OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is 30. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Well-being is more than happiness and life satisfaction: a multidimensional analysis of 21 countries	216
How is the minimal clinically important difference established in health-related quality of life instruments? Review of anchors and methods	180
Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: review of reviews from 2008 to 2018	136
Comparisons of quality of life between patients underwent peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	112
Quality of life assessment instruments for adults: a systematic review of population-based studies	90
Construct validity of the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale in adult subjects with COVID-19	71
Quality of life in elderly people after a hip fracture: a prospective study	70
Perceived changes of specific attitudes, perceptions and behaviors during the Corona pandemic and their relation to wellbeing	53
Measuring the well-being of people with dementia: a conceptual scoping review	48
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	45
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	45
Prevalence and correlates of poor sleep quality among college students: a cross-sectional survey	44
Identification of the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 and the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 cutoff scores in urinary incontinent women	44
Psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a non-clinical population in Sweden	43
Burden of disease and adaptation to life in patients with Crohn’s perianal fistula: a qualitative exploration	42
A systematic review of the association between dietary patterns and health-related quality of life	40
Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS): performance in a clinical sample in relation to PHQ-9 and GAD-7	37
Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus at the University of Gondar referral hospital	36
Socioeconomic status, social capital, health risk behaviors, and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults	35
EQ-5D-5L reference values for the German general elderly population	35
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	35
Prevalence of mental health problems in frontline healthcare workers after the first outbreak of COVID-19 in China: a cross-sectional study	35
Validation of the WHOQOL-Bref: psychometric properties and normative data for the Norwegian general population	35
The effect of exercise on anxiety in the elderly worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Quality of life in young and middle age adult temporomandibular disorders patients and asymptomatic subjects: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32

Sleep quality of nurses in the emergency department of public hospitals in China and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study	32
Health-related quality of life in young people: the importance of education	31
Quality of life up to 10 years after traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional analysis	31
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors	31
Quality of life among patients with cardiac disease: the impact of comorbid depression	31
Investigating the association between physicians self-efficacy regarding communication skills and risk of “burnout”	30