Students

Name:Lai Ka Wai, Veronica

Post:Full-time Ph.D. (4 years)

Enrolled: August 2015 - 2019

Origin: Hong Kong SAR

First Degree:Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Psychology
City University of Hong Kong

ResearcherID: O-5672-2015

Supervisor:Prof. Anna LEE

Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong

Title of Thesis:Improving the care in critically ill patients by a preoperative patient education intervention and measuring patient and family satisfaction levels

• Lai VKW, Li JCH, Lee A. Psychometric validation of Chinese Patient- and Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit questionnaires. J Crit Care 2019;54:58-64.

Scientific Papers:

1. Lee, A., Mu, J. L., Joynt, G. M., Chiu, C. H., Lai, V. K. W., Gin, T., & Underwood, M. J. (2017). Risk prediction models for delirium in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and independent external validation. BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia, 118(3), 391-399. doi:10.1093/bja/aew476
   
   
2. Wong, W.-T., Lai, V. K. W., Chee, Y. E., & Lee, A. (2016). Fast-track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(9). doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003587.pub3
   
   
   
3. Lai V.K.W., Lee A., Leung P., Chiu C.H., Ho K.M., Gomersall C.D., Underwood M.J., Joynt G.M. (2016) Patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a preoperative patient education intervention. BMJ Open, 6(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011341.

Conference Abstracts:

1. Lai VKW, Lee A, Leung P, Chiu CH, Ho KM, Gomersall CD, Underwood MJ, Joynt GM. Patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg 2016;123(Suppl 3): PR110

Conference Presentations:

1. Lai, V.K.W., Lee, A., Leung P., Wong, W.-T., Ho K.M., Gomersall C.D., Underwood M.J., Joynt G.M. Preoperative multimedia patient education on patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Poster presented at the Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Society 5th Asia Pacific Intensive Care Forum 2018 (SG-ANZICS 2018), 17-21 May 2018, Singapore.
   *** Awarded as Best Poster
   

2. Lai, V.K.W., Lee, A., Wong, W.-T., Gomersall C.D., Underwood M.J., Joynt G.M. Identifying High Priority Areas for Quality Improvement using Patient and Family Satisfaction Questionnaires. Poster presented at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine 2nd EuroAsia Conference 2018 (ESICM EuroAsia 2018), 11-14 April 2018, Hong Kong.
   
   
3. Lai V.K.W., Lee A., Leung P., Chiu C.H., Ho K.M., Gomersall C.D.., Underwood M.J., Joynt G.M. (2016, Aug-Sep). Patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery. Poster presented at the 16th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2016 (WCA 2016), Hong Kong