Occupational Therapy papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 29 papers from Occupational Therapy (2026–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: Care of pressure sores: a controlled study of the use of a hydrocolloid dressing compared with wet saline gauze compresses (2026, 48 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 59 citations between them.
- 10 of the 20 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 5 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Journal of Wound Care, Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, Acta Dermato Venereologica.
- Published between 2026 and 2026.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
Care of pressure sores: a controlled study of the use of a hydrocolloid dressing compared with wet saline gauze compresses
Acta Dermato Venereologica · 2026 · Q1 · 48 citations · Open access
An occlusive hydrocolloid dressing (Comfeel Ulcus) significantly reduced pressure sore area by week 6 (median 0% remaining vs. 31% for saline gauze, p=0.016) and decreased nursing time compared to wet saline gauze compresses in a randomized controlled trial.
Combined impact of surgical lighting and flooring surface characteristics on staff stress: A hospital field study
Scientific Reports · 2026 · Q1 · FWCI 94.30 · 4 citations · Open access
Poor operating room lighting and flooring contribute to staff stress, with 80.5% experiencing eye strain and over 52% rating these factors as poor.
Does teamwork make the dream work? A scoping review of multidisciplinary teams in pressure injury prevention and management
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 23.73 · 1 citations
A 2016-2026 scoping review of 8 studies found that integrated multidisciplinary teams, commonly including nurses, wound specialists, physicians, dietitians, and physiotherapists, significantly reduced pressure injury (PI) incidence and prevalence.
Italian adaptation of the End-of-Life Wound Assessment Tool: translation, content validity and preliminary usability testing
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 23.73 · 1 citations · Open access
The Italian version of the End-of-Life Wound Assessment Tool (EoL-WAT) shows excellent content validity (S-CVI/Ave=0.994) and favorable usability, making it a promising instrument for Italian healthcare settings.
Engineering performance as the foundation for support surface selection
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 23.73 · 1 citations
A new performance-based framework integrates engineering test data with pressure injury aetiology to guide individualized support surface selection, demonstrating significant variability in performance across commercially available surfaces.
Pressure injury incidence density in an Italian NICU: a 7-year interrupted time series analysis
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 23.73 · 1 citations
Incidence density of pressure injuries (PIs) in a NICU dropped 77.5% from 4.80 to 1.08 events per 1000 patient-days between 2018 and 2024, with an immediate 62.2% reduction observed in January 2020.
From risk scores to prevention action: the development of BEPU2025 to standardise and optimise pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention in Belgium
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 23.73 · 1 citations
BEPU2025 is a new, nationally aligned approach in Belgium that shifts pressure ulcer risk assessment from numerical scores to rapid, repeated clinical decision-making focused on prevention, integrated into routine care.
Risk factors for pressure ulcer development among adults undergoing surgery: a systematic review
Journal of Wound Care · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 3.87 · 1 citations
A systematic review of 41 studies identified key risk factors for pressure ulcers (PUs) in surgical adults: preoperative (Braden score, age, diabetes), intraoperative (surgery duration, patient positioning, surgery type), and postoperative (Braden score, sepsis, pneumonia). Sepsis and pneumonia were significant in 100% of studies assessing them.
Implementation Considerations for an Occupational Therapy-Led Mental Health Care Navigation Program for Older Adult Patients
Health Services Insights · 2026 · Q2 · FWCI 24.52 · 1 citations
An occupational therapy (OT)-led mental health patient navigation program (MH PNP) effectively bridges hospital and community care for older adults with complex needs, but requires organizational alignment, professional support, and clear role expectations for successful implementation.
Conversational Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Occupational Therapy: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Emerging Applications, Transferable Evidence, and Future Directions
International Medical Education · 2026 · Q2
Conversational AI, including chatbots and large language models, shows emerging potential in pediatric occupational therapy for tasks like clinical documentation and therapeutic engagement, though direct evidence is limited and significant concerns remain regarding developmental appropriateness, bias, and privacy.
The lived experiences of occupational therapists in assessing work skills of people with mental illness
BMC Health Services Research · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Occupational therapists creatively adapt assessment tools for mentally ill clients, but face significant limitations due to a lack of standardized assessments, institutional support, and access to real-world settings.
Inclusion and assistive technologies in disability rights legislation: a cross-country NLP-based comparative analysis
Universal Access in the Information Society · 2026 · Q2 · Open access
NLP analysis of the ADA and Brazil's BLI reveals the BLI emphasizes assistive technology (AT) more (2.41% of terms) within a human rights framework, while the ADA focuses on transportation and anti-discrimination (1.18% AT terms) in a legalistic framework.
Exploring the attributes of assistive technology innovations and applications within the built environment for disability well-being: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis (ScorBA)
Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology · 2026 · Q1
A scoping review of 181 documents reveals that integrating assistive technology (AT) with the built environment is highly contextual, depending on users, technologies, applications, and environment types, with some AT functioning independently.
Mental health and learning conditions among French physiotherapy students: a nationwide cross-sectional study of individual, educational and contextual factors
BMC Medical Education · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Nearly half of French physiotherapy students (46.8%) report clinically significant depressive symptoms, with a poor work-life balance being the strongest predictor (aOR 3.67).
