OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Children’s perceptions of playing on inclusive playgrounds: A qualitative study	25
“I don’t want to be a patient”: Peer mentoring partnership fosters communication for autistic university students	22
Changes in daily life and wellbeing in adults, 70 years and older, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Approaches to engaging people with dementia in meaningful occupations in institutional settings: A scoping review	16
A concept analysis of creative activities as intervention in occupational therapy	15
Internet opportunities and risks for adolescents with intellectual disabilities: A comparative study of parents’ perceptions	15
Contemporary occupational therapy philosophy and practice in hospital settings	15
Understanding professional identity in occupational therapy: A scoping review	13
Occupational therapy interventions for multiple sclerosis: A scoping review	13
Occupational identity in occupational therapy: A concept analysis	13
A systematic review of occupational therapy interventions in the transition from homelessness	12
Burnout and its relationship with work-related factors among occupational therapists working in public sector in Turkey	11
‘Choice’ in occupational therapy theory: A critique from the situation of patriarchy in India	11
An overview & critical review of the Sensory Profile – second edition	10
Experiences of sensory input in daily occupations for people with serious mental illness	10
Lack of time and dependence on significant others: Occupational therapists´ experiences of prescribing time assistive technology for persons with dementia	10
Occupational performance problems in people with depression and anxiety	9
Occupational balance and sleep among women	9
Return-to-work: Exploring professionals’ experiences of support for persons with spinal cord injury	9
Relationships between motor skills and executive functions in developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review	8
Exploring two subdimensions of participation, involvement and engagement: A scoping review	8
The power of observation. Occupational therapists’ descriptions of doing observations of people with cognitive impairments in the context of community practice	8
Does the learning environment ‘make the grade’? A systematic review of accommodations for children on the autism spectrum in mainstream school	8
Swedish occupational therapists’ considerations for leaving their profession: Outcomes from a national survey	8
Occupational therapy and physiotherapy students’ communicative and collaborative learning in an interprofessional virtual setting	8

Enabling social participation for older people: The content of reablement by age, gender, and level of functioning in occupational therapists’ interventions	8
Student perceptions of the learning environment in Norwegian occupational therapy education programs	7
International allied health student placements: A meta-synthesis	7
The perceived challenge of everyday technologies in Sweden, the United States and England: Exploring differential item functioning in the everyday technology use questionnaire	7
Occupational experiences of college students with ADHD: A qualitative study	7
Older adults’ experiences of maintaining social participation: Creating opportunities and striving to adapt to changing situations	7
The role of a socially assistive robot in enabling older adults with mild cognitive impairment to cope with the measures of the COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study	7
The ReWork-Stroke rehabilitation programme described by use of the TIDieR checklist	7
The effectiveness of weighted blankets on sleep and everyday activities – A retrospective follow-up study of children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or autism spectrum di	6
Transcultural adaptation, content validity and reliability of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for children and youth with and without intellectual disabilities in mainland China	6
Activities in Daily Living: The development of a new client-centred ADL intervention for persons with stroke	6
Occupational balance from a clinical perspective	6
Client-centred practice in occupational therapy after stroke: A systematic review	6
‘Weaving lifestyle habits’: Complex pathways to health for persons at risk for stroke	6
Personhood in aloneness and in affinity: Satisfactory social participation among home care recipients	6
Targeting the school environment to enable participation: A scoping review	6
Self-initiated management approaches in everyday occupations used by people with acquired cognitive impairment	6
Engaging occupations among persons at risk for stroke: A health paradox	5
Occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease in Israel: A SWOT analysis	5
Tailoring to support digital technology-mediated occupational engagement for older adults – a multiple case study	5
Handling fatigue in everyday activities at five years after stroke: A long and demanding process	5
One-year follow-up after the time management group intervention Let’s Get Organized	5
Student characteristics associated with dominant approaches to studying: Comparing a national and an international sample	5
Optimising the development of sustainable internet-based occupational therapy interventions: Important key actions and perspectives to consider	5
Feasibility of a reablement-program in a Swedish municipality	5
Perceived occupational value in people with acquired brain injury	5
Test-retest reliability of Picture My Participation in children with intellectual disability in South Africa	5
Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan	4
Danish translation and validation of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire	4
A systematic review of lifestyle and health among patrolling police officers	4
Competencies for occupational therapy practice in homelessness: A Delphi study	4
Exploring the transition from student to health professional by the first cohort of locally trained occupational therapists in Ghana	4
Frail community-dwelling older persons’ everyday lives and their experiences of rehabilitation – a qualitative study	4
Exploring risk factors for developing occupational ill health – departing from an occupational perspective	4
Exploring perceived occupational balance in women with fibromyalgia. A descriptive study	4
Current occupational therapy scope of practice in the work-to-retirement transition process: An Australian study	4
Occupational therapy’s contributions to combating climate change and lifestyle diseases	4
Securing occupational rights by addressing capabilities: A professional obligation	4
Discourses of service recipients in the context of reablement in Norway	4
Client-centred practice in Scandinavian contexts: A critical discourse analysis	4
“Making change by shared doing”: An examination of occupation in processes of social transformation in five case studies	4
