OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Geriatrics is 39. 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
Fear of falling as a potential complication of Ramsay Hunt syndrome in older adults: a case report	123
After COVID-19 vaccinations: what does living and working in nursing homes look like?	120
Orthostatic hypotension is associated with malnutrition diagnosed by GLIM in elderly hypertensive patients	107
The perks of doing housework: Longitudinal associations with survival and underlying mechanisms	91
The influence of probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and sleep insufficiency on fall risk in a community-dwelling elderly population	83
Effects of Taiwan’s COVID-19 alert levels on the physical activity behaviors and psychological distress of community-dwelling older adults	83
Examining the impact of a health report card on follow through with fall risk recommendations: an observational study	78
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Sinhala version of the Frail Non-disabled tool (FiND)	76
An epidemiological survey of COVID-19 serology and its association with clinical infection among older adults– does antibody titer matter?	76
Socioeconomic variation in the prevalence of pain by anatomical sites among middle-aged and older adults in India: a cross-sectional study	73
Promoting neuroplasticity and neuropsychological functioning in frailty through an app-based sensorimotor training: study protocol for a randomized trial	66
Characterising complex health needs and the use of preventive therapies in the older population: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care and hospital linked data	66
Examining the relationship between personality traits, work experience, burnout, and intention to stay among home care aides in Taiwan	65
Strategies for the implementation of an electronic fracture risk assessment tool in long term care: a qualitative study	62
The experience of feeling old after a fragility fracture	62
Trend of incidence rate of age-related diseases: results from the National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) database in Korea: a cross- sectional study	62
The association between restricted activity and patient outcomes in older adults: systematic literature review and meta-analysis	60
Utilization of ADCCs and quality of life among older adults: ethno-regional disparities in Israel	57
Social relationships and subjective wellbeing of the older adults in India: the moderating role of gender	56
Osteosarcopenic obesity and its components—osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and obesity—are associated with blood cell count-derived inflammation indices in older Chinese people	51
Effect of medication adherence on quality of life, activation measures, and health imagine in the elderly people: a cross-sectional study	51
Low physical activity and depression are the prominent predictive factors for falling in older adults: the Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study (BLAS)	50
Associations between care home residents’ characteristics and acute hospital admissions – a retrospective, register-based cross-sectional study	49
The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme	49
Barriers and enablers to physical activity behaviour in older adults during hospital stay: a qualitative study guided by the theoretical domains framework	49

Chronic diseases, chest computed tomography, and laboratory tests as predictors of severe respiratory failure and death in elderly Brazilian patients hospitalized with COVID-19: a prospective cohort s	49
Prevalence of risk for pressure ulcers, malnutrition, poor oral health and falls – a register study among older persons receiving municipal health care in southern Sweden	49
Feasibility and usefulness of cognitive monitoring using a new home-based cognitive test in mild cognitive impairment: a prospective single arm study	47
How might secondary dementia prevention programs work in practice: a pre-implementation study of the APPLE-Tree program	47
Intervention to systematize fall risk assessment and prevention in older hospitalized adults: a mixed methods study	47
Association of perceived childhood socio-economic status and health with depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in India: using data from LASI Wave I, 2017–2018	47
The association of biological sex and long-term outcomes in older patients with physical restraint at the emergency department	46
Rehabilitation, reablement, and restorative care approaches in the aged care sector: a scoping review of systematic reviews	45
The relationship between intrinsic capacity and functional ability in older adults	44
Sleep quality and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults living in the US: a mixed-effects model analysis	42
The obesity paradox in osteoporosis risk among older adults is mostly driven by women: a population-based prospective study	42
Educational needs of direct care workers in long-term care facilities providing mealtime assistance to older adults with dementia	40
Perioperative point-of-care-testing of plasmacholinesterases identifies older patients at risk for postoperative delirium: an observational prospective cohort study	40
Frailty index and its association with the onset of postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing elective surgery	39
Detecting disabilities in everyday life: evidence from a geriatric assessment	39
Comparison of the adequacy of geriatric nutritional risk index with that of the mini nutritional assessment-short form and global leadership initiative on malnutrition criteria in assessing nutritiona	39
How are the mealtime experiences of people in residential aged care facilities informed by policy and best practice guidelines? A scoping review	39