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List of topics & speakers (Updated: 13 May, 2008)

 

Plenary Sessions

Pre- and Post-conference Workshops

Concurrent Symposium Sessions

Free Paper Sessions

Plenary Sessions
Plenary 1

Plenary 1 – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Co-Chairman: Ji-qian FANG & Kwok-fai LEUNG

Prof. Donald L. PATRICK

Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Topic   :  Measuring Health and Quality of Life: Past, Present, and Future

Plenary 2

Plenary 2 – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 9:00am – 10:30am

Co-Chairman: Mary Man-lai CHU & Yuan-tao HAO

Prof. Cindy Lo-kuen LAM

Professor and Head / Chief of Research, Family Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Preference-based Measure of the “Q” of QALYs

 

Mr. Donald Mcknight BUSHNELL
Associate Director, Data Management & Analysis, Health Research Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA
Topic    :  The use of Differential Item Functioning to evaluate Health Related  QoL measures
Plenary 3

Plenary 3 – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 9:00am – 10:30am

Co-Chairman: Alex Yui-huen KWAN & Xue-zhong SHI

Prof. Timothy Chi-yui KWOK

Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic:  Why measure QoL in older patients?

 

Mr. Kwok-fai LEUNG

Department Manager, Department of Occupational Therapy, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Selection of HRQoL and SWB endpoints in QoL research in psycho-social services and rehabilitation

 

Pre- and Post conference Workshops
Workshop 1A

Workshop 1A – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 9:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Wendy W.T. WONG

Topic   :  Cross Cultural Translation: updating standards for methods and documentation

Ms. Mona L. MARTIN

Executive Director, Health Research Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA

 

Ms. Beng-li TING

Senior Project Manager, Health Research Asia, Singapore

 

Interpreter: To be confirmed
Workshop 1B

Workshop 1B – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 9:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Kwok-fai LEUNG

Topic   :  Application of Item Response Theory and differential item functioning in quality of life research

Prof. Ji-qian FANG

Director, Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Workshop 2A

Workshop 2A – 18 May 2008 (Sunday) 9:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Ji-qian FANG

Topic   :  Preference-based Measure of Health (PBMH) by Standard Gamble

Prof. Cindy Lo-kuen LAM

Professor and Head / Chief of Research, Family Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

 

Prof. Ji-qian FANG

Director, Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

 

Workshop 2B

Workshop 2B – 18 May 2008 (Sunday) 9:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Yuan-tao HAO

Topic   :  Development of QoL measures systems in Cancer and Chronic illness (Chinese)

Prof. Chong-hua WAN

Professor, School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

 

Prof. Xiao-mei LI

Professor, School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

 

Concurrent Symposium Sessions
Symposium 1A - QoL in Chinese Medicine

Symposium 1A – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Wendy W.T. WONG

Dr. Zhao-xiang BIAN

Director, Clinical Division / Associate Professor, Teaching Division / Expert in Clinical Internal Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Current status of QoL research in Chinese Medicine

 

Ms. Wendy W.T. WONG

PhD candidate, Family Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   : Measuring health related quality of life in the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine - The way forward

 

Prof. Zhen-huan LIU

Vice-Director, The Affiliated Nanhai Maternity and Children Hospital of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Topic       :      The study of quality of life of children with cerebral palsy

 

Symposium 1B - QoL in Palliative Care & Rehabilitation

Symposium 1B – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Raymond See-kit LO

Dr. Raymond See-kit LO

Cluster Co-ordinator (Hospice and Palliative Care), New Territories East Cluster; Hon Chief of Service, Bradbury Hospice, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  QoL Research in Palliative care patients

 

Mr. Eric Ming-chung WONG

Computer Officer, Biostatistics Program, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

Topic   :  Application of Rasch to McGill QoL-HK for palliative care patients

 

Dr. Wei-hong QIU

Doctor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Topic       :       The influential factor study of the quality of life of the spinal cord injured patients in rehabilitation stage

 

Symposium 1C - QoL for the elderly

Symposium 1C – 15 May 2008 (Thursday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Alex Yui-huen KWAN

Prof. Shirley A.A. BERESFORD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Topic   :  Social and Behavioral factors associated with life satisfaction among Japanese elders in the United States

 

Prof. Alfred Chueng-ming CHAN

Chair Professor, Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University / Vice Chair, Elderly Commission, Hong Kong SAR, China / Chair, Active Ageing Committee, Elderly Commission, Consultant to Expert Committee, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Topic   :  The MIPAA Review in the Asia Pacific: Advancing health and wellbeing into old age

 

Dr. Raymond Man-hung NGAN

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, City University of HK, HK SAR, China

Topic    :  QoL Studies: Implications for promoting Quality Care among Chinese older people in Hong Kong

 

