A5015532609- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health disparities and outcomes
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
National University Health System
2014-2023
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
2020
Hospital Sungai Buloh
2018
National University of Singapore
2015
Agency for Integrated Care
2013
Queen Mary University of London
2011
Boston Children's Hospital
2007
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems and workers around the world. Such pressures may impact working conditions, psychological wellbeing perception of safety. In spite this, no study assessed relationship between safety attitudes outcomes. Moreover, only limited studies have examined personal characteristics outcomes during Covid-19. From 22nd March 2020 to 18th June 2020, from United Kingdom, Poland, Singapore were invited participate using a...
ObjectivesThe strain on health care systems due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led increased psychological distress among workers (HCWs). As this global crisis continues with little signs of abatement, we examine burnout and associated factors HCWs.DesignCross-sectional survey study.Setting ParticipantsDoctors, nurses, allied professionals, administrative, support staff in 4 public hospitals 1 primary service Singapore 3 months after was declared a pandemic.MethodsStudy questionnaire captured...
Primary care physicians (PCP) are at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 as they manage patients with fever or respiratory symptoms, but it is intuitive that private and public practice PCPs may face different challenges during this pandemic. This study compared work- non-work-related concerns, COVID-19's impact on personal professional lives, perceived pandemic preparedness between in Singapore. 216 who were registered member either the National University Polyclinics, Health System Care...
Abstract Background Primary care physicians (PCPs) are first points-of-contact between suspected cases and the healthcare system in current COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines PCPs’ concerns, impact on personal lives work, level of pandemic preparedness context Singapore. We also examine factors coping strategies that PCPs have used to manage stress during outbreak. Methods Two hundred sixteen actively practicing either a public or private clinic were cluster sampled via email invitation...
The uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening services among women in Singapore remains inadequate. Little is known about how gender norms influence women's decision to undergo these a multi-ethnic Asian context. This research aimed explore gender-based qualitative factors screen.Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured interviews from 40 racially diverse aged 25 above who had visited polyclinics for their chronic disease management. Women recruited purposive maximum...
WHAT IS CHRONIC COUGH IN CHILDREN?Chronic cough in children is a common reason for healthcare visits and affects between 5% 10% of the general population, as estimated based on parental questionnaires. (1)The definition chronic varies among different guidelines.It defined persistent unremitting lasting more than four weeks 2020 CHEST consensus statement. (2)The British Thoracic Society guidelines label one that lasts beyond eight weeks, while acknowledging existence prolonged subacute weeks....
Opening Vignette Madam Liang, a 52-year-old housewife who is right-handed, visited your clinic with complaints of pain and 'clicking' sensation her right ring finger for the last 3 weeks. She had been managed by family physician diabetes mellitus hypertension over 8 years. Her symptoms were initially mild, only painful lump base affected finger. However, late, she noticed that joints would occasionally lock in flexed position, which need to manually extend using left hand. revealed recently...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented impact in Asia and placed significant burden on already stretched healthcare systems. We examined the of COVID-19 safety attitudes among workers (HCWs), as well their associated demographic occupational factors, measures burnout, depression anxiety.A cross-sectional survey study utilising snowball sampling was performed involving doctors, nurses allied health professions from 23 hospitals Singapore, Malaysia, India...
<h3>Introduction</h3> The lack of objective biomarkers to assess nausea and susceptibility in humans makes clinical decisions difficult. Furthermore, animal studies unable identify well is potentially an welfare issue. We aim study the psychophysiological brain processing response a novel method induction. <h3>Methods</h3> 10-min video inducing motion sickness control were used (51 healthy volunteers; age 27 ± 8 years, 22 male) with tests psychological questionnaires; cardiac sympathetic...
Background: Singapore has a comprehensive national childhood immunization programme which includes rubella. The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiology rubella in from 2003 2012, and assess its progress implementing key control strategies against disease, measured targets set by World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) reducing congenital syndrome (CRS) incidence below 10 indigenous cases per million population live-births, respectively, 2015....
Background: Singapore is the most rapidly ageing country in South East Asia, and number of residents aged 60 older expected to be 20% national population by 2030 [1].It therefore crucial that we identify determinants requirements for health social services among elderly.Objectives:The study was conducted understand how health, financial status family support affect elderlys such a residential area reflective nations 2030. Methodology:Our using based survey Marine Parade 2011 above years.A...