Ying Jiang's research while affiliated with National University of Singapore and other places

Publications (41)

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Background: Knowledge of the barriers and facilitators in the adoption of digital health interventions (DHI) is sparse yet crucial to facilitate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. Objectives: This scoping review aimed to summarize patient- and healthcare provider-level barriers and facilitators in the adoption of DHIs for C...
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Aim and objective: As rising global prevalence of diabetes burdens an overstrained healthcare system, it would be prudent to employ primary prevention strategies. This review aims to detail characteristics of technology-enabled diabetes prevention programs (t-DPP) and the technology acceptance amongst prediabetic individuals. Design: A scoping r...
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Physical activity (PA) levels may have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these changes are not well understood. The study aimed to describe the PA level and examine the predictive factors of a health-enhancing PA level among working women in Singapore two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. We undertook a cross-sectional descriptive corre...
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Aims This review aims to examine updated evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of caregiver‐mediated exercise interventions on basic and extended activities of daily living (ADL), anxiety and depression of post‐stroke rehabilitation individuals. Design A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Data sources Six electronic databases, including CINAHL...
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Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse‐led smartphone‐based self‐management programme (NSSMP) on improving self‐efficacy, promoting diabetes self‐care, increasing health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and decreasing HbA1c, acute complications and unplanned medical consultation for people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes compared with a...
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Aims The aim of this review is to synthesize and evaluate effectiveness of exergaming on balance, lower limb functional mobility and functional independence in individuals with chronic stroke. Design The present review is a systematic review and meta-analysis. The review is written in accordance with the guidelines from the Preferred Reporting Ite...
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Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on psychological well-being, burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among working registered nurses. Background: Nurses account for nearly half of the global healthcare workforce and are considered significant contribut...
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Aims and objectives: To systematically appraise the effects of eHealth cognitive behavioural therapy on depression and anxiety severity, quality of life, adherence and attrition rates observed in adults with clinically diagnosed depression. Background: eHealth-based cognitive behavioural therapy is an increasingly popular intervention on depress...
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Background Swimming has been considered the most appropriate activity for children with asthma for its lower asthmogenicity compared to land-based activities. However, the benefits of swimming have been hampered by reports of increased asthma risks, airway inflammation and bronchial hyper-responsiveness from exposure to chlorine by-products in swim...
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Aims The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the suspension of centre-based cardiac rehabilitation (CBCR) and has underscored the need for home-based cardiac telerehabilitation (HBCTR) as a feasible alternative rehabilitation delivery model. Yet, the effectiveness of HBCTR as an alternative to Phase 2 CBCR is unknown. We aimed to conduct a meta-anal...
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Background Although important, heart failure self-care remains a challenge for many patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a nurse-led, home-based self-management psychosocial education intervention (HOM-HEMP). The primary outcome was patient's HF self-care in terms of maintenance, management and confidence. The secondary outcomes wer...
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Heart failure is a chronic and complex clinical syndrome. It is one of the common causes of hospitalization and readmission among the older population. Patient self-management is essential to maintaining health and avoiding disruption of life caused by frequent hospitalizations. However, many patients lack self-care skills. This chapter provides a...
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BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem that places a significant disease burden on society. Self-care is important in the management of HF because it averts disease progression and reduces the number of hospitalizations. Effective nursing interventions promote HF self-care. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore participants’...
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Background Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem that places a significant disease burden on society. Self-care is important in the management of HF because it averts disease progression and reduces the number of hospitalizations. Effective nursing interventions promote HF self-care. Objective This study aims to explore participants’...
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Background Diabetes is a debilitating health condition that is rapidly increasing in prevalence globally. Diabetes self-management is known as an important aspect of diabetes care, and group-based self-management interventions led by lay leaders have been explored previously. However, the effects of such an interventional approach to improve glycat...
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Aims: To describe a systematic process for the development of a nurse-led smartphone-based self-management programme for type 2 diabetes patients with poor glycaemic control in Singapore. Methods: A three-step process involving the application of a theoretical framework, evidence from literature, content validity, and pilot tests were conducted...
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Background With a rapid increase in aging population and prevalence of chronic diseases worldwide, older adults are seen facing more physical and psychological burdens, affecting their quality of life (QoL). Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese mind-body physical activity, appeals to many older adults and has been extensively studied. However, the effect...
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Aim: To systematically review the effectiveness of vinegar consumption in improving glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Review sources: The CINAHL, Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE), Medline, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane databases were searched in April 2019. Interventional st...
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Aims The aim of this study was to synthesise and evaluate the effectiveness of mobile phone-based self-management interventions for medication adherence and change in blood pressure in patients with coronary heart disease. Methods Relevant randomised controlled trials evaluating mobile phone-based self-management interventions for medication adher...
