OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy is 1. 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
Opportunities and barriers for occupational engagement among residents in supported housing	36
Occupational therapy in overweight and obesity care: Australian perspectives from a mixed methods study	32
Lifestyle Redesign^®with independent living older adults in countries other than the USA	25
Information and communication technology in home-based rehabilitation – a discussion of possibilities and challenges	20
Hippotherapy concepts: A scoping review to inform transdisciplinary practice guidelines	18
The use and value of play: Perspectives from the continent of Africa – a scoping review	17
Validity and reliability of the Turkish Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-T) in mental health	17
Work conditions as predictors of Swedish occupational therapists’ occupational balance	16
A scoping review exploring occupation-based research on trauma: A colour palette to paint richer horizons	15
An overview & critical review of the Sensory Profile – second edition	14
Exploring the life contexts of patrolling police officers in the European Union – A scoping review	12
Occupational therapy in the space of artificial intelligence: Ethical considerations and human-centered efforts	11
Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties	10
Learning occupational therapy practice using standardised patients in a practical examination – experiences of students and teachers	10
A survey of research involvement and priorities among occupational therapists in Norway	10
Relationships between motor skills and executive functions in developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review	9
Bridging the transition from homelessness: Developing an occupational therapy framework	9
Occupational performance and prioritized problematic everyday occupations among people with advanced cancer living alone versus living with someone	8
Practice educators’ emphasis on research in supervision of occupational therapy students	7
Occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease in Israel: A SWOT analysis	7
Feasibility of using the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance in a population of Danish stroke survivors: Adaptation and study protocol	7
Potential roles of occupational therapists in urban planning for age-friendly environments: A Q-methodology	7
Occupational balance as a component in weight loss interventions	7
Daily life coping—Helping stress-afflicted people manage everyday activities	7
Cognitive impairment in daily life (CID): A double-faced instrument to detect changes and impairments in activities of daily living for people with suspected cognitive impairment	7

Occupational adaptation as a social process for dementia care teams	7
‘It’s like someone is holding your hand, an invisible hand’: A grounded theory study of participation and personal recovery in Flexible Assertive Community Treatment	7
Icelandic translation, adaptation and validation of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-IS)	6
Initial validation of the powered mobility device autonomy residential screen (PoMoDARS)	6
Clinical utility of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire (D-SAMQ)	6
Evaluation of a driving clinical decision pathway for generalist occupational therapists: Pilot test of practice change	6
Dance for Parkinson, multifaceted experiences of persons living with Parkinson’s Disease	6
Comparison of goals set by people with multiple sclerosis during two fatigue management interventions	6
Cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy return-to-work interventions for people with mental health disorders: A systematic review	5
Can the internet based intervention ‘strategies for empowering activities in everyday life’ support people with cognitive difficulties to self-manage digital work and everyday life?	5
Changes in daily life and wellbeing in adults, 70 years and older, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Systematic review: Need for high-quality research on occupational therapy for children with intellectual disability	5
Enabling social participation for older people: The content of reablement by age, gender, and level of functioning in occupational therapists’ interventions	5
Pre-vocational therapy in mental health. Clients' desired and achieved productivity status	5
“No miracle cure” interface evaluation of a UK suicide prevention app in a Norwegian context	5
Cognitive interviews on the Swedish occupational balance questionnaire	5
Perspectives on residential involvement and engagement in everyday life–a qualitative study	5
Older adults’ experiences of maintaining social participation: Creating opportunities and striving to adapt to changing situations	4
Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’	4
Understanding professional identity in occupational therapy: A scoping review	4
Reliability of FUNDES-Child-SE - measuring participation and independence of children and youths with disabilities	4
Self-initiated management approaches in everyday occupations used by people with acquired cognitive impairment	4
Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile	4
Study approaches mediate associations between learning environment and academic performance	4
Self-initiated management strategies in digitalized work and everyday life – experiences of people with cognitive difficulties due to neurological disorders	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
Ambitions and obstacles for evidence-based municipal primary healthcare – a mixed- methods study	4
Case study research: Building the occupational therapy evidence base one case at a time	4
Driving practice effects for older drivers with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary study	4
Nineteen years of constraint-induced movement therapy: A practice-based, retrospective, observational study	3
Occupational experiences and their importance for young peoples’ mental health	3
Transitioning from an occupational therapy student to a clinically competent occupational therapist – A qualitative study	3
Occupational therapy and stress-related exhaustion – a scoping review	3
Menstrual hygiene management strategies used by women who are blind or have low vision	3
Does the self-reported playfulness of older adults influence their wellbeing? An exploratory study	3
Adapting the preschool environment to the needs of children on the autism spectrum in Sweden: A quasi-experimental study	3
Transition back to work after mild TBI: A qualitative study	3
Mapping intervention practices in social occupational therapy in Brazil	3
Facing symptoms and limitations: A qualitative study of women with carpal tunnel syndrome	3
Evaluation of the group intervention “Let’s Get Organized” for improving time management, organisational, and planning skills in people with mild intellectual disability	3