Symposium 2A - QoL in Chinese Medicine

Symposium 2A – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Jian-sheng LI

Prof. Feng-bin LIU

Director, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Topic   : Development of the Spleen-Stomach PRO scale of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM-SSS)

 

Dr. Li ZHAO

Professional Consultant, School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   : Interpretation and application of the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument

 

Prof. Yan-ming XIE

Professor, Clinical Evaluation Center, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science, Beijing, China

Topic   : Comparison of the quality of life of the healthy and sub-healthy population in Beijing district

Symposium 2B - FDA Guidelines on PRO measurements and research

Symposium 2B – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Cindy Lo-kuen LAM

Prof. Donald L. PATRICK

Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Topic   :  Food and Drug Administration Guidance on Patient–Reported Outcomes

 

Ms. Mona L. MARTIN

Executive Director, Health Research Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA

Topic   :  FDA Guidelines in PRO measures and research

Symposium 2C - QoL in Rehabilitation

Symposium 2C – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Mary Man-lai CHU

Dr. Yuan-tao HAO

Director, Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Topic   :  QoL of disabled people in Guangzhou – A community survey

 

Mr. Simon Kam-man WONG

Department Manager, Department of Occupational Therapy, Tai Po Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  The Concept of happiness in Chinese philosophy – the implications to rehabilitation services

 

Mr. Qing-mei LIN

The Affiliated Nanhai Maternity and Children Hospital of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Topic     :  The study on quality of life of children’s parents with cerebral palsy

 

Symposium 3A - QoL in Psychiatry services

Symposium 3A – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Linda Chiu-wa LAM

Prof. Linda Chiu-wa LAM

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  QoL of elders with cognitive impairment

 

Dr. Chi-wing LAW

Medical Officer, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  A review of QoL researches in patients with first-episode psychosis in Hong Kong – findings and the way ahead

 

Dr. Yu-Tao XIANG

Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China /  Attending Psychiatrist in Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Topic   :  Socio-demographic and clinical correlates of lifetime suicide attempts and their impact on QoL in Chinese schizophrenia patients

Symposium 3B - QoL Research Methodologies

Symposium 3B – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Daniel Yee-tak FONG

Prof. Benny Chung-ying ZEE
Assistant Dean (Research), Professor / Director, Centre for Clinical Trials, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Topic   :  Analysis of health-related QoL data in clinical trial

 

Dr. Hui-yi WANG

Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Topic   :  Development of a QoL questionnaire for children with Cerebral Palsy

 

Prof. Xiao-mei LI

Professor, School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, China

Topic    :  Introduction on the system of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases

 

Symposium 3C - QoL in Social services

Symposium 3C – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Chairman: Alex Yui-huen KWAN

Prof. Alex Yui-huen KWAN

Head & Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, City University of HK, HK SAR, China

Topic   :  The quality of life of elders receiving free osteoporosis medicine

 

Ms. Florence Kit-ching CHENG

Manageress, Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS), Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China / Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association Social Service Centre (AKWASSC), Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Quality of life in the community: Caring Index and C.A.R.

 

Dr. Jacky Chau-kiu CHEUNG

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Connecting Service Quality and Life Quality among Older Hong Kong Chinese over Time

Symposium 4A - QoL in Cancer Care / Chinese Paper

Symposium 4A – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Co-Chairman: Mary Man-lai CHU & Yuan-tao HAO

Dr. Yeuk-Oi WONG

Instructor, School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Systematic Review of Chinese Medicine for Cancer

 

Dr. Winnie Kwok-wei SO

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  The quality of Life of Chinese Women undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

 

Prof. Dai-han ZHOU

Director, Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Topic   :  Comparison study of treatment in Chinese medicine and western medicine in cancer

 

Prof. Bao-yan LIU

Vice-President, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science, Beijing, China

Topic   :  The study of the validity and reliability of the PRO scale of for stroke spastic paralysis

 

Prof. Zhi-fen HUANG

Director, Department of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Topic       :       Dynamic observation and clinical significance of integrated Jian pi xiao ji Soup and Western medicine on life quality in patients of primary hepatobiliary carcinoma

 

Symposium 4B - QoL Research: Statistics

Symposium 4B – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Eric Ming-chung WONG

Dr. Wing-sze WONG
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, City University of HK, HK SAR, China
Topic   :  Analyzing longitudinal QoL data: From repeated measures ANOVA to general linear mixed model

 

Dr. Daniel Yee-tak FONG
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Topic   :  Evaluation of Internal Consistency in the Presence of Inconsistent Responses

 

Dr. Xin-lin CHEN
Professor, Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Topic     :  The differential item function (DIF) in cross-cultural QOL by using RUMM software

 

Symposium 4C - QoL in Nursing practices

Symposium 4C – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 11:00am – 12:30pm

Chairman: Susanna Sau-ha CHAN

 

Dr. Claudia Kam-yuk LAI

Associate Professor & Associate Head (Graduate Studies), School of Nursing, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  Is life itself simply there for examining? The implications of QoL studies in nursing                                    sciences

 

Dr. Agnes Fung-yee TIWARI

Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic   :  What is the health-related QoL among Chinese abused women?

