OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Disability and Health Journal is 7. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of COVID-19 on people with physical disabilities: A rapid review	160
Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross-sectional study	156
The effects of COVID-19 restrictions on physical activity and mental health of children and young adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities	138
What should we teach about disability? National consensus on disability competencies for health care education	58
Findings from an online survey on the mental health effects of COVID-19 on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions	57
Online support information for students with disabilities in colleges and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic	50
COVID-19 outcomes among people with intellectual and developmental disability in California: The importance of type of residence and skilled nursing care needs	49
Indicators of poor mental health and stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic, by disability status: A cross-sectional analysis	47
New obstacles and widening gaps: A qualitative study of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. adults with disabilities	47
Brief report: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviors in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder	46
Transportation challenges for persons aging with mobility disability: Qualitative insights and policy implications	41
Improving health care for disabled people in COVID-19 and beyond: Lessons from Australia and England	40
COVID-19 positivity rates, hospitalizations and mortality of adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario, Canada	37
Prevalence of intellectual disability among eight-year-old children from selected communities in the United States, 2014	36
Impact of COVID-19 on services for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions	35
The COVID-19 pandemic and quality of life outcomes of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities	34
Effect of digital divide on people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	33
Disability trends in Europe by age-period-cohort analysis: Increasing disability in younger cohorts	31
Social inequities in the distribution of COVID-19: An intra-categorical analysis of people with disabilities in the U.S.	30
The experiences and perceived health benefits of individuals with a disability participating in sport: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	30
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy service delivery and functioning for school-aged children with disabilities in the United States	30
“The doctor will see you now”: Direct support professionals’ perspectives on supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities accessing health care during COVID-19	30
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, financial worries, and perceived organizational support among people living with disabilities in Canada	29
COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Americans with disabilities aged 18-65: An exploratory analysis	29
COVID-19 vaccine perceptions in New York State's intellectual and developmental disabilities community	29

COVID-19 case-fatality disparities among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Evidence from 12 US jurisdictions	27
It's time to reconsider how we define health: Perspective from disability and chronic condition	26
Disability training for health workers: A global evidence synthesis	25
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of people with disabilities	25
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diet, fitness, and sedentary behaviour of elite para-athletes	25
The relationship between unmet need for home and community-based services and health and community living outcomes	25
Virtual health care for adult patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review	24
Evaluating MTurk as a recruitment tool for rural people with disabilities	24
Health and healthcare for people with disabilities in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic	23
Mental health risks of parents of children with developmental disabilities: A nationally representative study in the United States	22
Examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community engagement for people with mobility disabilities	21
A scoping review of public building accessibility	21
Self-management and spina bifida: A systematic review of the literature	20
The impact of service dogs on children, youth and their families: A systematic review	20
COVID-19 mortality burden and comorbidity patterns among decedents with and without intellectual and developmental disability in the US	19
Impact of COVID-19: Nursing challenges to meeting the care needs of people with developmental disabilities	19
The impact of COVID-19 on the lifestyles of adolescents with cerebral palsy in the Southeast United States	19
“Together in a pressure cooker”: Parenting children with disabilities during the COVID-19 lockdown	19
Getting comfortable with disability: The short- and long-term effects of a clinical encounter	18
A cross-sectional analysis of trust of information and COVID-19 preventative practices among people with disabilities	18
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown in children with neurological disorders in Italy	18
Social determinants of health, emergency department utilization, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities	17
Theory of planned behavior to promote physical activity of adults with physical disabilities: Meta-analytic structural equation modeling	17
Health care access and the Americans with Disabilities Act: A mixed methods study	17
The contribution of physical and social activity participation to social support and happiness among people with physical disabilities	17
Facilitators for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: Online qualitative interviews comparing youth with and without disabilities	17
Financial hardship experienced by people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Perceptions of barriers to effective family planning services among women with disabilities	16
Types of stroke-related deficits and their impact on family caregiver’s depressive symptoms, burden, and quality of life	16
The evolution of disability language: Choosing terms to describe disability	15
COVID-19 vaccine website accessibility dashboard	15
Effects of exercise on the physical fitness and functionality of people with amputations: Systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Access to food and health care during the COVID-19 pandemic by disability status in the United States	15
Assessing the psychological impact of COVID-19 outbreak and its related factors on Lebanese individuals with physical disabilities	15
Changes in physical activity and basic psychological needs related to mental health among people with physical disability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway	15
Understanding medical students' attitudes towards and experiences with persons with disabilities and disability education	15
Changes in life experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemics in South Korea	15
Ever-changing but always constant: “Waves” of disability discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	15
Diet quality in an ethnically diverse sample of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared with nationally representative data	14
Accommodating patients with obesity and mobility difficulties: Observations from physicians	14
Mobility challenges and perceptions of autonomous vehicles for individuals with physical disabilities	14
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life, mood, and behavior of adults with Down syndrome	14
Disparities in prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival among men with disabilities: Retrospective cohort study in South Korea	13
Psychological and behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with mobility and/or self-care disabilities	13
Substance use and misuse patterns and disability status in the 2020 US National Alcohol Survey: A contributing role for chronic pain	13
Accessible design features and home modifications to improve physical housing accessibility: A mixed-methods survey of occupational therapists	13
