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2. Qiu X, Kuang J, Huang Y, Wei C, Zheng X. (2024). The association between Weight-adjusted-Waist Index (WWI) and cognitive function in older adults: a cross-sectional NHANES 2011–2014 study. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2152. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.545)

3. Qiu X, Huang Y, Wei C, Wang Q. (2025). Association of systemic immune-inflammation index on the risk of stroke in American adults. Innovation in Aging, 8(Suppl 1), 1023.

4. Zhu J, Qiu X*, Ji C, Wang F, Tao A, Chen L. (2023). Frailty as a predictor of neurosurgical outcomes in brain tumor patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1126123. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.157)

5. Wang Q, Song D, Lin Q, Tao A, Zhang Y, Li X, Qiu X*. (2023). The critical role of physical frailty and function on depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults in China: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1134427. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.157)

6. Hu Y, Qiu X*, Ji C, Wang F, He M, He L, Chen L. (2023). Post-stroke experiences and health information needs among Chinese elderly ischemic stroke survivors in the internet environment: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1150369. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.232)

7. Zhang Y, Qiu X*, Jin Q, Ji C, Yuan P, Cui M, Zhang J, Chen L. (2023). Influencing factors of home exercise adherence in elderly patients with stroke: A multiperspective qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1157106. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.157)

8. Zhang Y, Qiu X*, Chen J, Ji C, Wang F, Song D, Liu C, Chen L, Yuan P. (2023). Effects of exercise therapy on patients with poststroke cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1164192. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.677)

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10. Qiu X, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Sun L. (2022). Benefit finding and related factors of patients with early-stage cancer in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4284. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.614)

11. Li T, Qiu X*, Gong X, Zhan R, Zheng X. (2022). The cross-sectional survey on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its predictors among Chinese parents of 3–17 years aged children in Shenzhen City. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 29(1). (JCR 3区, IF: 1.5)

12. Li T, Qiu X*, Gong X, Zhan R, Zheng X. (2022). Mental health status of frontline clinical nurses fighting the Omicron variant of COVID-19—a cross-sectional survey in China. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 29(3). (JCR 3区, IF: 1.5)

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14. Qiu X, Li T, Fang Q, Huang L, Zheng X. (2022). Online and offline intervention for the prevention of postpartum depression among rural-to-urban floating women: study protocol for a randomized control trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 7951. (JCR 2区, IF: 4.614)

15. Qiu X, Sit JWH, Koo FK. (2018). The influence of Chinese culture on family caregivers of stroke survivors: a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(1-2), e309–e319. (JCR 1区, IF: 4.423)

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20. Yang Z, Wang J, Zhang Y, Zhao D, Qiu X, Fu Y, Wu B, Hu Y. (2025). Using Narrative Transportation Theory to Build Interventions that Reduce Perceived Stigma Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40(3), 666–673. (JCR 2区, IF: 5.128)

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