| rasch analysis of the scoring scheme of the hads depression subscale in chinese stroke patients. | the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads) is a widely used screening instrument for depression in medically ill patients. the purpose of this study was to examine the optimal scoring scheme, unidimensionality and item fit of the depression subscale of the hads (hads-d) in stroke survivors. a research assistant administered the hads-d to 100 chinese patients with acute stroke who were consecutively admitted to a general hospital. a psychiatrist, who was blind to the hads-d scores, administ ... | 2007 | 17267049 |
| human papillomavirus infection in non-neoplastic uterine cervical disease in hong kong. | the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was used to detect and identify human papillomavirus (hpv) in 108 cases of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, non-neoplastic uterine cervical biopsy tissue retrieved from the surgical pathology archives of the department of pathology, caritas medical centre, hong kong. after dna extraction, hpv l1 gene primers were used to detect the presence of hpv, and type-specific primers (to hpv types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31 and 33) were used to identify the specific hpv type o ... | 2001 | 11440211 |
| the rate of physical child abuse in chinese families: a community survey in hong kong. | this study aimed to describe the extent and pattern of parental child battering in chinese families in hong kong. it was hypothesized that the unique feature of filial piety in chinese culture will create a different pattern of child abuse in hong kong when compared to western societies. | 1998 | 9631250 |
| characterizing 56 complete sars-cov s-gene sequences from hong kong. | the spike glycoprotein (s) gene of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (sars-cov) has been useful in analyzing the molecular epidemiology of the 2003 sars outbreaks. | 2007 | 17112780 |
| the development of the chinese version of impact of event scale--revised (cies-r). | this is an exploratory study on the psychometric properties and normative data of the chinese translation of the impact of event scale - revised (cies-r). | 2003 | 12563552 |
| prevalence and correlates of physical abuse in hong kong chinese adolescents: a population-based approach. | the objectives were to estimate the prevalence and correlates of physical abuse-related outcomes in the family setting in hong kong's adolescent population. | 1999 | 10391512 |