Publications by authors named "George O C Cheung"
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- This study examined the link between university students' mental health and their support systems, focusing on their preferred sources and types of support available through universities.
- A survey and interviews with 1,121 students revealed that 39.4% experienced anxiety and 32.6% showed signs of depression, with those having stronger support systems and resilience reporting fewer symptoms.
- The research highlighted that students favored peer support and found university support services, particularly updated guidelines, less helpful than familial and peer support, leading to recommendations for more proactive, holistic approaches to mental health care in universities.
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- A pilot trial was conducted to evaluate a smartphone intervention called Zero-time Exercise (ZTEx), aimed at improving physical activity and fitness in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) without needing any equipment.
- The study involved 139 Chinese patients who were randomly assigned to either an experimental group receiving ZTEx training or a control group focused on healthy eating and breathing exercises, with follow-ups assessing various health outcomes.
- Results showed a high completion rate (around 80%) among participants, with the ZTEx group feeling the intervention was feasible and beneficial, although only a small percentage actively recorded their activity in the app.
Probationers, offenders with less serious and non-violent offences, and under statutory supervision, have low levels of self-esteem and physical health, and high level of family conflict, and poorer quality of family relationships. This study examined the effectiveness of the existing probation service and the additional use of a positive family holistic health intervention to enhance physical, psychological, and family well-being in probationers and relationships with probation officers. Probationers under the care of the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department were randomized into a care-as-usual control group (CAU), a brief intervention group (BI) receiving two 1-h individual sessions [of a brief theory-based positive family holistic health intervention integrating Zero-time Exercise (simple and easy-to-do lifestyle-integrated physical activity) and positive psychology themes of "Praise and Gratitude" in the existing probation service], or a combined intervention group (CI) receiving BI and a 1-day group activity with family members.
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