The recovery of valued occupations after intimate partner violence: A scoping review analysis using the Person Environment Occupation Performance model and an occupational justice lens
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal · 2026 · Q1
A scoping review of 20 articles reveals that occupational recovery for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors primarily focuses on paid employment, with limited research on other valued occupations, and highlights persistent occupational injustices.
Psychosocial impact of assistive device use among individuals with locomotor disability in North India: a cross-sectional study
Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology · 2026 · Q1
Assistive devices significantly improve psychosocial well-being, including adaptability, competence, and self-esteem, among individuals with locomotor disabilities in North India, according to a study of 170 participants.
Performances and Fatigue Responses to Weighted Vest Training in Parkour Novices
European Journal of Sport Science · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · Open access
Parkour training with a 10% body mass weighted vest significantly reduced standing long jump distance and 10-m sprint with obstacles, while unexpectedly increasing drop jump height (n=17).
User-Co-Created Anti-Slip Waste-Derived Wood–Rubber Crutch Tip for Inclusive Assistive Technologies
The International Journal of Designed Objects · 2026 · Q1
A novel anti-slip crutch tip, co-created with users from waste-derived wood–rubber composite, offers threefold increased perceived traction and a 70-75% reduced slip risk compared to conventional tips.
Implementing the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach with Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study
Children · 2026 · Q1
The Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach was feasible and acceptable for improving occupational performance and satisfaction in three children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), aged 11-12 years.
Community-based child protection as occupational justice practice: a critical relational analysis from the Greek economic crisis
Mental Health and Social Inclusion · 2026 · Q2
A decade-long, community-based intervention in Northern Greece successfully used occupational justice principles to enhance children's participation in meaningful occupations and strengthen family/community ties, mitigating structural poverty's effects.
Recently added
Assessing Inter-rater Reliability and Intra-rater Reliability During the 2-Minute Hand-Release Push-Up Event in the Army Fitness Test
The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Raters assessing the Army's 2-minute hand-release push-up test showed inconsistent scoring, with significant fluctuations observed between and within individual raters.
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Spanish of the Rapid Clinical Assessment of Modes
British Journal of Occupational Therapy · 2026 · Q2
The Spanish Rapid Clinical Assessment of Modes (RCAM) demonstrates preliminary evidence of structural validity, reliability, and cross-perspective consistency, making it a potentially useful brief tool for assessing therapeutic communication and use of self in occupational therapy.
Greater Lawndale Lotería: A Participatory Popular Education Method for Disseminating Community-Based Research on the Social Determinants of Work and Health
Journal of Participatory Research Methods · 2026 · Q1
A community-developed Lotería game successfully disseminated research findings on work as a social determinant of health and raised critical consciousness among Greater Lawndale residents.
Early Reading Interventions for Children with Intellectual Disabilities Using AAC: A Systematic Review of Single-Case Designs
Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Children with intellectual disability (ID) using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can benefit from early reading interventions, particularly in letter-sound correspondence and phonological awareness, according to a systematic review of seven single-case studies.
Understanding the conceptualization and measurement of social participation among adults living with psychosocial disability: a scoping review and heuristic framework
BMC Psychiatry · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
A new heuristic framework offers a structured approach to clarify the concept and measurement of social participation among adults with psychosocial disability, addressing inconsistencies in how it's defined and assessed across studies.
Interdisciplinary Occupational Health System for Recovery From Musculoskeletal Injuries in US Army Personnel
JAMA Network Open · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 3.00
An embedded interdisciplinary occupational health system (H2F) in the US Army was associated with a 5.9% reduction in limited duty workdays following musculoskeletal injuries.
Who gets left behind? Prioritizing assistive technology for persons with disabilities in low-resource urban transport systems: Evidence from Greater Kumasi, Ghana
Social Sciences & Humanities Open · 2026 · Q1
In Greater Kumasi, Ghana, 72% of persons with disabilities (PwDs) are aware of assistive technologies (ATs), but this awareness is limited to personal mobility aids, with system-integrated ATs virtually unknown.
From Awareness to Action: Co‐Designing Culturally Safe and Equitable Rehabilitation in Canada – Protocol for the Two‐Phase Ireach Qualitative Study
Health Expectations · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
This study protocol outlines a two-phase co-design approach to develop actionable strategies and patient-facing resources for culturally safe and equitable outpatient rehabilitation in Canada, addressing persistent inequities.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Wound Care | Q2 | — | 87 | 6 | 9 |
| JAMA Network Open | Q1 | 3.00 | 178 | 1 | 20 |
| Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research | Q1 | 1.00 | 185 | 1 | 6 |
| BMC Psychiatry | Q1 | 1.00 | 164 | 1 | 4 |
| BMC Medical Education | Q1 | 1.00 | 120 | 1 | 15 |
| BMC Health Services Research | Q1 | 1.00 | 172 | 1 | 16 |
| Journal of Patient Safety | Q1 | — | 60 | 1 | 3 |
| Scientific Reports | Q1 | — | 382 | 1 | 170 |
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