 

Dr. Doris Sau-fung YU

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, the Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong SAR, China

Topic    :  Health-related QoL of community-dwelling older people in Hong Kong

 

Free Paper Sessions
Free Paper 1A "Chronic illness"

Free Paper 1A – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Chairman: Mary Man-lai CHU

Run-qiu CHEN

School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  The HRQoL measured by SF-12 in Hong Kong Chinese Middle Aged Women with Kidney Deficiency Syndrome

 

Elegance Ting-pui LAM

Family Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Health-related Quality of Life of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

 

Lan-fong HUI

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale-Short Form

 

Yawen CHAN

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Development and validation of a disease-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaire for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): GERD-QOL questionnaire

 

Yawen CHAN

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Gender difference in symptomatology and quality of life (QoL) of patients with  nonerosive reflux disease (NERD)

 

Henry Chung-leung POON

Department of Medicine, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic       :       Health Related Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

 

Free Paper 1B "Psychometrics"

Free Paper 1B – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Chairman: Daniel Yee-tak FONG

Daniel Yee-tak FONG

Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the SF-12 Health Survey in Chinese Adolescents

 

Wendy W.T. WONG

Family Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Did the Chinese Quality of Life Instrument applicable to Western medicine health services in Chinese population?

 

Tsair-wei CHIEN

Research & Planning Department, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan

Topic   :  Clinical Assessments on Activities of Daily Living (ADL) function via Computerized Adaptive Testing

 

Alvina Hoi-kee LEE

Intensive Care Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Psychometric evaluation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of Functional Living Index – Cancer in Hong Kong

 

Xiao-nan YU

Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University         of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :   Validation of the Chinese Version of the Paediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM  (PedsQOLTM) Cancer Module

 

Angel Chu-kee LEE

Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic    :    Clinical utility of three smiley pictures in detecting depression after stroke

 

Free Paper 1C "Cancer & Rehabilitation"

Free Paper 1C – 16 May 2008 (Friday) 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Chairman: Raymond See-kit LO

Oi-kwan CHUNG

Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  The impact of cancer on the quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese children

 

Wendy F. BOWER

Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Quality of life in lung cancer patients at 18 months follow-up

 

Wendy F. BOWER

Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Validation of EORTC QLQ – Head and Neck 35 in a Cantonese-speaking population

 

Janet Siu-pik CHONG

Department of Occupational Therapy, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Evaluation of chronic disease self-help program with cancer patients in palliative day care centres

 

Paulina Siu-kuen MAK

Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :   Introduction of a modified stroke screening tool at the emergency department (ED)

 

Jun-hao PAN

Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic    :   Longitudinal Analysis of Quality of Life for Stroke Survivors Using Latent Curve Models

 

Free Paper 2A "Mental Health"

Free Paper 2A – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Chairman: Yuen-hung LEE

Lai-king YIP

Psychogeriatric Team, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Effectiveness of applying CBT concepts in a group work for elderly with depressed mood  in an acute psychogeriatric setting

 

Zarina Chu-lee LAM

Sau Po Centre of Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Quality of life of Chinese elderly persons with depression or dementia: Improvement through art therapy

 

Wings Wing-sze CHAN

Psychogeriatric Team, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  The effectiveness of applying music therapy on Chinese elderly with depression in Hong Kong

 

Kam-wah WU

Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  A Prospective Study of Patients of the First Hostel Ward in a Psychiatric Hospital in Hong Kong

 

June Siu-ming HUI

Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :   New Image of the Clinical Hospital for the Psychotic

 

Susanna Sau-ha CHAN

Cheshire Home, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :   An Exploration of the Effect of Gardening on the Quality of Life of Infirmary Residents

 

Free Paper 2B "Special Populations"

Free Paper 2B – 17 May 2008 (Saturday) 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Chairman: Edwin Kam-wing TSANG

Paulina Siu-kuen MAK

Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  A comparison of tissue adhesive (Dermabond) and Sutures in simple laceration wound closure in the emergency department (ED)

 

Paulina Siu-kuen MAK

Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Effectiveness of early antibiotics administration in patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

 

William Ho-cheung LI

Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  Improving the quality of life for children undergoing surgery through integrating therapeutic play into nursing practice

 

Catherine Siu-king CHEUNG

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Topic   :  A new instrument for measuring surgical patient satisfaction in Hong Kong:  development and reliability