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    Dynamic predictors of COVID-19 vaccination uptake and their interconnections over two years in Hong Kong

    The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines faces a significant barrier in the form of vaccine hesitancy. This study adopts a dynamic and network perspective to explore the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake ...

    Jiehu Yuan, Yucan Xu, Irene Oi Ling Wong, Wendy Wing Tak Lam in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Acute promyelocytic leukaemia: population-based study of epidemiology and outcome with ATRA and oral-ATO from 1991 to 2021

    The epidemiology and treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) are changing. We have incorporated oral arsenic trioxide (oral-ATO) into induction/maintenance.

    Harinder Gill, Radha Raghupathy, Carmen Y.Y. Lee, Yammy Yung, Hiu-Tung Chu in BMC Cancer (2023)

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    Mental disorders following COVID-19 and other epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    COVID-19 has imposed a very substantial direct threat to the physical health of those infected, although the corollary impact on mental health may be even more burdensome. Here we focus on assessing the mental...

    Candi M. C. Leung, Margaret K. Ho, Alina A. Bharwani in Translational Psychiatry (2022)

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    Community psychological and behavioural responses to coronavirus disease 2019 over one year of the pandemic in 2020 in Hong Kong

    Monitoring community psychological and behavioural responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is important for informing policy making and risk communication to sustain public compliance with challenging...

    Qiuyan Liao, **gyi **ao, Justin Cheung, Tiffany W. Y. Ng in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    A Moderated Mediation Analysis on the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Physical Symptoms Among Immigrant Women from Mainland China into Hong Kong: Evidence from the FAMILY Cohort

    With a research focus on the possible impact of perceived discrimination on physical symptoms, this study examined a moderated mediation model that depressive symptoms would mediate the association between per...

    Nancy **aonan Yu, Michael Y. Ni in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2021)

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    Nowcasting epidemics of novel pathogens: lessons from COVID-19

    Epidemic nowcasting broadly refers to assessing the current state by understanding key pathogenic, epidemiologic, clinical and socio-behavioral characteristics of an ongoing outbreak. Its primary objective is ...

    Joseph T. Wu, Kathy Leung, Tommy T. Y. Lam, Michael Y. Ni in Nature Medicine (2021)

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    The impact of the Syrian conflict on population well-being

    The United Nations described the Syrian conflict as the worst man-made disaster since World War II. We adopted a global perspective in examining the impact of the Syrian conflict on Syrians’ physical, mental, ...

    Felix Cheung, Amanda Kube, Louis Tay, Edward Diener in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong

    To examine whether the two-item version (CD-RISC2) of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) has adequate internal consistency and construct validity, as well as significant correlation with the full s...

    Michael Y. Ni, Tom K. Li, Nancy X. Yu, Herbert Pang in Quality of Life Research (2016)

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    Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Subjective Happiness Scale: Evidence from the Hong Kong FAMILY Cohort

    With China’s rapid economic growth in the past few decades, there is currently an emerging focus on happiness. Cross-cultural validity studies have indicated that the four-item Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)...

    Hairong Nan, Michael Y. Ni, Paul H. Lee in International Journal of Behavioral Medici… (2014)

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    Depressive symptoms in people with chronic physical conditions: prevalence and risk factors in a Hong Kong community sample

    Depression is predicted to become one of the two most burdensome diseases worldwide by 2020 and is common in people with chronic physical conditions. However, depression is relatively uncommon in Asia. Family ...

    Hairong Nan, Paul H Lee, Ian McDowell, Michael Y Ni, Sunita M Stewart in BMC Psychiatry (2012)