Body image disturbance, psychosocial adjustment and quality of life in adolescents with amputation	13
Explicit and implicit disability attitudes of occupational and physical therapy assistants	13
Identifying children at risk of intellectual disability in UNICEF’s multiple indicator cluster surveys: Cross-sectional survey	13
The relation between self-stigma and loneliness in visually impaired college students: Self-acceptance as mediator	13

Clinician perspectives on the need for training on caring for pregnant women with intellectual and developmental disabilities	12
Prevalence and risk factors of e-cigarette use among working-age adults with and without disabilities in 2017–2018	12
Living with osteogenesis imperfecta: A qualitative study exploring experiences and psychosocial impact from the perspective of patients, parents and professionals	12
Environmental and social determinants of leisure-time physical activity in children with autism spectrum disorder	12
Perspectives on life following a traumatic spinal cord injury	12
Emergency department utilization among deaf and hard-of-hearing patients: A retrospective chart review	12
Health information seeking by women with physical disabilities: A qualitative analysis	12
A cross-sectional examination of the 24-hour movement behaviours in Canadian youth with physical and sensory disabilities	11
A survey of internal and family medicine residents: Assessment of disability-specific education and knowledge	11
Experiences of parents with children with congenital disorders of glycosylation: What can we learn from them?	11
Risk of COVID-19 and major adverse clinical outcomes among people with disabilities in South Korea	11
Food insecurity of people with disabilities who were Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
How has COVID-19 impacted disability employment?	11
Evaluation of the Reaching People with Disabilities through Healthy Communities Project	11
Eligibility criteria in NIH-funded clinical trials: Can adults with intellectual disability get in?	11
Sun-related behaviors, attitudes and knowledge among paralympic sailors	10
The lived experience of people who require prostheses or orthoses in the Kingdom of Cambodia: A qualitative study	10
Health information seeking and people with disability: A systematic search and scoping review	10
What cut-off(s) to use with the Washington Group short set of questions?	10
Remodeling of the ICF: A commentary	10
Measuring disability: An agreement study between two disability measures	10
Availability and quality of global disability data: A commentary on the Demographic and Health Surveys	10
Educating health science students about disability: Teachers’ perspectives on curricular gaps	10
Implementation of a school-based Fitbit program for youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A feasibility study	10
State-specific prevalence of current e-cigarette use by disability status and disability type—United States, BRFSS 2016–2018	10
Effects of a consumer driven home modification intervention on community participation for people with mobility disabilities	10
Exploring the disparity in tangible outcomes of internet use between persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities in South Korea	10
Early indicators of cardiovascular disease are evident in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy	9
The importance of seasonal influenza vaccination for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Assessing factors associated with social connectedness in adults with mobility disabilities	9
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of aerobic exercise interventions on cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with intellectual disability	9
Insights on an automated fall detection device designed for older adult wheelchair and scooter users: A qualitative study	9
Explicit and implicit: Ableism of disability professionals	9
Experiences of individuals self-directing Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services during COVID-19	9
Using the health humanities to impart disability competencies to undergraduate medical students	9
Musculoskeletal diagnoses, comorbidities, and physical and occupational therapy use among older adults with and without cerebral palsy	9
Self-reported handwashing and surface disinfection behaviors by U.S. adults with disabilities to prevent COVID-19, Spring 2020	9
Effects of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage, health care access, and use for people with disabilities	9
Accommodating hearing loss in outpatient physician offices in the U.S.	8
Trajectories of psychiatric disorders in a cohort of children with cerebral palsy across four years	8
Self-reported hearing loss is associated with poorer perceived health care access, timeliness, satisfaction, and quality: Findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin	8
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and behavioral outcomes in adolescents with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder: The role of sleep	8
Physical activity and self-reported sleep quality in adults with multiple sclerosis	8
The association between disability and risk of exposure to peer cyber victimisation is moderated by gender: Cross-sectional survey	8
Perspectives of adults with disabilities and opioid misuse: Qualitative findings illuminating experiences with stigma and substance use treatment	8
The development of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enrollment accessibility (SNAP-access) score	8
Child maltreatment investigations and substantiations in child protection services: Factors distinguishing children with intellectual disabilities	8
Factors influencing participation among adults aging with long-term physical disability	8
Certified personal trainers’ beliefs about providing personal training for adults with intellectual disability in a community fitness facility	7
Implicit associations related to physical disability among nursing students	7
The role of resilience: Physical activity continuation after falling in adults with multiple sclerosis	7
Pregnancy outcomes among visually impaired women in Washington State, 1987–2014	7
A description of physical activity behaviors, barriers, and motivators in stroke survivors in Quebec	7
Association between pica and gastrointestinal symptoms in preschoolers with and without autism spectrum disorder: Study to Explore Early Development	7
POWERSforID: Personalized online weight and exercise response system for individuals with intellectual disability: A randomized controlled trial	7
Disparities in mental health, social support and coping among individuals with mobility impairment	7
Unable to work? Characteristics of people with blindness and low vision who are out of the labor force	7
Accelerometer measured physical activity among youth with autism and age, sex, and body mass index matched peers: A preliminary study	7
Are you listening? Parental protective factors and early onset drinking among students with disabilities in Delaware	7
Perceived impacts of COVID-19 on wellbeing among US working-age adults with ADL difficulty	7
Correlates of obesity in adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder: The 2017–2018 National Survey of Children's Health	7
US adults with visual impairments meeting 24-h movement guidelines: Updated national prevalence estimates	7
Opioid use disorder-related emergency department visits among deaf or hard of hearing adults in the United States	7
Adults with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy living in a low-to-middle income country: A six-year follow-up study on pain, functional mobility, activity and participation	7
Physical activity levels and shoulder pain in wheelchair users during COVID-19 restrictions	7
Chronic pain following stroke: Current treatment and perceived effect	7
Disparities in illicit drug use and disability status among a nationally representative sample of U.S. college students	7
Physical activity for individuals living with a physical disability in Quebec: Issues and opportunities of access	7
Improving capacity to care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities: The value of an experiential learning model for family medicine residents	7
Food sufficiency and the utilization of free food resources for working-age Americans with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	7