Quantification of injury burden using multiple data sources: a longitudinal study

Quantification of injury burden is vital for injury prevention, as it provides a guide for setting policies and priorities. This study generated a set of Hong Kong specific disability weights (DWs) derived from patient experiences and hospital records. Patients were recruited from the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of three major trauma centers in Hong Kong between September 2014 and December 2015 and subsequently interviewed with a focus on health-related quality of life at most three times over a 12-month period. These patient-reported data were then used for estimation of DWs. The burden of injury was determined using the mortality and inpatient data from 2001 to 2012 and then compared with those reported in the UK Burden of Injury (UKBOI) and global burden of diseases (GBD) studies. There were 22,856 mortality cases and 817,953 morbidity cases caused by injuries, in total contributing to 1,027,641 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the 12-year study timeframe. Estimates for DALYs per 100,000 in Hong Kong amounted to 1192, compared with 2924 in UKBOI and 3459 in GBD. Our findings support the use of multiple data sources including patient-reported data and hospital records for estimation of injury burden

An analysis of the Hong Kong credit card industry: the competition and future development

published_or_final_versionBusiness AdministrationMasterMaster of Business Administratio

Growing up in Singapore/ Edit.: Agnes Chang Shook Cheong

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Carbonyl emissions from commercial cooking sources in Hong Kong

Cooking fumes are an important carbonyl emission source, especially in a highly urbanized city, such as Hong Kong. Cooking exhaust from 15 commercial kitchens of a variety of cooking styles was sampled and analyzed for a suite of 13 carbonyl compounds. Carbonyl compositions were varied among the different cooking styles. Formaldehyde was generally the most abundant carbonyl, and its contribution to the total carbonyl amount on a molar basis ranged from 12 to 60\%. Acrolein was also found to be an abundant carbonyl in the cooking exhaust. The highest contribution by acrolein to the total carbonyls was found to be 30\% in the exhaust of a western-style steak restaurant. Long-chain saturated carbonyls, that is, heptanal, octanal, and nonanal, accounted for a significant fraction (> 40\%) of the total carbonyls in kitchens that always used heated cooking oils. Two dicarbonyls, glyoxal and methylglyoxal, had a various presence in the cooking emissions, ranging from negligible to 10\%. The presence of benzaldehyde and tolualdehyde was mostly negligible in the sampled kitchen exhaust. Annual emission rates of both individual carbonyls and total carbonyls were estimated for various types of commercial kitchens. Local-style fast-food shops contributed the highest total carbonyl emissions per year mainly because of the large number of this kind of restaurant in Hong Kong. The citywide annual emission rates of the three most toxic carbonyls, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein, were estimated assuming that the limited number of sampled restaurants were representative of the average restaurants. Such estimates of carbonyl emission rates were comparable to the estimated carbonyl emissions from vehicular sources, suggesting the importance of commercial cooking as a source for carbonyls in Hong Kong

Luminescent rhenium(I) polypyridine complexes appended with an α-D-glucose moiety as novel biomolecular and cellular probes

Glowing sweets! Three luminescent rhenium(I) polypyridine complexes have been modified with an α-D-glucose moiety. Their biomolecular binding, bacterial staining, and cellular-uptake properties have been examined (see figure). Various experimental results have indicated that glucose transporters play a very important role in the cellular uptake of these glucose complexes

Outcomes of a risk assessment and management program using telecare consultation among patients with diabetes mellitus in general out-patient clinic: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study protocol

AbstractDiabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease characterized by abnormally uncontrolled high blood glucose level. The Risk Assessment and Management Program (RAMP) in Hong Kong has been providing long-term face-to-face follow-up to DM patients in the government out-patient clinics since 2009. However, under the current outbreak of COVID-19, these face-to-face consultations were ceased over and over again to lower the risk of disease transmission. With the advancement in technology, the recent emergence of telecare has provided an alternative to replace the conventional consultations in the clinics. Its clinical effectiveness on DM patients has also been supported by numerous studies. Yet, there is only a paucity of literatures discussing the practicality of such implementation design in the real-world settings. This study aims at studying both the effectiveness and implementation outcomes of telecare in Hong Kong DM patients. It adopts a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation design. It will be conducted in seven government out-patient clinics in Hong Kong. The subjects will be randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group when they 1) are aged 18 or above, 2) have a confirmed diagnosis of diabetes, and 3) are having regular follow-up appointment in the clinic. Subjects in the intervention group will receive a 84-week Risk Assessment and Management Program (RAMP) in an alternate telecare and face-to-face consultations mode, while the control group will receive the same program but in usual face-to-face consultation mode. RE-AIM is employed as the implementation and effectiveness outcome evaluation framework. The primary outcome measure will be HbA1c. Data will be collected pre-intervention (T1), 42-week (T2), and 84-week (T3). The study will provide effectiveness-implementation assessment of telecare mode for DM patients in Hong Kong, as an alternative or in addition to conventional face-to-face consultations. It also aimed to provide insights for the future adoption in a broader health care setting