Kelly K. O’Brien

62.0k citations

151 papers · 16.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 35

Emergency Medicine top 0.1%
- HIV-related health complications and treatments 84
General Health Professions top 0.1%
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.5%
Health Informatics top 0.5%
Occupational Therapy top 0.2%
Infectious Diseases
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions 81
Epidemiology
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment 14
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations 14
Virology
- HIV Research and Treatment 14
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research 9
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies 9
Speech and Hearing
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare 8

Co-authors: Heather Colquhoun Danielle Levac Stephanie Nixon Andrea C. Tricco Dina Brooks Anne‐Marie Tynan Erin Lillie Wasifa Zarin
Cited by: Emergency Medicine General Health Professions Geriatrics and Gerontology
Journals: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (6 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Kelly K. O’Brien

146 papers receiving 15.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Systematic Reviews
2020 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2016 BMC Medical Research Methodology
2010 Implementation Science

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1	Assessing the sensibility, utility and implementation considerations of the Episodic Disability Questionnaire with older adults living with complex health needs: a cross-sectional measurement study BMJ Open ·Shaheer Khawar,Sharon Cameron,Jahanvi Patel,Simona Kukuruzovic,Kate Wong,Ann Stewart,Soo Chan Carusone,Kelly K. O’Brien	2025	0
2	Episodic disability questionnaire (EDQ) measurement properties among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States BMC Infectious Diseases ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Kristine M. Erlandson,Darren A. Brown,Soo Chan Carusone,Jaime H. Vera,Colm Bergin,Lisa Avery,Ahmed M. Bayoumi,Steven Hanna,Richard Harding,Patricia Solomon,Natalie St. Clair‐Sullivan,Noreen O’Shea,Carolann Murray,Marta Boffito,George Da Silva,Brittany Torres,Kiera McDuff,Aileen M. Davis	2024	2
3	Experiences of physiotherapists working with adults living with Long COVID in Canada: a qualitative study BMJ Open ·Caleb Kim,Chantal Lin,Michelle MY Wong,Shahd Al Hamour Al Jarad,Amy Gao,Nicole Kaufman,Kiera McDuff,Darren A. Brown,Saul Cobbing,Alyssa Minor,Soo Chan Carusone,Kelly K. O’Brien	2024	1
4	A framework of research priorities in COVID rehabilitation from the Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID: an international consultation involving qualitative and quantitative research Disability and Rehabilitation ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Kiera McDuff,Vijay Kumar Chattu,Katie Churchill,Angela Colantonio,Todd E. Davenport,Douglas P. Gross,Susan Jaglal,Michelle E. Kho,Jaylyn Leighton,Meera Premnazeer,Alexandra Rendely,Orianna Scali,Stacey A. Skoretz,Marina B. Wasilewski,Jill I. Cameron	2024	1
5	Wireless physical activity monitor use among adults living with HIV in a community-based exercise intervention study: a quantitative, longitudinal, observational study BMJ Open ·Joshua R. Turner,Judy Chow,Justin Cheng,Farhanna Hassanali,Hayley Sevigny,Michael Sperduti,Soo Chan Carusone,Matthieu Dagenais,Kelly K. O’Brien	2023	1
6	HIV in MOTION: a community of practice on physical rehabilitation for and by people living with HIV and their allies SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco,Tizneem Jiancaro,Brittany Torres,Kiera McDuff,George Da Silva,Joanne Lindsay,Colleen Price,Shaz Islam,Glen Bradford,Kelly K. O’Brien	2023	0
7	Factors influencing initial implementation of an online community-based exercise intervention with adults living with HIV: a systems approach SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Tizneem Jiancaro,Ahmed M. Bayoumi,Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco,Blanca Pilar Galindo Torres,Kiera McDuff,Darren A. Brown,Soo Chan Carusone,Ada Tang,Mona Loutfy,Saul Cobbing,Kelly K. O’Brien	2023	3
8	Piloting an online telecoaching community-based exercise intervention with adults living with HIV: protocol for a mixed-methods implementation science study BMJ Open ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco,Soo Chan Carusone,Ahmed M. Bayoumi,Ada Tang,Kiera McDuff,Tizneem Jiancaro,George Da Silva,Brittany Torres,Mona Loutfy,Shaz Islam,Joanne Lindsay,Colleen Price,Mehdi Zobeiry,Zoran Pandovski,Ivan Illic,Puja Ahluwalia,Darren A. Brown,Lisa Avery,Patricia Solomon	2023	4