Development and usability of an app-based instrument of participation in children with disabilities	3
Clinical reasoning of occupational therapists in selecting activities together with older adults with dementia to postpone further development of cognitive decline	3
What matters to you? A mixed-method evaluation of goal setting and attainment within reablement from a client perspective	3
Occupational multi-level responsiveness: Describing the skills used by occupational therapists working with children seeking asylum in Australia	3
A call to resist occupational therapy’s promotion of ableism	3
A scoping review on occupational science research in European contexts	3
Danish translation, adaptation and initial validation of the clinical assessment of modes questionnaires	3
A more active parenting after attending Let’s Get Organized – Experiences of parents with ADHD	2
How context influences person-centred practice: A critical-creative case study examining the use of research evidence in occupational therapy with people living with dementia	2
Occupational therapy’s contributions to combating climate change and lifestyle diseases	2

Mindfulness and therapeutic relationships: A phenomenological inquiry into paediatric occupational therapists’ practices	2
Fidelity and utility of GPS loggers as a tool for understanding community participation of older adults	2
Occupational value outcomes among people with mental health issues participating in activity-based interventions – The importance of internal and external factors	2
Defining the complexities of an occupational pattern—A concept analysis and theoretical validation	2
The relevance of employing a three-perspective view on occupational balance among people with depression and/or anxiety disorders	2
Use of information and communication technology in occupational therapy for older adults	2
Establishing the measurement properties of the Residential Environment Impact Scale (Version 4.0)	2
Handling fatigue in everyday activities at five years after stroke: A long and demanding process	2
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	2
Environmental barriers and housing accessibility problems for people with Parkinson’s disease: A three-year perspective	2
Occupational therapists’ experiences of using a new internet-based intervention - a focus group study	2
Occupational changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Jordan	2
Content validity of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for measuring participation of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in mainland China	2
Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations	2
Perceptions of unilluminated occupations a survey of Danish occupational therapists	2
Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service	2
Personal factors, participation, and satisfaction post-stroke: A qualitative exploration	2
Occupational therapy students’ experiences and perceptions of journal club participation	2
Examining components of community psychosocial stroke interventions using concept mapping	2
Exploring return to work barriers through the lens of model of human occupation. The NOW WHAT project	2
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools	2
Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis	1
Defining the future of occupational therapy: A concept analysis of leadership development	1
Considering the home environment and planning for the future: A qualitative exploration of the views of older adults and individuals with older relatives	1
Stroke rehabilitation adaptive approaches: A theory-focused scoping review	1
Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature	1
Experiences with continuous quality improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model	1
The influence on daily occupations of Danish adolescents experiencing stress	1
Phronesis: Recognising a neglected dimension of knowledge within occupational therapy research	1
Professional identity development of Flemish occupational therapists: A narrative study	1
Relationship between engagement in meaningful activities, self-efficacy, and quality of life in healthy young adults: An exploratory study	1
Participation of children with long-term health conditions compared to that of healthy peers: A cross-sectional comparative study	1
The impact of the BEL intervention on levels of motivation, engagement and recovery in people who attend community mental health services	1
Exploring two subdimensions of participation, involvement and engagement: A scoping review	1
Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions	1
Occupational gaps reported by proxies for persons with dementia residing in a nursing home	1
Targeting the school environment to enable participation: A scoping review	1
Experiences of occupational therapists within an ACT-based interdisciplinary pain management program	1
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure the state of the art – a review	1
Exploring communication in families affected by parental chronic pain: An occupational perspective	1
Education leads to increased adherence to the ‘Australian Competency Standards for Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors’	1
Association between parent-proxy-reported and child-self-reported perceptions of children’s motor competence and children’s performance-based motor skill abilities	1
‘Finding the play’ – exploring with occupational therapists practice possibilities in the context of Irish schoolyards	1
Mental health service users’ experiences of everyday occupations while attending day centres during the transition into retirement age	1
How a group-based occupational therapy program works in woman with fibromyalgia: A process evaluation of the ADAPT program	1
A systematic review of lifestyle and health among patrolling police officers	1
Leisure and social occupational choice within nursing home facilities in Ireland: Residents perspectives	1
Assessment of motor and process skills in Danish occupational therapy practice	1
Making choices in digital play spaces: Children’s experiences	1
How chronic pain changes a person’s life story in relation to participation in occupational roles: A narrative exploration	1
Occupational therapists’ experiences of intra-professional collaboration during the discharge process from inpatient care to home healthcare	1
Recovery experiences among mental health service users going through the Balancing Everyday Life ^™ intervention – A deductive qualitative study	1
Mitigating the effects of climate change in children’s outdoor play environments	1
Correction	1
Adolescent participation characteristics: Development and initial psychometric properties of the adolescents participation questionnaire	1
Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines	1
Effect evaluation of a vocational rehabilitation program for young adults with chronic physical conditions at risk for unemployment: A controlled clinical trial	1