Doctor Doris Sau-Fung Yu
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Membership:
ESC Professional Member
Biography
Professor Doris Yu is Professor and Chair of Research at the School of Nursing, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). With the research expertise in chronic cardiovascular and geriatric care. Professor Yu obtained over USD $ 3 million research grants to support the studies on prevalent elderly issues including heart failure management, particularly on transitional care, self-care supportive care and palliative care models. She has also applied E-health to promote family-based care for this clinical cohort. Her research work also cover the other geriatric symptom management, brain health promotion, strength-based and family-oriented models on dementia care and caregiving. She is currently the mentor of the ESC ACNAP Mentoring Programme. She is also the Associate Director of the Sau Po Center on Aging, HKU. She actively support the development and application of evidence-based practice in aged care service. In terms of academic contribution, she is the Editor of t
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Effects of a dyadic empowerment-based heart failure management program (De-HF) on patient-reported and clinical outcomes: a double-blind randomized controlled trial
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Effects of an elastic band-based progressive resistance training (EB-PRT) on sarcopenia and clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure: A pilot mixed-method study
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The effects of a dyadic empowerment-based heart failure management (De-HF) programme on self-care and HRQL : a randomized controlled trial
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A further update on symptom clusters among patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Understanding symptom perception from the psycho-cognitive schemata of patients with heart failure: an exploratory cohort study
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Does an empowerment-based self-care supportive intervention save cost for improving self-care and health service utilization among heart failure patients
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