparing measured and reported change in gastrointestinal symptoms after initiation of metformin treatment: a questionnaire validation study	8

Changes in analgesic prescriptions in Dutch general practice	8
Three ways of organising general practitioner’s medical services in sheltered housing. A qualitative 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
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
Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study	7
Primary health care in Ukraine is a cornerstone in both health reform and response to the full-scale invasion	7
Facilitators and barriers for return to work among patients with post-COVID-19 condition: a qualitative interview study	7
Scientific papers and artificial intelligence. Brave new world?	7
Core values of primary health care help in rethinking the health services	7
Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers	6
The 40 ^th Anniversary of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	6
Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice	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
Thanks for hearing me: key elements of primary care according to older patients	6
Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study	6
Quality assessment in sickness certificates – changes over an eight-year period in Sweden and associated factors	6
Exploring participants’ characteristics and self-assessed readiness to conduct clinical trials in general practice – baseline analysis of the RaPHaeL practice-based research network	6
Diagnostic accuracy of otitis media with and without a fictitious AI support among physicians in primary care and medical students	6
Medicine as a moral activity	6
The durability of previous examinations for cancer: Danish nationwide cohort study	6
Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark	6
Diagnostic equipment and point-of-care tests in Norwegian emergency primary healthcare clinics: a cross-sectional study	6
Hypertension treatment in the oldest-old: focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners	6
Promoting Nordic ‘Green Care Practices’	6
Challenges in pain management and opioid prescribing practices following traumatic injury: a focus group study with orthopedic surgeons and general practitioners	6
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease? A Swedish cross-sectional study	5
To reveal disease or to promote function – that is the question	5
Reduced Risk of Recurrent Fragility Fractures After a Primary Care–Based Fracture Prevention Intervention: A 20-Year Non-Randomized Controlled Follow-Up Study in Women Aged 70–100	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
Clinical presentation of scabies from 1996 to 2022: a retrospective cohort study from Finland	5
Patients with fibromyalgia in Finnish healthcare center – one-year follow up	5
Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway	5
High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden	5
Blood tests – too much of a good thing	5
Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey	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
General practice variation in peptic ulcer prophylaxis: a nationwide register-based study	4
Factors associated with development of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at onset and within three years after diagnosis	4
Danish primary care: a focus on general practice in the Danish healthcare system	4
Exploring the feasibility of an artificial intelligence based clinical decision support system for cutaneous melanoma detection in primary care – a mixed method 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
A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview 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	4
A machine learning tool for identifying metastatic colorectal cancer in primary care	4
Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: a mixed methods study	4
Experiences with a structured conversation tool: a qualitative study on feasibility in general practice in Norway	4
Psychiatric disorders and the cancer diagnostic process in general practice: a combined questionnaire and register study exploring the patients’ experiences in Denmark	4

Antibiotic treatment recommendations for acute respiratory tract infections in Scandinavian general practices—time for harmonization?	4
Extended prenatal and postnatal home visits in a vulnerable area in Sweden—a pilot study	4
Use of point-of-care tests in pharyngotonsillitis – a registry-based study in primary health care	4
Heart failure patients without echocardiography are more commonly diagnosed in hospital care and are associated with higher mortality compared to primary care	4
Ethical challenges causing moral distress: nursing home staff’s experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic	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
Photo-supported conversations about well-being (BeWell ^TM ) for patients with exhaustion disorders – a controlled clinical intervention study	3
B-phosphatidylethanol testing to identify hazardous alcohol use in primary health care—a game changer and a challenge for general practitioners: a qualitative study	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
Patient experiences and clinical outcomes of admissions to municipal acute wards versus a hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Norway	3
Does point-of-care ultrasound examination by the general practitioner lead to inappropriate care? A follow-up study	3
Exploration of the feasibility to combine patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure in self-management groups with focus on exercise self-efficacy	3
Interpersonal contact and altered sensory conditions in video consultation – a qualitative interview study in Danish general practice	3
Use of primary health care services and mortality in older patients with type 2 diabetes with or without comorbidities	3
Quality improvement work in general practice; a Norwegian focus group study	3
Do they cope or mope? A survey of GPs’ experiences with the changes in the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme	3
Learning strategies of general practitioners striving to achieve point-of-care ultrasound competence: a qualitative study	3
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors – the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	3
General practitioners’ willingness to participate in research networks in Germany	3
Dealing with fibromyalgia in the family context: a qualitative description study	3
Improving cardiovascular control in a hypertensive population in primary care. Results from a staff training intervention	3
Care in the era of digital health: experiences from Norwegian general practitioners	3
Exploring perceived access to and previous experiences with general practice and associations with health literacy in the Danish population	3
Reduction in the diagnostic interval after the introduction of cancer patient pathways for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden	3
Self-management difficulties in Swedish older adults and associations with sociodemographic factors, number of conditions, depression and health status	3
Patients’ perspectives regarding antibiotic treatment for acute sinusitis in Norwegian general practice. A qualitative interview study	3
Identifying performance indicators to measure overall performance of telephone triage – a scoping review	3
Follow-up and screening for type-2 diabetes mellitus in women with previous gestational diabetes in primary care	3
Preventive effect of methenamine in women with recurrent urinary tract infections – a case–control study	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
The use of rapid tests beyond established clinical recommendations should be avoided entirely	3
Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview 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