OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Primary Health Care Research and Development 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Biographical continuation: recovery of stroke survivors and their family caregivers in Taiwan	23
Screening for depression as part of annual diabetic review using PHQ-9 scores: a pilot study	14
Committed leadership: a prerequisite for successful implementation of recovery during the workday	13
A qualitative examination of the implementation of a perinatal collaborative care program	9
Strategies to address non-communicable diseases in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries: a scoping review	9
Association between cardiopulmonary function, health-related quality of life and cognitive impairment among the older nursing home residents in Shanghai, China	9
Health promotion in an Australian Aboriginal community: the Growing Strong Brains^® toolkit	9
A broad view of pharmaceutical services in multidisciplinary teams of public Primary Healthcare Centers: a mixed methods study in a large city in Brazil	8
Patient and primary care practitioners’ perspectives on consultations for fibromyalgia: a qualitative evidence synthesis	8
Can a new role, the (Trainee) Associate Psychological Practitioner (T/APP), add value in General Practice? Results from the pilot year evaluation	8
Scoping review of outpatient health services utilization among women	7
Evaluation of health-promoting self-care behaviors in hypertensive patients with concomitant chronic kidney disease in primary care	7
Patients’ and professionals’ experiences with remote care during COVID-19: a qualitative study in general practices in low-income neighborhoods	7
Community participation in the health system: analyzing the implementation of community health committee policies in Kenya	6
The emotions experienced by family medicine residents and interns during their clinical trainings: a qualitative study	6
Pilot test of Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary care (CRISP)	6
Income, workload, and any other factors associated with anticipated retention of rural doctors?	6
The need for a broad perspective when assessing value-for-money for out-of-hours primary care	6
Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): validation of an e-book to promote health in fibromyalgia	5
Pursuing the efficient operation of the primary healthcare hospitals in Thailand through efficiency assessment using the data envelopment analysis method	5
Recommendations for healthy aging as documented by health professionals: a summative content analysis of health records	5
What factors empower general practitioners for early cancer diagnosis? A 20-country European Delphi Study	5
COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases in complex vulnerable populations: evidence from Jordan	5
Healthy and unhealthy eating after a behaviour change intervention in primary care	5
Infection preparedness of community health workers: implications for maternal and neonatal health services in Pakistan	5

How to improve interest for undergraduate nursing students working in primary health care	5
Crisis management: the perspectives of physicians working in family physician teams in Lithuania	5
Migration and health: exploring healthy ageing of immigrants in European societies	5
Dignity encounters: the experiences of people with long-term illnesses and their close relatives within a primary healthcare setting	5
What causes delays in diagnosing blood cancers? A rapid review of the evidence	4
A scoping review exploring reablement models of training and client assessment for older people in primary health care	4
The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: implications for practice	4
Enabling primary healthcare service development with patient participation: a qualitative study of the internal facilitator role in Norway	4
Evaluation of the introduction of a single-lead ECG device and digital cardiologist consultation platform among general practitioners in the Netherlands	4
Evaluating the implementation of online research training and mentorship among early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa	3
Supporting general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicide risk in young people: an evaluation of an educational resource in primary care	3
Evaluating physical activities in clinical diabetes: lifestyle scores hypothesis	3
Barriers to health care access and utilization among aged indigents under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP): the perspective of users and service providers in north-western G	3
Primary care practice-based interventions and their effect on participation in population-based cancer screening programs: a systematic narrative review	3
Electronic referral system policy analysis: a qualitative study in the context of Iran	3
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	3
Engaging community pharmacists in tuberculosis-directly observed treatment: a mixed-methods study	3
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences of obesity and overweight and its management in primary care settings: a qualitative systematic review	3
Ecological system theory and school-age obesity in Thailand: a participation action research for implications to practice	3
Diagnostic Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2) in Qatar’s Primary Care Settings – ERRATUM	3
Aboriginal children and family connections to primary health care whilst homeless and in high housing mobility: observations from a Nurse Practitioner-led service	3
Developing a post-stroke home care checklist for primary care professionals in Turkey: a modified Delphi study	3
Social prescription for the elderly: a community-based scoping review	3
Analysis of deprescription strategies of proton pump inhibitors in primary care: a narrative review	3
Analysis of high-risk human papillomavirus infections and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: factors influencing awareness among women of childbearing age in southwest China	3
Risk perception of cardiovascular disease among Turkish adults: a cross-sectional study	2
Assessing the job preferences of senior medical students for mandatory service: a discrete choice experiment	2
Diagnosis of acute cystitis in primary care: symptom-based versus urinalysis-based diagnosis	2
How persons with systemic mastocytosis describe the time between symptom onset and receiving diagnosis	2
Evaluation of an updated educational intervention on nutritional care to prevent undernutrition among older adults in primary health care	2
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of family physicians about childhood vaccinations that are not in the routine vaccination schedule: a cross-sectional study	2
‘Some of my patients only come to renew their prescriptions. They are not interested in any additional advice or support’. Physicians’ perceptions on their roles in cardiovascular diseases risk	2
Continuum of care in maternal and child health in Indonesia	2
Effect of eTansiyon smartphone application on hypertension control	2
Unmet and unperceived needs for type 2 diabetes self-management among slum dwellers in Iran: a cross-sectional study	2
Educational interventions for health professionals managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care	2
How should policymakers, funders, and research teams mobilize to build the evidence base on universal early years services?	2
Double positivity for rheumatoid factor and anti-CCP autoantibodies: improving referral from primary care of patients suspected of having rheumatoid arthritis	2
Discretion and local health policy implementation: street-level bureaucrats and integrative and complementary therapies in Santos’ local health units	2
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	2
District nurses’ experiences of giving initial health care assessment to young adults applying for mental illness in primary care: a qualitative interview study	2
Evaluation of a Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) based breath intervention for patients with mild-to-moderate depression and anxiety disorders – ADDENDUM	2
Smoking cessation program preferences of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study	2
Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries	2
Managing dementia care during COVID-19 pandemic: caregivers’ experiences in Odisha, India	2
Clinical psychologists’ perceptions of telephone consultation for low-income patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study	2
Pain management in infant immunisation: A cross-sectional survey of UK primary care nurses	2
Assessment of the real-world impact of the Thai smoking cessation programme on clinical outcomes: protocol for a multicentre prospective observational study	2
Measures to prevent nosocomial transmissions of COVID-19 based on interpersonal contact data	2
Priority setting and cross-country learning: the relevance of TO-REACH for primary care	2

Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia	2
Reforms and innovations in primary health care in different countries: scoping review	2
Awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy among medical students and interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2
Effects of the WHO analgesic ladder on pain severity, pain interference, and blood pressure control in hypertensive patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional study	2
Integrated primary health care services in two protracted refugee camp settings at the Thai–Myanmar border 2000–2018: trends on mortality and incidence of infectious diseases	2
Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study	2
Gestational diabetes: changed health beliefs in migrant women from five Asian countries living in Sweden: a prospective qualitative study	2
Building and changing business models: a qualitative study among Dutch physiotherapy primary healthcare organisations	2
Strengthening primary health care: contributions of young professional-led communities of practice	2