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Aims: To systematically review the evidence and determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy-based multicomponent interventions on fear of falling and falls among community-dwelling older adults who are at risk of falling. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: Six electronic databases, including CENTRAL, CIN...
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Background: There is a growing number of epidemiological evidences that suggest the effectiveness of vinegar consumption among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the current reviews are restricted on narrative synthesis, lack of critical appraisal, mixed population, heterogenous outcomes and fasting blood glucose and glycated hem...
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Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common causes of hospital admissions and readmissions. Managing CHF requires a comprehensive treatment plan that consists of medication treatment and behavioural change. However, patients often feel unprepared for their self-management role in the community, especially during the period of t...
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Aim To develop and examine the effectiveness of a 4‐week mHealth program using the smartphone app Care4Heart on awareness, knowledge, perceived stress and a heart‐related lifestyle among working population in Singapore. Design A quasi‐experimental single group pre‐ and repeated post‐test design. Methods A total of 160 nonhealth‐related working ad...
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Background: With increasingly aged populations worldwide, the quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing of older adults, especially those with chronic disease, become of increasing importance. There are multiple studies on the use of internal Qigong, a popular mind-body exercise commonly practiced by older adults. However, the effectiveness of in...
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Aim To examine the effect of a self‐help psychoeducation program for people with coronary heart disease in Singapore. Background Cardiac rehabilitation has shown benefits for mitigating many cardiac risk factors and can lead to improvement in health‐related quality of life and psychological well‐being in people with heart disease. However, traditi...
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Healthy ageing is a multi-dimensional concept which appertains to all older adults. This study reviewed the intervention characteristics, intervention content and effectiveness of multi-dimensional healthy ageing interventions (MHAIs) addressing physical, mental and social health among independent community-dwelling older adults. A search was condu...
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Background: A person's self-efficacy plays a critical role during the chronic management process of a health condition. Assessment of self-efficacy for patients with heart diseases is essential for healthcare professionals to provide tailored interventions to help patient to manage the disease. Objective: To translate and test the psychometric p...
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Gamification is the design nexus between psychology and technology; thus, the ensemble of game design concepts and mobile health is promising for a far-reaching impact in public health. This paper presents a gamification design framework for mobile health as a unified, structured representation of activity systems aiming towards better health-relat...
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Previous studies had suggested that Omega-3 fatty acids have pleiotropic effects and favourable safety profile, which may potentially increase the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs in suppressing atrial arrhythmias through combination therapy. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the effectiveness of using Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a s...
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Objectives: To investigate the independent predictors of medication adherence among Singaporean patients following an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. Background: Secondary prevention of stroke includes optimal control over modifiable risk factors, and medication adherence is important in controlling the effect of co-morbidities. Ho...
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Objective: To review the evidence to determine the effects of psychological interventions on self-care and psychological and health outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods: We evaluated the effectiveness of randomized controlled trials using psychological methods or theory on self-care behaviors, anxiety and depression lev...
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Aim: To develop and compare a nurse-led smartphone-based self-management programme with an existing nurse-led diabetes service on health-related outcomes for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in Singapore. Background: Over the past decades, Asia has emerged as the 'diabetes epicentre' in the world due to rapid economic development,...
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Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent type of cardiac disease among adults worldwide, including those in Singapore. Most of its risk factors, such as smoking, physical inactivity and high blood pressure, are preventable. mHealth has improved in the last decade, showing promising results in chronic disease prevention and heal...
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Background Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) experienced poor physical health which was found to be associated with higher hospital readmission rates and increased mortality. The study aimed to identify the independent predictors of physical health in Singaporean patients with CHD. Methods A consecutive sample of 129 patients with CHD was...
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Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains as a debilitating disease that has high mortality among adults worldwide. CHF negatively impacts an individual's health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but only few studies have investigated such an impact in the Asian population. Aims This study aims to investigate the HRQoL of outpatients with CHF...
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Objectives: The objectives of the study were to investigate awareness, knowledge, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and their correlates to coronary heart disease (CHD) among working women in Singapore. Background: CHD is the leading cause of death for women globally, yet women are unaware of this or the associated risk factors that make them vulnera...
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To examine the effectiveness of a four-week home-based self-management rehabilitation programme on health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression levels, cardiac risks and unplanned visits to the health services among community-dwelling patients with myocardial infarction. A randomised controlled trial with repeated measurements was used. A...
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Aims and background: Patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may receive prostatic surgery due to severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). This study aimed to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), psychological well-being, and sexual function of patients with BPH after prostatic surgery and identify the predictors of...

