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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Information and communication technology in home-based rehabilitation – a discussion of possibilities and challenges	35
Opportunities and barriers for occupational engagement among residents in supported housing	17
Occupational therapy in overweight and obesity care: Australian perspectives from a mixed methods study	17
Lifestyle Redesign^®with independent living older adults in countries other than the USA	14
A survey of research involvement and priorities among occupational therapists in Norway	13
Validity and reliability of the Turkish Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11-T) in mental health	13
The use and value of play: Perspectives from the continent of Africa – a scoping review	13
Work conditions as predictors of Swedish occupational therapists’ occupational balance	12
Occupational therapy in the space of artificial intelligence: Ethical considerations and human-centered efforts	11
Hippotherapy concepts: A scoping review to inform transdisciplinary practice guidelines	11
Exploring the life contexts of patrolling police officers in the European Union – A scoping review	11
A scoping review exploring occupation-based research on trauma: A colour palette to paint richer horizons	11
Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties	11
Daily life coping—Helping stress-afflicted people manage everyday activities	10
Occupational performance and prioritized problematic everyday occupations among people with advanced cancer living alone versus living with someone	10
‘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	10
Feasibility of using the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance in a population of Danish stroke survivors: Adaptation and study protocol	9
Occupational balance as a component in weight loss interventions	8
Relationships between motor skills and executive functions in developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review	8
Occupational adaptation as a social process for dementia care teams	8
Occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease in Israel: A SWOT analysis	8
Test–retest reliability and construct validity of a Japanese version of the Satisfaction with Daily Occupations and Occupational Balance for people with mental illness	8
Icelandic translation, adaptation and validation of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-IS)	7
Clinical utility of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire (D-SAMQ)	7
Dance for Parkinson, multifaceted experiences of persons living with Parkinson’s Disease	7

Potential roles of occupational therapists in urban planning for age-friendly environments: A Q-methodology	7
Women’s experience of the impact of work environment during menopause – A qualitative interview study	7
Evaluation of a driving clinical decision pathway for generalist occupational therapists: Pilot test of practice change	6
Comparison of goals set by people with multiple sclerosis during two fatigue management interventions	6
Sex trafficking and occupational therapy: A scoping review	6
Initial validation of the powered mobility device autonomy residential screen (PoMoDARS)	6
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?	6
Cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy return-to-work interventions for people with mental health disorders: A systematic review	6
Perspectives on residential involvement and engagement in everyday life–a qualitative study	6
Cross-cultural validation of the German Paediatric Evaluation Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test: A comparative study with American normative standard scores	6
“No miracle cure” interface evaluation of a UK suicide prevention app in a Norwegian context	6
Cognitive interviews on the Swedish occupational balance questionnaire	6
Driving practice effects for older drivers with mild cognitive impairment: A preliminary study	5
Self-initiated management strategies in digitalized work and everyday life – experiences of people with cognitive difficulties due to neurological disorders	5
Transition back to work after mild TBI: A qualitative study	5
Case study research: Building the occupational therapy evidence base one case at a time	5
Reliability of FUNDES-Child-SE - measuring participation and independence of children and youths with disabilities	5
Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’	5
Occupational experiences and their importance for young peoples’ mental health	5
Study approaches mediate associations between learning environment and academic performance	5
Validity and reliability of the Occupational Experience Profile	5
Ambitions and obstacles for evidence-based municipal primary healthcare – a mixed- methods study	5
Facing symptoms and limitations: A qualitative study of women with carpal tunnel syndrome	4
Nineteen years of constraint-induced movement therapy: A practice-based, retrospective, observational study	4
Occupational therapy students’ experiences and perceptions of journal club participation	4
Occupational multi-level responsiveness: Describing the skills used by occupational therapists working with children seeking asylum in Australia	4
Mapping intervention practices in social occupational therapy in Brazil	4
A call to resist occupational therapy’s promotion of ableism	4
Occupational therapy and stress-related exhaustion – a scoping review	4
What matters to you? A mixed-method evaluation of goal setting and attainment within reablement from a client perspective	4
Clinical reasoning of occupational therapists in selecting activities together with older adults with dementia to postpone further development of cognitive decline	4
Evaluation of the group intervention “Let’s Get Organized” for improving time management, organisational, and planning skills in people with mild intellectual disability	4
Transitioning from an occupational therapy student to a clinically competent occupational therapist – A qualitative study	4
Does the self-reported playfulness of older adults influence their wellbeing? An exploratory study	3
Development and usability of an app-based instrument of participation in children with disabilities	3
Occupational value outcomes among people with mental health issues participating in activity-based interventions – The importance of internal and external factors	3
Ageing in the right place—usability of a web-based housing counselling service	3
Occupational therapists’ experiences of using a new internet-based intervention - a focus group study	3
Use of information and communication technology in occupational therapy for older adults	3
Content validity of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ for measuring participation of children with and without autism spectrum disorder in mainland China	3
A scoping review on occupational science research in European contexts	3
