OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Primary Health Care Research and Development is 4. 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
Barriers to accessing eye care in Pakistan: a mixed methods study	39
Survey protocol: implementing Workload Indicators of Staffing Need in Iranian primary healthcare services	31
Association between cardiopulmonary function, health-related quality of life and cognitive impairment among the older nursing home residents in Shanghai, China	23
Health promotion in an Australian Aboriginal community: the Growing Strong Brains^® toolkit	21
Biographical continuation: recovery of stroke survivors and their family caregivers in Taiwan	20
Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia	19
Pain management in infant immunisation: A cross-sectional survey of UK primary care nurses	17
Could self-reported physical performance help predict individuals at the highest risk of mortality and hospital admission events in clinical practice? Findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study	15
Diagnosis of acute cystitis in primary care: symptom-based versus urinalysis-based diagnosis	15
Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study	14
Building and changing business models: a qualitative study among Dutch physiotherapy primary healthcare organisations	14
Reforms and innovations in primary health care in different countries: scoping review	13
Assessing the job preferences of senior medical students for mandatory service: a discrete choice experiment	13
The current state of primary healthcare in Pakistan: a way forward for low-to-middle income countries	12
Early structured communication between general practitioner, sick-listed patient, and employer: Results and lessons learned from a pragmatic trial in the Capacity Note project	12
Developing weight navigation program to support personalized and effective obesity management in primary care settings: protocol for a quality improvement program with an embedded single-arm pilot stu	12
How persons with systemic mastocytosis describe the time between symptom onset and receiving diagnosis	12
Awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy among medical students and interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	12
Environmental house calls can reduce symptoms of chemical intolerance: a demonstration of personalized exposure medicine	12
Person-centred integrated primary care for refugees: a mixed-methods, stepped wedge design study to assess the impact	11
Achieving the potential of mHealth in medicine requires challenging the ethos of care delivery	10
Early detection efforts for colorectal and prostate cancer from the patient’s perspective over the course of 12 years: results of the KABOT survey study	10
‘Midlife care to migrant women: primary healthcare providers’ beliefs about barriers and facilitators’	10
Dementia-related continuing education for rural interprofessional primary health care in Saskatchewan, Canada: perceptions and needs of webinar participants	10
The healthcare experiences of rural-living Canadians with and without a primary care provider: a qualitative analysis of open-ended cross-sectional survey responses	10

Introduction of specialized heart failure nurses in primary care and its impact on readmissions	9
Speaking the same language – a scoping review to identify the terminology associated with social prescribing	9
Research progress of health care in Yemeni children during the war: review	9
The unrevealed links: periodontal health, human milk composition, and infant gut microbiome dynamics	9
Reflections on China’s primary care response to COVID-19: roles, limitations and implications	9
Diagnostic process of cancer in a health system without gatekeeping: a single centre survey analysis	8
Reduction of anxiety symptoms among women within a collaborative care model and women’s health settings	8
‘They’re all individuals, none of them are on the same boat’: barriers to weight management in general practice from the rural nurse perspective	8
Advancing multimorbidity management in primary care: a narrative review	8
Are remote health clinics primary health care focused? Validation of the Primary Health Care Engagement (PHCE) Scale for the Australian remote primary health care setting	8
Chronic pain–mental health comorbidity and excess prevalence of health risk behaviours: a cross-sectional study	8
Working in hospitals during a pandemic: investigating the resilience among medical staff during COVID-19 outbreak through qualitative and quantitative research	7
Diagnostic accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2) in Qatar’s primary care settings	7
Novel educational strategies to improve the telemedicine clinical skills of medical students	7
Perceptions of primary care services among Afro-Peruvians in Lima, Peru	7
Health professionals’ use of smartphone apps for clients with low back pain: an observational study	7
Development of a tool to support general practitioners to help adolescents with knee pain: an analysis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	7
Providers’ experience on essential health services in primary healthcare units of Ethiopia during COVID-19: a qualitative study on impact and response	7
The incentivized drug information services among community pharmacists: a multi-centre cross-sectional study in Indonesia	7
Agreement and consistency in the triaging of musculoskeletal primary care referrals by vetting clinicians using a knowledge-based triage tool	7
From acute to chronic: the PREVENT protocol for understanding pain progression after emergency department visits	7
Evaluation of the introduction of a single-lead ECG device and digital cardiologist consultation platform among general practitioners in the Netherlands	6
What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study	6
Investigating factors influencing recruitment and retention of adult community nurses: an exploratory qualitative study across NHS trusts in England	6
Electronic referral system policy analysis: a qualitative study in the context of Iran	6
A qualitative examination of the implementation of a perinatal collaborative care program	6
Scoping review of outpatient health services utilization among women	6
Committed leadership: a prerequisite for successful implementation of recovery during the workday	6
Evaluating physical activities in clinical diabetes: lifestyle scores hypothesis	6
Healthy and unhealthy eating after a behaviour change intervention in primary care	6
Pilot test of Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary care (CRISP)	6
Turnover intentions among rural-oriented medical students in Western China: a constructivist grounded theory study	5
Do family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul	5
The health of detainees and the role of primary care: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care	5
A qualitative exploration of Gestalt therapy and systemic pedagogy paediatric primary healthcare consultations in Agramunt (Spain)	5
General practitioner and nurse experiences of type 2 diabetes management and prescribing in primary care: a qualitative review following the introduction of funded SGLT2i/GLP1RA medications in Aotearo	5
Social determinants of health and family planning: impact of food and financial insecurity on contraceptive use and pregnancy intention	5
The role of occupational therapy in primary care mental health services: a short report	5
Task-shifting and the recruitment and retention of eye care workers in under-served areas: a qualitative study of optometrists’ motivation in Ghana and Scotland	5
The impact of COVID-19 on referrals among general practitioners and specialists in Shanghai, China	5
Peer-led digital health lifestyle intervention for a low-income community at risk for cardiovascular diseases (MYCardio-PEER): a quasi-experimental study protocol	5
Engaging community pharmacists in tuberculosis-directly observed treatment: a mixed-methods study	5
Measures to prevent nosocomial transmissions of COVID-19 based on interpersonal contact data	5
Social prescription for the elderly: a community-based scoping review	5
Perspectives towards cultural competence and receptivity to cultural competence training: a qualitative study on healthcare professionals	5
Postpartum family planning attitudes among Turkish women: development of a reliable and valid scale	5
A scoping review exploring reablement models of training and client assessment for older people in primary health care	5
Primary care practice-based interventions and their effect on participation in population-based cancer screening programs: a systematic narrative review	5
Primary health care workers perspective towards cancer in Fiji: a qualitative study	4
Primary care and COVID-19	4

Young women’s perceptions of cervical screening in the UK: a qualitative study	4
Developing Iranian sub-national Primary Health Care Measurement Framework: a study protocol	4
Understanding factors affecting implementation success and sustainability of a comprehensive prevention program for cardiovascular disease in primary health care: a qualitative process evaluation stud	4
National electronic primary health care database in monitoring performance of primary care in Kyrgyzstan	4
A multifaceted provider-centred intervention versus usual care to improve the recognition and diagnosis of depression in primary health care: a hybrid study	4
Stakeholders’ perspectives on facilitative supervision implementation in north-western Ghana: an exploration of adherence and quality of primary healthcare	4
Self-perceived nutrition competence of primary care physicians in Singapore: a cross-sectional study	4
Does improving indoor air quality lessen symptoms associated with chemical intolerance?	4
Utilizing primary care to engage underserved patients in a psychological intervention for chronic pain	4