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... Noting the importance of physical activity in rehabilitation for example, survivors felt more confident in their mobility when they had a companion who they could rely on in case of potential mishaps, echoing findings from past studies, which note that support from partners or family members was a key facilitator of physical activity [29,30]. Moreover, evidence also suggests that rehabilitation interventions that actively involve survivor family caregivers can improve key outcomes such as functional independence and psychological health [31,32]. Furthermore, considering the shortage of healthcare workers, peers could also be recruited to provide rehabilitation guidance for community survivors, with evidence confirming the benefits of peer coaching sessions and support groups on both physical and psychological health [33,34]. ...
... were included (Hofmann et al., 2010;Hofmann & Gómez, 2017;Kabat-Zinn, 1982;Kang & Myung, 2022;Liberati et al., 2009;Lihua et al., 2017;Maharaj et al., 2018;Qiu, 2019;Rakel, 1999;Ramachandran et al., 2022;Shapiro et al., 2006;Teasdale et al., 2000), which involved 807 subjects (405 and 402 in the intervention and control groups, respectively). One study was from Canada (Hofmann et al., 2010), one from Japan (Kabat-Zinn, 1982), and the remaining 10 were from China (Hofmann & Gómez, 2017;Kang & Myung, 2022;Liberati et al., 2009;Lihua et al., 2017;Maharaj et al., 2018;Qiu, 2019;Rakel, 1999;Ramachandran et al., 2022;Shapiro et al., 2006;Teasdale et al., 2000). ...
... Some reviews found significant reduction of nonplanned hospital admission [55] and emergency department visits [56]. In contrast, a few studies reported no significant differences on health-resource use for community-dwelling older adults [50], patients with diabetes [57], or those with heart failure [58]. These mixed findings might have resulted from differences in the characteristics of the patients and interventions in their respective nurse-led rehabilitation programs. ...
... As the number of people with clinical depression is increasing, there is a demand for effective and accessible treatments [8]. Meta-studies on internet-delivered psychological treatment show promising results for adults with mild or moderate depressive disorder [9][10][11][12], and this treatment option could be an accessible and less resource-intensive alternative to traditional face-to-face treatment [10]. ...
... Several recent systematic reviews have sought to establish evidence for the efficacy of digitally delivered CR. Overall, they have concluded that digital CR can lead to significant improvements in many outcomes including physical activity, daily steps, medication adherence, smoking, functional capacity, QoL, and cardiac-related re-hospitalisation (Anderson et al., 2017;Chong et al., 2021;Ramachandran et al., 2021;Su et al., 2020). These findings demonstrate that digital CR can produce positive outcomes for patients, equivalent, and potentially in some cases superior, to those produced by centre-based CR. ...
... After reading the titles and abstractions, 2,396 literatures which were obviously inconsistent with the research content, research object, research method and achievement index of this paper were deleted, and then 161 literatures were entered into the next screening. After reading the full text, 20 articles were included after 141 articles with incomplete data, inconsistent outcome indicators, meta-analyses and reviews, and no full text was available (Cockayne et al., 2014;Darren et al., 2006;Dorsch et al., 2021;Du, 2018;Dunagan et al., 2005;Fu & Gu, 2016;Jaarsma et al., 1999;Jiang et al., 2021;Li et al., 2018;Powell et al., 2010;Mariko et al., 2019;Nucifora et al., 2006;Smeulders et al., 2010;Sun et al., 2019;Wang et al., 2017;Wu, 2012;Xu et al., 2016;Yang, 2018;Yang et al., 2019Yang et al., , 2021. See Figure 1 for the literature screening process, and see Table 1 for the basic characteristics of the included literature. ...
... This effect is probably due to the high relative humidity of the swimming pool's environment [3]. Furthermore, swimming can also reduce the onset of symptoms and the frequency of asthma attacks, limiting the need for treatments [3][4][5]. Therefore, swimming has long been recommended as the most tolerable sport and recreational activity for asthmatics [6,7]. However, on the other hand, numerous studies evaluated the potential negative impact of swimming on practitioners. ...
... The development of study intervention and pilot testing was published previously ( Jiang et al., 2019 ). In addition, a qualitative process evaluation of the study intervention was conducted following the RCT, the findings of which are published elsewhere ( Jiang et al., 2021 ). ...
... Thus, the responsibility for self-care is gradually shifting to patients and their families. Therefore, interventions promoting and supporting self-care after hospital discharge are becoming increasingly important [34]. It is well-known that self-management is associated with significant outcomes in HF patients, including knowledge, attitude, and practice [35]. ...
... innovative method to improve patients' quality of life and well-being as well as clinically important outcomes. Two recent systematic reviews of self-management interventions for diabetic patients found significant effects on glycated hemoglobin levels [2,3] as well as self-efficacy and the frequency of emergency room visits [3], Peer support interventions have also been shown to reduce blood pressure ( [4]; reduction of systolic blood pressure by 2.07 mmHg (CI 0.35-3.79 mmHg). ...