OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is 29. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: review of reviews from 2008 to 2018	163
Construct validity of the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale in adult subjects with COVID-19	80
Perceived changes of specific attitudes, perceptions and behaviors during the Corona pandemic and their relation to wellbeing	54
Health-related quality of life is strongly associated with self-efficacy, self-esteem, loneliness, and stress in 14–15-year-old adolescents: a cross-sectional study	52
Measuring the well-being of people with dementia: a conceptual scoping review	51
A systematic review of the association between dietary patterns and health-related quality of life	50
Identification of the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 and the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 cutoff scores in urinary incontinent women	50
Comparing the reliability and validity of the SF-36 and SF-12 in measuring quality of life among adolescents in China: a large sample cross-sectional study	49
Prevalence and correlates of poor sleep quality among college students: a cross-sectional survey	48
Burden of disease and adaptation to life in patients with Crohn’s perianal fistula: a qualitative exploration	45
Relationship between both cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	44
EQ-5D-5L reference values for the German general elderly population	42
Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults	41
Validation of the WHOQOL-Bref: psychometric properties and normative data for the Norwegian general population	41
Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS): performance in a clinical sample in relation to PHQ-9 and GAD-7	41
Resilience and mental health among juveniles: role of strategies for coping with stress	39
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors	38
Quality of life in young and middle age adult temporomandibular disorders patients and asymptomatic subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
The effect of exercise on anxiety in the elderly worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Prevalence of mental health problems in frontline healthcare workers after the first outbreak of COVID-19 in China: a cross-sectional study	35
Psychometric testing of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group—Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx) subscale in a longitudinal study of cancer patients treated with chemotherap	33
The mediating effect of resilience between family functioning and mental well-being in hemodialysis patients in Japan: a cross-sectional design	32
Investigating the association between physicians self-efficacy regarding communication skills and risk of “burnout”	32
Happiness, quality of working life, and job satisfaction among nurses working in emergency departments in Iran	32
Impact of non-cardiovascular comorbidities on the quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure: a scoping review	31

Impact of long-COVID on health-related quality of life in Japanese COVID-19 patients	31
Sexual function, mental health, and quality of life under strain of COVID-19 pandemic in Iranian pregnant and lactating women: a comparative cross-sectional study	29
Quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in 2600 baccalaureate nursing students at five universities: a cross-sectional study	29
Gender differences in quality of life among patients with myasthenia gravis in China	29
Impact of antipsychotics in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Impact of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease: a multi-ethnic Asian study	29