To validate a Couple-based Collaborative Management Model of chronic diseases that integrates health professionals and family supporters
Research purposes
To validate a Couple-based Collaborative Management Model of chronic diseases that integrates health professionals and family supporters
Research content
Construction of a collaborative management model for chronic diseases of elderly couples in the community
Validation of the effect of the collaborative management model of chronic diseases for elderly couples in the community
Study on the impact of epidemic on the collaborative management mode of chronic diseases in elderly couples in the community
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Zhang, J., Yang, C., Liu, Y., Wu, D., Liu, L., Zheng, H., Xu, D. and Liao, J.*, 2023. Conditions for successful implementation of couple-based collaborative management model of diabetes among community-dwelling older Chinese: A qualitative comparative analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), p.832
Yang, C., Xu, Y., Zhi, J., Zheng, H., Sun, Z., Wu, X. and Liao, J.*, 2022, November. Gender-specific effect of couple-based intervention on behavioral and psychological outcomes of older adults with type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 partial lockdown in Guangzhou, China, Healthcare, 10(11), pp.2290
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Associate professor, Department of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology| SYSU Global Health Institute (SGHI), Sun Yat-sen University, China
Healthy ageing dynamics, examining social networks × health behaviors × multidimensional functioning (physical/cognitive/social). Uses longitudinal cohort modeling (global datasets) to pinpoint socio-determinants, with RCT-validated interventions.

Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2020-2023
couple-based intervention for Chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes

Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics
design and evaluation of strategies for the early prevention and intervention management of dementia

Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics
the dynamic patterns of cognitive decline and physical frailty

Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics

Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2021-2024
geospatial analysis of dementia prevalence among older adults

Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2020-2023
couple-based collaborative management model for chronic diseases

Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2022-2025
digital cognitive training in older adults with MCI