9	Positive outcomes: validity, reliability and responsiveness of a novel person-centred outcome measure for people with HIV Figshare ·Richard Harding,Katherine Bristowe,Brian West,Richard J. Siegert,(unknown),Jennifer Whetham,Kelly K. O’Brien	2022	5
10	Assessing the sensibility and utility of a short-form version of the HIV Disability Questionnaire in clinical practice settings in Canada, Ireland and the USA: a mixed methods study BMJ Open ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Patricia Solomon,Soo Chan Carusone,Kristine M. Erlandson,Colm Bergin,Ahmed M. Bayoumi,Steven Hanna,Richard Harding,Darren A. Brown,Jaime H. Vera,Marta Boffito,Carolann Murray,Rachel Aubry,Noreen O’Shea,Natalie St. Clair‐Sullivan,Mallory Boyd,Marilyn Swinton,Brittany Torres,Aileen M. Davis	2022	4
11	Considerations for developing and implementing an online community-based exercise intervention with adults living with HIV: a qualitative study BMJ Open ·Bernice Lau,Isha Sharma,Sukhbir Manku,Julia Kobylianski,Li Yin Wong,Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco,Soo Chan Carusone,Kelly K. O’Brien	2022	9
12	Conceptualising Long COVID as an episodic health condition BMJ Global Health ·Darren A. Brown,Kelly K. O’Brien	2021	77
13	Feasibility and Impact of a Yoga Intervention on Cognition, Physical Function, Physical Activity, and Affective Outcomes among People Living with HIV: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) ·Adria Quigley,Marie‐Josée Brouillette,Jacqueline Gahagan,Kelly K. O’Brien,Marilyn MacKay-Lyons	2020	14
14	Research priorities for rehabilitation and aging with HIV: a framework from the Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CIHRRC) AIDS Research and Therapy ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco,Patricia Solomon,Richard Harding,Darren A. Brown,Puja Ahluwalia,Soo Chan Carusone,Larry Baxter,Charles A. Emlet,Gayle Restall,Alan Casey,Amrita Ahluwalia,Adria Quigley,Alex R. Terpstra,Nkem Ononiwu	2020	20
15	The Global Impact of HIV on Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Challenges, Progress, and Future Directions The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ·Charles A. Emlet,Kelly K. O’Brien,Karen I. Fredriksen‐Goldsen	2019	14
16	Recommendations for integrating physiotherapy into an interprofessional outpatient care setting for people living with HIV: a qualitative study BMJ Open ·Heather deBoer,Stephanie Cudd,Matthew Andrews,Ellie Leung,Alana Petrie,Soo Chan Carusone,Kelly K. O’Brien	2019	7
17	Trajectories of Episodic Disability in People Aging with HIV: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) ·Patricia Solomon,Kelly K. O’Brien,Stephanie Nixon,Lori Letts,Larry Baxter,Nicole Gervais	2018	25
18	Evidence-informed recommendations for rehabilitation with older adults living with HIV: a knowledge synthesis BMJ Open ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Patricia Solomon,Barry Trentham,Duncan MacLachlan,Joy C. MacDermid,Anne‐Marie Tynan,Larry Baxter,Alan Casey,W. Richard Chegwidden,Greg Robinson,Todd Tran,Janet Wu,Elisse Zack	2014	38
19	Using Exploratory Focus Groups to Establish a Sampling Strategy to Investigate Disability Experienced by Adults Living with HIV Current HIV Research ·Kelly K. O’Brien,Ahmed M. Bayoumi,Aileen M. Davis,Nancy L. Young,Carol Strıke	2009	6
20	TB185: Designing a Labeling Policy for Genetically Modified Food: Results of Focus Group Research Journal of physiotherapy ·Mario F. Teisl,Lynn Halverson,Kelly K. O’Brien,Brian E. Roe	2002	4

About Kelly K. O’Brien

Kelly K. O’Brien is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Virology, having authored 151 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV-related health complications and treatments (84 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (81 papers), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment (14 papers), HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations (14 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (14 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (9 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (9 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medicine (1.9k citations), General Health Professions (4.3k citations) and Geriatrics and Gerontology (522 citations). Kelly K. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Heather Colquhoun, Danielle Levac, Stephanie Nixon, Andrea C. Tricco, Dina Brooks, Anne‐Marie Tynan, Erin Lillie, Wasifa Zarin, Richard H. Glazier and Sharon E. Straus. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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