OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Occupational Therapy is 2. 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
Investigating the relevance of the advanced activities of daily living tool for the screening and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and dementia to the Sub-Saharan African migrant population in B	21
How does occupational therapy literature conceptualise executive functions and how this influences occupational therapy assessment? An integrative review	17
Exploring the ideal practice for occupational therapists on assertive community treatment teams	13
Mental health – An area of high priority in occupational therapy	12
Exploring how occupational therapists and physiotherapists evaluate rehabilitation potential of older people in acute care	12
Perceptions about positive mental health among university students from Southern India: An occupational perspective	11
Exploring occupational therapy practice with children who are picky eaters and their families	11
Research priority 6: How can occupational therapy services be more inclusive of mental and physical health?	11
Exploring the usefulness of real-time digitally supported fatigue monitoring in fatigue management: Perspectives from occupational therapists and brain injury survivors	11
Book of Abstracts	8
Thanks to Reviewers	8
Sexuality in Occupational Therapy: A Call to Action	8
Cognitive stimulation and activities of daily living for individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia: A scoping review	8
The time is now to upscale all placements to a minimum of two students	7
Book of Abstracts and Session Submissions	7
The responsiveness of the Danish version of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure	7
Occupational therapists must embrace rapid change for a sustainable future	7
What is the lived experience of mothers in a Level-IV neonatal intensive care unit?	7
In-hand manipulation assessment instruments for children: A scoping review	7
A small-scale study exploring the efficacy of scale modelling as an open intervention for military veterans with mental health conditions	7
A protocol for removing environmental barriers to independent living (REBIL): An adapted evidence-based occupational therapy intervention to increase community participation for individuals aging with	7
Occupational therapy and participation in activities of daily living following cardiothoracic surgery in acute care: A retrospective study	6
Home environment design theories and models related to the occupational performance, participation and well-being of people with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review	6
Practice-based placement learning and innovation: Essential for the professional identities of tomorrow’s occupational therapists and the future of the occupational therapy profession	6
Perceived occupational competence and value among university students with premenstrual dysphoric disorder	6

A new tool to support research capability building	6
Occupational therapy practice to support executive function impairment after acquired brain injury: A UK clinical survey	5
The effect of self-management program performed via telerehabilitation on occupational performance and satisfaction of individuals with systemic sclerosis	5
Exploring the perspectives of ‘young adults’ (18–24) who have been in formal care and their experiences of attending a socially prescribed community allotment gardening group	5
Using time diaries to inform occupational therapy practice for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An exploratory study	5
Daily routine and habits during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: An observational survey	5
Occupational Therapists and public health	5
Learning, translating, and applying the perceive, recall, plan, perform system of task analysis assessment to practice: Occupational therapists’ experiences	5
Thanks to Reviewers	5
Development of a driving clinical decision pathway for non-driver trained occupational therapists	5
Use of the AusTOMs-OT to record outcomes in an occupational therapy homeless service	5
Parents living with and beyond cancer: A scoping review of unmet supportive care needs and impact on daily life	4
Overcoming the barriers towards a family-based occupational therapy: A call to action	4
Effects of cognitive stimulation group programs in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease	4
Mindset and participation: Correlations among healthy children	4
Exploring ableism and occupational therapy: perspectives of occupational therapy educators working within higher education	4
The impact of a power mobility device on occupational participation and quality of life for people with chronic diseases: A scoping review	4
Selection and recruitment of pre-registration occupational therapy students in the United Kingdom: Exploring entry criteria across education providers	4
Perceptions of black and minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring: A survey	4
Causal pathways of potential factors affecting participation level of individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy	4
Examining the use of assistance dogs to enhance participation in everyday occupations for people with mobility challenges	4
Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Persian version of Occupational Balance Questionnaire in healthy adults	4
A qualitative investigation of influences on occupational therapists’ research involvement in Ireland	4
Distance supervision as experienced by occupational therapists in mental health: An interpretative phenomenological study	4
‘Never think doing a job is easy’: The lived experience of work for people who have an intellectual and developmental disability	4
The life balance inventory in patients with multiple sclerosis: Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version	4
Spanish consensus of occupational therapists on upper limb assessment tools in stroke	4
Exploring the process of health in mothers of children with cerebral palsy: Changing “clinical reasoning”	4
Occupational balance and quality of life in mothers of children with cerebral palsy	4
Research Priority 1: ‘How does occupational therapy make a difference and have an impact on everyday lives?	3
No evidence of a minimal clinically important difference for the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration in children with autism spectrum disorder	3
Motor imagery as an intervention to improve activities of daily living post-stroke: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	3
Learning from adversity: Occupational therapy staff experiences of coping during Covid-19	3
Engaging with nature and the outdoors: A scoping review of therapeutic applications in contemporary occupational therapy	3
The relationship between Motivation for Occupation and Pattern of Occupation scores of the MOHOST and types of discharge placement from a mental health rehabilitation unit	3
