OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chronic Illness 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
How does hospitalization affect the frailty status of geriatric patients? Prospective study from internal medicine wards of a university hospital	28
The experiences of caring for disabled older adults in long-term: A qualitative study from the perspective of spousal caregivers	23
Chores and diabetes self-management in youth: Initial findings from a cross-sectional study	21
A descriptive analysis of hospitalized adolescents facing chronic illnesses with different durations of disease	17
Experiences of carers of youth, adult children and spouses with ME/CFS	17
Use of aspirin in cardiovascular disease prevention—the role of online information search	16
Chronic illness and psychological problems in emerging adults: Moderation by perceived parental distress	11
Do labels matter? Implications of ongoing symptomatic chronic illnesses labeled as conventional diagnoses vs. functional somatic syndromes	11
Managing cardiovascular risk factors with telemedicine in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis of patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes	11
Post-intensive care syndrome in critically-ill COVID-19 survivors followed for one-year	11
Chronic illness adjustment scale (CIAS): Development and validation	10
Perceptions of mindfulness practices as a support for individuals managing caregiving responsibilities and chronic disease: A qualitative study	9
Patient-centric holistic integrative therapies as an adjuvant in checking the progression of chronic kidney disease: A case study	8
Beyond dyadic communication: Network of communication in inflammatory arthritis teams	8
Socio-Clinical factors associated with Parkinson's disease–related specific self-management behaviours	8
Living well with long-term conditions: A quantitative investigation into the influences of illness and healthcare experiences	7
Return to work after chronic disease: A theoretical framework for understanding the worker-employer dynamic	7
Factors affecting the caregiver burden of family members to palliative care patients: A descriptive and cross-sectional study	7
Negotiating treatment and managing expectations in chronic kidney disease: A qualitative study in Argentina	7
Investigating the role of treatment adherence in predicting marital satisfaction among women with coronary artery disease: A cross-sectional study from Iran	7
Comorbidities among Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus: The COMOSLE-EGYPT study	6
HIV in Iraq: Key populations, sociodemographics, transmission modes, present realities, and urgent next steps: A systematic review	6
Trying to be like everybody else: A qualitative study revealing the importance of social contexts and illness representations among adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents	6
Chronic illness and psychopathology in emerging adults: Moderation by parent–child relationship quality	6
Beyond the battle: A cross-sectional study on cancer-related fatigue and predictors of quality of life in female adolescent and young adult survivors	6

Which self-reported measures are useful to explore diabetes support needs among adults with diabetes and severe mental illness?	6
Severity, interference, qualities, and correlates of severe pain: Descriptive cross-sectional study on pain experience of cancer patients in Sri Lanka	6
A hospital care coordination team intervention for patients with multimorbidity: A practice-based, participatory pilot study	6
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with chronic conditions in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study	5
Long COVID and symptom persistence in post-discharge omicron patients: Insights into C-reactive protein	5
Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Provider Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral (PACRR-C) Scale in Simplified Chinese	5
The content of patients’ emotional expressions during follow-up consultations for chronic diseases	5
Service users’ and parents/carers’ experiences of a paediatric chronic fatigue service: A service evaluation	5
Prevalence of primary and secondary hypertension among hospitalized patients with cancer in the United States	5
The relationship between kinesiophobia and adaptation to illness in different chronic illnesses	4
The Farsi version of meaning of life in Iranian patients with cancer: A psychometric study	4
People with diabetes who read their clinicians’ visit notes: Behaviors and attitudes	4
Vitamin B12 deficiency in long-term metformin treated type 2 diabetic patients: Prevalence and risk factors in a Tunisian population	4