Enacting social transformation through occupation: A narrative literature review	4
Exploring the life contexts of patrolling police officers in the European Union – A scoping review	4
Catching sight of well-being despite a stress-related disorder	4
Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions	4
Integrating consequences of stroke into everyday life – Experiences from a long-term perspective	4
ActiveYou I – a new web-based measure of activity preferences among children with disabilities	4
Australian occupational therapy academic workforce: An examination of retention, work-engagement, and role overload issues	4
The relationship between resilience, reflective thinking and professionalism in Australian undergraduate occupational therapy students	4
Life contexts among patrolling police officers in the European Union, investigating environmental characteristics and health – A protocol for a scoping review and a systematic review	4

Occupational therapy practice education: A perspective from international students in the UK	3
Danish translation, cultural adaptation and initial validation of the Self-Assessment of modes questionnaire (D-SAMQ)	3
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the performance-based test – Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration^®	3
Information and communication technology in home-based rehabilitation – a discussion of possibilities and challenges	3
A feasibility study of the Redesigning Daily Occupations (ReDO^TM-10) programme in an Irish context	3
Perceived challenges at work and need for professional support among people with inflammatory arthritis – A qualitative interview study	3
“Meaningful occupation” – challenges for occupational therapy research	3
Menstrual hygiene management strategies used by women who are blind or have low vision	3
Rheumatic disease and fatigue: Participants’ experiences of an activity-pacing group	3
Process evaluation of an autism-specific workplace tool for employers	3
Bridging the transition from homelessness: Developing an occupational therapy framework	3
Fidelity and utility of GPS loggers as a tool for understanding community participation of older adults	3
Occupational performance goals and outcomes of time-related interventions for children with ADHD	3
Lifestyle Redesign^®with independent living older adults in countries other than the USA	3
Perceived job strain among Swedish occupational therapists with less than 10 years of work experience	3
Considering the home environment and planning for the future: A qualitative exploration of the views of older adults and individuals with older relatives	3
Adapting the preschool environment to the needs of children on the autism spectrum in Sweden: A quasi-experimental study	3
The development of the ‘Cancer Home-Life Intervention’: An occupational therapy-based intervention programme for people with advanced cancer living at home	3
Information and communication technology to improve school participation among upper secondary school students with special educational needs	3
Presenting an analytic framework facilitating a situationally oriented analysis of the use of digital technology for engagement in occupation	3
Systematic review: Need for high-quality research on occupational therapy for children with intellectual disability	3
Content validity of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for measuring participation of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in mainland China	3
The motives of people who delay retirement: An occupational perspective	3
Describing the occupational nature of practice: A scoping review	3
Occupational balance in parents of pre-school children: Potential differences between mothers and fathers	3
Psychometric properties of the Assessment Tool for Perceived Agency (ATPA-22) – utility for the rehabilitation of young adults not in education, employment or training (NEETs)	3
Multivariate correlations between pain, life interference, health-related quality of life and full-time sick leave 1 year after multimodal rehabilitation, focus on gender and age	3
A dyadic exploration of support in everyday life of persons with RA and their significant others	3
How transactional relations contribute to adaptive developmental outcomes when young people with disabilities participate in specially designed group programs − a scoping review	2
Facing symptoms and limitations: A qualitative study of women with carpal tunnel syndrome	2
Feasibility of an intervention to facilitate time and everyday functioning in preschoolers	2
Case study research: Building the occupational therapy evidence base one case at a time	2
Evaluation of an interactive showroom to increase general knowledge about welfare technology and its potential in municipal care settings	2
Working environment, work engagement and mental health problems among occupational and physical therapists	2
Potential roles of occupational therapists in urban planning for age-friendly environments: A Q-methodology	2
How chronic pain changes a person’s life story in relation to participation in occupational roles: A narrative exploration	2
Clinical reasoning of occupational therapists in selecting activities together with older adults with dementia to postpone further development of cognitive decline	2
An interactive digital calendar with mobile phone reminders (RemindMe) for people with cognitive impairment: A pilot randomized controlled trial	2
Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile	2
Assessing environmental barriers by means of the Swedish craig hospital inventory of environmental factors among people post-stroke	2
Can strengthening older adults’ problem-solving skills through occupational therapy improve their occupational performance? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Test-retest reliability of the short version of the everyday technology use questionnaire (S-ETUQ)	2
Barriers and facilitators of meaningful engagement among older migrants living with dementia in residential aged care facilities: A mixed studies systematic review	2
The jigsaw puzzle of activities for mastering daily life; service recipients and professionals’ perceptions of gains and changes attributed to reablement – A qualitative meta-synthesis	2
Experiences with continuous quality improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model	2
An exploration of occupational choices in adolescence: A constructivist grounded theory study	2
Weighted blankets for sleep problems – prescription, use and cost analysis	2
Womenʼs experiences of being in the sick leave process	2
Implementing an occupational therapy specific mental health intervention in a multi-professional context – the case of Balancing Everyday Life (BEL)	2
Does the self-reported playfulness of older adults influence their wellbeing? An exploratory study	2
Danish translation, adaptation and initial validation of the clinical assessment of modes questionnaires	2
A call to resist occupational therapy’s promotion of ableism	2