Environmental barriers and housing accessibility problems for people with Parkinson’s disease: A three-year perspective	3
Handling fatigue in everyday activities at five years after stroke: A long and demanding process	3
The relevance of employing a three-perspective view on occupational balance among people with depression and/or anxiety disorders	3
Defining the complexities of an occupational pattern—A concept analysis and theoretical validation	3
A more active parenting after attending Let’s Get Organized – Experiences of parents with ADHD	3
Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations	3
Personal factors, participation, and satisfaction post-stroke: A qualitative exploration	3
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	3
Mindfulness and therapeutic relationships: A phenomenological inquiry into paediatric occupational therapists’ practices	3

Exploring return to work barriers through the lens of model of human occupation. The NOW WHAT project	3
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools	3
Rituals, roles, and realities: A conceptual framework for maternal occupational identity in faith-based minority contexts	3
Perceptions of unilluminated occupations a survey of Danish occupational therapists	3
Exploring communication in families affected by parental chronic pain: An occupational perspective	2
Making choices in digital play spaces: Children’s experiences	2
Occupational therapists’ experiences of intra-professional collaboration during the discharge process from inpatient care to home healthcare	2
Experiences with continuous quality improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model	2
The influence on daily occupations of Danish adolescents experiencing stress	2
Professional identity development of Flemish occupational therapists: A narrative study	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
Recovery experiences among mental health service users going through the Balancing Everyday Life ^™ intervention – A deductive qualitative study	2
Experiences of occupational therapists within an ACT-based interdisciplinary pain management program	2
Phronesis: Recognising a neglected dimension of knowledge within occupational therapy research	2
Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature	2
Mitigating the effects of climate change in children’s outdoor play environments	2
Relationship between engagement in meaningful activities, self-efficacy, and quality of life in healthy young adults: An exploratory study	2
Targeting the school environment to enable participation: A scoping review	2
Considering the home environment and planning for the future: A qualitative exploration of the views of older adults and individuals with older relatives	2
Association between parent-proxy-reported and child-self-reported perceptions of children’s motor competence and children’s performance-based motor skill abilities	2
Psychometric evaluation of the Finnish version of the Assessment of Work Performance (AWP-FI)	2
Education leads to increased adherence to the ‘Australian Competency Standards for Occupational Therapy Driver Assessors’	2
Correction	2
Establishing the measurement properties of the Residential Environment Impact Scale (Version 4.0)	2
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure the state of the art – a review	2
Stroke rehabilitation adaptive approaches: A theory-focused scoping review	1
Turkish version of life balance inventory: Validity, reliability, and cultural adaptation study	1
Occupational therapy’s oversight: How science veiled our humanity	1
Rheumatic disease and fatigue: Participants’ experiences of an activity-pacing group	1
Occupational therapy gender imbalance; revisiting a lingering issue	1
Understanding occupation in Canada: Recent graduates’ perspectives	1
‘Finding the play’ – exploring with occupational therapists practice possibilities in the context of Irish schoolyards	1
Occupation as means and ends in paediatric occupational therapy – A systematic review	1
Mental health service users’ experiences of everyday occupations while attending day centres during the transition into retirement age	1
Creative activities as intervention – Exploring occupational therapists’ narrative reasoning	1
Effect evaluation of a vocational rehabilitation program for young adults with chronic physical conditions at risk for unemployment: A controlled clinical trial	1
Defining the future of occupational therapy: A concept analysis of leadership development	1
Exploring occupation-based practice among occupational therapists in hospitals and rehabilitation institutions	1
Participation of children with long-term health conditions compared to that of healthy peers: A cross-sectional comparative study	1
Assessment of motor and process skills in Danish occupational therapy practice	1
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	1
Supportive housing residents’ experiences of the intervention active in my home	1
‘It’s like it is designed to keep me stressed’—Working sustainably with ADHD or autism	1
Information and communication technology to improve school participation among upper secondary school students with special educational needs	1
Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis	1
The ‘Young Adult Taking Action’ programme for young adult cancer survivors: A study protocol for a feasibility study	1
Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines	1
Fostering social participation among older adults: Perspectives of stakeholders	1
Leisure and social occupational choice within nursing home facilities in Ireland: Residents perspectives	1
A systematic review of lifestyle and health among patrolling police officers	1
The impact of the BEL intervention on levels of motivation, engagement and recovery in people who attend community mental health services	1
How a group-based occupational therapy program works in woman with fibromyalgia: A process evaluation of the ADAPT program	1
Experiences of a digital group intervention ‘the health web’: a case study of older adults	1
Informal caregivers’ perspectives on participation in a dementia rehabilitation programme	1
Safe transport of children with disabilities and medical conditions: Caregiver experiences	1
Profile of paediatric occupational therapy practice in Eastern Mediterranean countries	1
A dyadic exploration of support in everyday life of persons with RA and their significant others	1
Adolescent participation characteristics: Development and initial psychometric properties of the adolescents participation questionnaire	1
Reliability and validity of the Danish version of the Self-Assessment of Modes Questionnaire	1
Parents’ perceptions of sleep problems in children with ADHD when using weighted blankets	1
Occupational wellbeing on playgrounds: Parents’ views on children with coordination disorder	1
Occupational gaps reported by proxies for persons with dementia residing in a nursing home	1