Publications by authors named "Iris F K Lee"
About one-third of adults are physically inactive and thus prone to cardiovascular diseases. While self-efficacy mediates health behavior, its influences on exercise behavior among Chinese is yet to be explored by a validated instrument. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Cardiac Exercise Self-efficacy Instrument (CESEI-C), which had been translated previously by these authors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Metabolic syndrome (MS) increases the risk of cardiovascular events and the development of diabetes. This article reports the effects of lifestyle intervention on the physiological outcomes of people with or at high risk of MS in the community setting of Hong Kong.
Methods: Chinese adults with 2 or more MS components were recruited from 13 community centers, which were cluster-randomized to the intervention or control group.
Background: The level of patient safety and outcomes accomplished depends on the quality of care provided. Previous studies found that nurse-to-patient ratio, practice environment, and nursing education were significant predictors of patient outcomes. However, the outcomes measured in previous studies were mainly inpatient mortality and failure-to-rescue rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Attendance at emergency departments and unplanned hospital readmissions are common for frail older patients after discharge from hospitals. A virtual ward service was piloted to deliver "hospital-at-home" services by community nurses and geriatricians to frail older patients immediately after their discharge from hospital to reduce emergency services utilization.
Objectives: This study examined the impacts of the virtual ward service on changes in the patients' emergency attendance and medical readmissions, and their quality of life (QOL).
Background: Older adults with major chronic illnesses are very susceptible to influenza and its serious complications, but many do not obtain vaccinations. Little is known about factors associated with intention to obtain influenza vaccination among at-risk Chinese older adults in Hong Kong.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with intent to obtain influenza vaccination among at-risk Chinese older adults in Hong Kong.
Preoperative patient teaching: the practice and perceptions among surgical ward nurses.
J Clin Nurs
September 2013
Aims And Objectives: To explore the consistency between the perceptions and actual practice of preoperative patient teaching and also the factors affecting the provision of teaching from the perspective of nurses working in surgical wards.
Background: Preoperative teaching is beneficial to surgical patients in alleviating their anxiety and promoting their postoperative recovery. Despite the leading role in patient teaching by nurses, sparse studies have been addressed the consistency between nurses' perceptions and their actual practice of preoperative teaching in surgical wards.
Aim: To examine the perceptions of the code of professional conduct among practising registered nurses in Hong Kong.
Background: A code of professional conduct is intended to guide nurses in their practice and to ensure congruence with nursing goals and objectives. Such a code for nurses in Hong Kong has been in effect for two decades but, to date, no study has examined the perceptions of it among practising nurses.
The development of a nursing code of professional conduct is to guide nurses to make appropriate clinical decision, in particular when facing ethical dilemma. It is of paramount importance that nurse educators understand baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of the importance of the code of professional conduct and the level of difficulties in implementing this code while preparing them for future practicing nurses. The Code of Professional Conduct in Hong Kong has been developed to guide nursing practice for over two decades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This paper reports an evaluation of the effects on knowledge, health beliefs and preventive behaviours of an osteoporosis educational programme for men.
Background: Osteoporosis is an increasing global health concern, and educational programmes have been identified as a crucial strategy in its prevention. However, the effectiveness of osteoporosis educational programmes has mainly been evaluated in women.
Background: Few studies have examined functional limitations in Chinese elders with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Objectives: The objective was to describe the functional limitations, respiratory status, and psychologic status of Chinese elders with COPD; to examine the relationships between functional limitations and selected variables including age, gender, duration of COPD, and hospital readmission history; and to identify the variables that predict functional limitations in Chinese elders with COPD.
Method: A correlational predictive study was performed with a sample of 97 Chinese elders with COPD.
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a care protocol used by community nurses to support nursing home staff in the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Design: Matched, randomized case-control trial.
Setting: Forty-five nursing homes of the New Territories South (NTS) cluster of Hong Kong.