Couple-based collaborative diabetes management project

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

  1. Construction of a collaborative management model for chronic diseases of elderly couples in the community

  2. Validation of the effect of the collaborative management model of chronic diseases for elderly couples in the community

  3. Study on the impact of epidemic on the collaborative management mode of chronic diseases in elderly couples in the community

Yang, C., Zhi, J., Xu, Y., Fan, X., Wu, X., Xu, D. and Liao, J.*, 2025. A couple-based intervention for Chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open. 8(1), pp.e2452168

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

Wang, C., Wu, M., Yang, Y.J. and Liao, J.*, 2022. Effect and quality of couple-based interventions of middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a scoping review. Family Practice, 39(1), pp.183-189

Liao, J., Zhang, J., Xie, J. and Gu, J., 2021. Gender specificity of spousal concordance in the development of chronic disease among middle-aged and older Chinese couples: a prospective dyadic analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), p.2886

Liao, J., Wu, X., Wang, C., Xiao, X., Cai, Y., Wu, M., Liu, Y., Chen, X., Wu, S., Yang, Y.J. and Xu, D., 2020. Couple-based collaborative management model of type 2 diabetes mellitus for community-dwelling older adults in China: protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics, 20, pp.1-11

Jing Liao
Jing Liao
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.

Conghui Yang
Conghui Yang
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2020-2023

couple-based intervention for Chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes

Jingyi Zhi
Jingyi Zhi
Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics

design and evaluation of strategies for the early prevention and intervention management of dementia

Yingxin Xu
Yingxin Xu
Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics

the dynamic patterns of cognitive decline and physical frailty

Xinyu Fan
Xinyu Fan
Master in Epidemiology and Health Statistics
Yixuan Liu
Yixuan Liu
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2021-2024

geospatial analysis of dementia prevalence among older adults

Huiqiong Zheng
Huiqiong Zheng
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2020-2023

couple-based collaborative management model for chronic diseases

Min Wu
Min Wu
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2022-2025

digital cognitive training in older adults with MCI