Biomedical subjects

Iris Chi

Publications and source records attributed to Iris Chi.

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PubMed2002

Translation and validation of the standard Chinese version of PDQ-39: a quality-of-life measure for patients with Parkinson's disease.

PDQ-39 has been widely used in the research and clinical management of Parkinson's disease. It has been translated into and validated in various non-English languages. We report here on the validity and reliability results for the translated standard Chinese PDQ-39 questionnaire. Fifty-four patients were recruited from a movement disorder clinic and two regional patient groups, and data were collected by direct interview. Nineteen patients had the tests repeated 4 weeks later to assess the test-retest and interrater reliability. The standard Chinese version of PDQ-39 demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.54-0.90) and was comparable to versions in other languages. Further analysis showed good construct validity and test-retest reliability. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

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PubMed2002

Chronic illness and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults: a longitudinal study.

Depression is quite common among the elderly members of Hong Kong Chinese society. This study examined the impact of a series of chronic illnesses on change in depressive symptoms among the older people. The respondents were 260 people aged 70 years or older from a longitudinal study of a representative community sample of the elderly population in Hong Kong. Using multiple regression models, the authors found that, of six chronic illnesses examined, only arthritis was associated with depressive symptoms three years later, even after controlling socio-demographic, functional impairment, and social support variables were applied. Service and policy implications of the findings are discussed.

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PubMed2002

Successful aging among the young-old, old-old, and oldest-old Chinese.

In this study, successful aging was defined by four dimensions including functional status, affective status, cognitive status, and productive involvement status. This study examined successful aging among Hong Kong Chinese old people in three different age cohorts: young-old, old-old, and oldest-old. The respondents were 1106 people aged 60 years or older from a cross-sectional study of a representative community sample of the elderly population in Hong Kong. We found modest associations between four dimensions of successful aging, indicating the relative independence of these four criteria for successful aging. Using multiple regression models, we found that age, gender, years of education, number of close relatives, frequency of contact with friends, financial strain, number of chronic illnesses, self-rated health, hearing impairment, and life satisfaction were associated with the successful aging indicator.

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Functional disability related to diabetes mellitus in older Hong Kong Chinese adults.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations between diabetes and disability in three domains and to determine whether the associations are mediated by diabetes-related complications. DESIGN AND METHODS: A random representative sample of 2,003 non-institutionalized older Hong Kong Chinese was interviewed. The diabetic status was measured by the self-reported method. Disability was assessed by standardized questionnaire on basic activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental ADLs, and mobility. RESULTS: 12.3% of our participants reported having diabetes. Older adults with diabetes are more likely to report difficulty in 12 of 15 ADLs than older adults without diabetes. Older adults with diabetes are about twice as likely to report disability in higher functioning tasks only, as well as mobility and higher functioning tasks, and 3.5 times as likely to report disability in self-care tasks with or without any other mobility or higher functioning tasks than those without diabetes, after adjusting for age, gender, marital status and education. Adjustment for diabetic-related medical conditions, the first two associations attenuated slightly, but remained significant, whereas the last one became insignificant. The last results were different from what has been found in previous studies. CONCLUSION: Diabetes is strongly related to a wide range of disabilities in older Hong Kong adults and the underlying mechanisms might be different for different categories of disability.

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