Exploring potential for occupational therapy practice models within areas of social deprivation: A qualitative inquiry within a community-centred food cooperative	3
An exploration of the role of occupational therapists in addressing sexuality with service users post stroke	3
The effect of attention control and academic motivation on perceived learning in hybrid occupational therapy education	3
Development of a clinical hand rehabilitation guideline for second to fifth metacarpal fracture rehabilitation: A Delphi method	3
Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture 2022: Optimising performance, clinical and economic outcomes in occupational therapy service delivery	3
Positive risk-taking within social care for adults with physical disabilities: A review of guidelines in practice in England	3
A scoping review of online international student collaboration in occupational therapy education	3
Revisiting the core principles of physical rehabilitation after stroke: Recapping the guidelines and underlining the importance of assessment	3
Priorities for returning to work after traumatic injury: A public and professional involvement study	3
Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish Adult Sensory Processing Scale	3
Occupational therapists’ perspectives on an evidence-based, client-centered assistive technology intervention	3
Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group	3
Impacts of therapeutic horticulture on happiness and loneliness in institutionalized clients with mental health conditions	3
Participation experience for persons with oculomotor impairments after acquired brain injury	3
Implementing constraint-induced movement therapy into practice in sub-acute stroke: Experiences and perceptions of stroke survivors and therapists	3

Do childhood adversity and sensory processing sensitivity interact to predict meaningful activity engagement in adulthood?	3
Work-related quality of life of occupational therapists in Ireland	3
Occupational therapy upper limb splinting practice for clients with acquired brain injuries: A cross-sectional study from South Africa	3
Key elements of Goal-Directed Training for children with cerebral palsy: A qualitative content analysis	3
A qualitative study exploring occupational therapist’s experiences of delivering interventions to patients in seclusion whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team	3
Occupational therapy students experience professional reasoning during their practice-based learning: A dialogical analysis	3
The experience of type 2 diabetes: Application of the Model of Human Occupation	3
Mothers’ experience of being involved with the transfer of the CO-OP approach: A qualitative study	3
Is anything in life simple? Why we should think about complexity	3
A Qualitative Study on Patients’ Use of Emotion Regulation Strategies During Therapeutic Relationships	3
Implementation of a telerehabilitation program for children with neurodevelopmental disorders during the lockdown caused by COVID-19	2
Participation patterns and predictors of participation in preschool children with developmental disability	2
It’s time to measure the long-term effects of occupational therapy interventions	2
Using the PLUS Framework to support supervisors to make the most of practice education supervision: Experiences from Singapore	2
Youth mentoring: A new holistic intervention targeting the needs of young persons with acquired brain injury	2
Occupational therapy and psychosis: POINTER feasibility study for a pragmatic clinical trial	2
Attitudes and use patterns for mobile technology and upper extremity home exercises in stroke survivors in the United States	2
Exploring ableism and occupational therapy: Occupational therapy students’ perspectives	2
Primary care occupational therapist’s methods of outcome evaluation: Do they align to value-based healthcare?	2
Research priority seven: What is the role of occupational therapy in supporting self-management? Developing an occupation-centred lens for research and practice	2
Participant and caregiver experiences of an activities of daily living-focused cognitive stimulation program for individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia (CS-ADL)	2
Study repeats findings demonstrating in-person instruction improves empathic awareness: Curriculum emphasizes literary narratives, narrative reasoning, person-to person interaction, and close reading	2
Effectiveness of client-centered intervention delivered with face-to-face and telerehabilitation method after total knee arthroplasty—A pilot randomized control trial	2
Identifying research priorities for occupational therapy in the UK: A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership	2
The impact of microaggressions on occupational performance for Muslims	2
The effectiveness of a combination of Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training in people with schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial	2
Information bias in the Canadian occupational performance measure: A qualitative study	2
Men’s experiences of the transition to fatherhood during the first postnatal year: A qualitative systematic review	2
Post-COVID-19 survivors’ strategies for improving occupational balance: A qualitative study	2
Occupational therapists’ experiences of implementing occupation-based practice in neurology, and its impact on professional identity	2
The relationship between cognitive function and performance in instrumental activities of daily living in older adults	2
Bringing therapy home: Exploring parents’ experiences of telehealth for children with developmental coordination disorder	2
Fatigue management effects on social participation and environment management in individuals with multiple sclerosis: Quasi-experimental study	2
Proceed with care and intention: Factors to consider when introducing a doctoral-level route to occupational therapy registration in the UK	2
The strategies used by adults with visual impairment	2
Achieving Inter-Rater Agreement and Inter-Rater Reliability to Assess Fidelity of an Occupation-Based Coaching (OBC) Clinical Trial Intervention	2
Exploring the relationship between perceived susceptibility and severity of falling among older adults in Singapore	2
National Clinical Guideline for Stroke for the UK and Ireland: Part ll – The challenges and opportunities posed for occupational therapists	2
Occupational performance in Huntington’s disease: A cross-sectional study	2
Improving occupational therapists’ confidence in completing the Allied Health Professions Health and Work Report: Results from the CREATE feasibility study	2
A propensity to thrive: Understanding individual difference, resilience and entrepreneurship in developing competence and professional identity	2
Occupational therapy data - The most valuable commodity?	2
Critical perspectives on implementation of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy – Exemplified by Lifestyle Redesign® in a Danish context	2