Publications
Matsuda-Abedini, M., Zappitelli, M., Widger, K., Rapoport, A., Dionne, J. M., Chanchlani, R., Samuel, S., Davison, S. N., Bei, K. F., Lai, V. K. W., Dufault, B., & Dart, A. B. (2024). Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome measure in pediatric chronic kidney disease (PRO-Kid). Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 17(9), 851–859. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000467
Psychometric Validation
Smith, G., Lai, V. K. W., Poon, S., & Penny, K. (2023). Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Chinese version of the COVID-19 health literacy scale in nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 72, 103784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103784
Psychometric Validation
Lai, V. K. W., Li, J. C.-H., & Lee, A. (2019). Psychometric validation of the Chinese Patient- and Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit questionnaires. Journal of Critical Care, 54, 58–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.07.009
Psychometric Validation
So, K. Y., Ko, H. F., Tsui, C. S. Y., Yeung, C. Y., Chu, Y. C., Lai, V. K. W., & Lee, A. (2020). Brief compression-only CPR and AED course for secondary school students: A multi-school feasibility study. BMJ Open, e040469. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040469
Intervention Studies
Lai, V. K. W., Ho, K. M., Wong, W. T., Leung, P., Gomersall, C. D., Underwood, M. J., Joynt, G. M., & Lee, A. (2020). Effect of preoperative education and ICU tour on satisfaction and anxiety after elective cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial. BMJ Quality & Safety, 30(3), 228–235. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010667
Intervention Studies
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 ICU after elective cardiac surgery: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a preoperative patient education intervention. BMJ Open, 6(6), e011341. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011341
Intervention Studies
Systematic Reviews
Wilson, L. M., Tam, C., Lai, V. K. W., Ajayi, M., Lê M.-L., Klassen, T. P., & Aregbesola, A. (2024). Practice variation in urine collection methods among pre-toilet-trained children with suspected UTI: A systematic review. BMC Pediatrics, 24, 294. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04751-w
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, 2016(9), CD003587. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003587.pub3
Systematic Reviews
Lai, V. K. W., Lo, O. T., & Chow, P. (2024). Prediction of glucose concentration in type 1 diabetes patients based on machine learning techniques. In Internet of Things and Machine Learning for Type I and Type II Diabetes (pp. 117–122). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95686-4.00008-3
Advancements in Healthcare
Smith, G., Lai, V. K. W., & Poon, S. (2021). Building the case for health literacy in gastroenterology. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 19(7), 26–30.
Advancements in Healthcare
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 ICU after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and external validation. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 118(3), 391–399. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aew476
Advancements in Healthcare
Wu, J., Ho, W. C., & Lai, V. K. W. (2016). Quality of life study on Chinese female workers suffering from occupational cadmium poisoning. In Life Satisfaction: Determinants, Psychological Implications and Impact on Quality-of-Life (pp. 101–114). Nova Science.
Advancements in Healthcare
Choi, W., Bautista Arellano, A., Kong, S. H. E., & Lai, V. K. W. (2025). The cognitive and perceptual perspectives of music-to-language transfer: A study on Cantonese-English bilingual children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 249, 106069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106069
Youth and Adolescent Development
Lo, O. T., Lai, V. K. W., & Cheung, S. H. (2025). Materialistic happiness is negatively associated with meaning in life: A serial double mediation model. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 66, 47–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13063
Youth and Adolescent Development
Wu, J., Chui, W. H., & Lai, V. K. W. (2023). Should students be taught risk-taking or risk-aversion? International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 16(2), 101–109.
Youth and Adolescent Development
Choi, W., & Lai, V. K. W. (2023). Does musicianship influence the perceptual integrality of tones and segmental information? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(2), 852–862. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020579
Youth and Adolescent Development
Consensus Statements and Delphi Methods
Joynt, G. M., et al. (2019). The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Statement on ICU triage and rationing (ConICTri). South African Medical Journal, 109(8b), 613–629. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i8b.13947
Consensus Statements and Delphi Methods
Joynt, G. M., et al. (2019). The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU triage and rationing (ConICTri). South African Medical Journal, 109(8b), 630–642. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i8b.13
Joynt, G. M., et al. (2019). Consensus statement on ICU triage and rationing. South African Journal of Critical Care, 35(1b), 36–52. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2019.v35i1b.383
Consensus Statements and Delphi Methods
Joynt, G. M., et al. (2019). Guidelines for ICU triage and rationing. South African Journal of Critical Care, 35(1b), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2019.v35i1b.380
Consensus Statements and Delphi Methods
Lo, O.-T., & Lai, V. K. W. (2023). 人生心理學：關於人生這回事，心理學理論怎樣說？ [The psychology of life: What does psychological theory say about life?]. Arcadia Press. ISBN 9789888789245.
Popular Psychology Books
Lo, O.-T., & Lai, V. K. W. (2022). 别誤會，心理學不是這樣的：看透大眾心理學 [Don’t misunderstand, psychology is not like this: Seeing through popular psychology]. Arcadia Press. ISBN 9789888484092.