Gillian R Bentley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gillian R Bentley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gillian R |
| FAMILY NAME | Bentley |
| SIGNATURE | BENTLEY G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2387-7035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Illness perceptions and self-care behaviors among Chinese hospitalized adults with heart failure
Illness perceptions are key factors for HF self-care behaviors. Interventions aimed at enhancing illness perceptions may lead to better self-care behaviors
Factors influencing health-promoting lifestyles in young and middle-aged adults with metabolic risk factors
Self-efficacy, knowledge, social support, and depression are crucial factors for predicting health-promoting lifestyles in young and middle-aged adults with metabolic risk factors. Moreover, self-efficacy for psychological well-being is the key component that need to be prioritized when developing intervention programs to promote meaningful lifestyle changes
Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally during the post-Covid-19 pandemic period
Factors identified in this study should be considered in reviewing and updating current support strategies for staff at HE institutions across all countries to reduce stress and burnout and improve wellbeing
Psychological Distress, Fear and Coping Strategies among Hong Kong People During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Providing the right care to patients admitted in Intensive care units in low-and middle-income countries
“The patient’s condition is very critical, hurry up!!! The patient needs a mechanical ventilator; we must transfer the patient to the intensive care unit immediately”; a frequently heard chaos in hospitals all over the world. Such patients are “critically ill” which is the life-threatening stage of acute illness that requires prompt attention. Thus, providing the [...]
Household air pollution from solid fuel use and depression among adults in rural China
The findings highlight that longer exposure to solid fuels used for cooking would be associated with increased odds of major depressive episode. In spite of the uncertainty of causal relationship between them, using solid fuels for cooking can lead to undesirable household air pollution. Reducing the use of solid fuels for cooking by promoting the use of clean energy should be encouraged
Relationship of Estradiol and Progesterone with Partnership and Parity Among Bangladeshi and British Women of European Origin
Actively incorporating lifestyle modifications into daily life
Introduction: Lifestyle modifications are the first-line interventions for metabolic syndrome (MetS) management. The effectiveness of lifestyle interventions depends mostly on participants' adherence to the interventions. The current study was to explore the experiences of MetS patients in attending lifestyle intervention program (LIP) and the factors that influenced their adherence to the interventions. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study w…
Psychological impact of Covid-19 on healthcare workers
COVID-19 has augmented the psychological distress among HCWs. Factors identified in this study should be considered in managing the wellbeing of HCWs, who had been serving as the frontline drivers in managing the crisis successfully across all participating countries. Furthermore, interventions to address their psychological distress should be considered
Covid-19
BACKGROUND: The current pandemic of COVID-19 impacted the psychological wellbeing of populations globally. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to examine the extent and identify factors associated with psychological distress, fear of COVID-19 and coping. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study across 17 countries during Jun-2020 to Jan-2021. Levels of psychological distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale), fear of COVID-19 (Fear of COVID-19 Scale),…
Psychometric Properties of the Translated Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale for Chinese Adults with Coronary Heart Disease or Risk Factors
Tai Chi is an effective exercise option for individuals with coronary heart disease or its associated risk factors. An accurate and systematic assessment of a Mandarin-speaking adults' self-efficacy in maintaining Tai Chi exercise is lacking. Mandarin Chinese has the most speakers worldwide. This study aimed to translate the Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy scale and examine its psychometric properties. The 14-item Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy sc…
The effects of a social service project on personal growth and academic performance in secondary school students from low socioeconomic status
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a social service project for disadvantaged students through pretest–posttest study design and qualitative interviews. All students joining the service project were invited to participate in this study. Data on personal growth and academic performance (exam scores and class ranks) before and after joining the project were collected. Two focus group interviews were conducted to explore the strengths and li…
Meetings of the Human Biology Association, 2019
Metabolic Syndrome Knowledge among Adults with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors. Many people may be unaware of their risk for MetS. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among hospitalized patients with at least one cardiometabolic risk factor in Mainland China. This study assessed the MetS knowledgelevel(through MetS Knowledge Scale, MSKS) and examined the potential predictors by regression analysis. A total of 204 patients aged 58.5 ± 10.1 …
Development and evaluation of a multimedia intervention to promote cervical cancer prevention among South Asian women in Hong Kong
Objective: The uptake of cervical cancer screening among South Asian ethnic minorities is low, rendering them at higher risk of developing cervical cancer. Interventions should, therefore, be developed to enhance their knowledge of this disease and its prevention. We developed and implemented a Health-Belief-Model-based and culturally sensitive multimedia intervention for South Asian women in Hong Kong, and evaluated its feasibility, acceptabilit…
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Tai Chi versus Brisk Walking in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Physical inactivity is one of the major modifiable lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This protocol aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Tai Chi versus brisk walking in reducing CVD risk factors. This is a randomized controlled trial with three arms, namely, Tai Chi group, walking group, and control group. The Tai Chi group will receive Tai Chi training, which consists of two 60-min sessions each week for three months, and …
Somatic, mood, and vasomotor symptoms at midlife in relation to family structure and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh
The purpose of this study was to test whether the frequencies of vasomotor, somatic, and emotional symptoms at midlife were associated with household composition or workloads. Patrilocal family arrangements are common in Bangladesh and, since mothers-in-law hold a position of power vis-à-vis their daughters-in-law, we hypothesized that living with a mother-in-law would increase the likelihood of symptoms at midlife, while living with a daughter-i…
Effect of chewing betel nut on measurements of salivary progesterone and estradiol
The measurement of steroids in saliva is both simple and non‐invasive and has been widely used in field and clinical‐based research. The observance of particular cultural practices by some populations, however, may hamper accurate hormonal analyses. The present study evaluated the effects of one such practice—the chewing of betel nut—on the accurate measurement of salivary progesterone and estradiol. A time series experiment was conducted among B…
The Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the SF-36 Health Survey in Patients with Myocardial Infarction in Mainland China
Women's Bodies, Women's Worries
Aping our ancestors
There are many similarities among mammalian species in how ecological factors affect their reproductive potential and individual life histories. One of the most important limiting factors is the availability of sufficient resources to partition among essential growth, maintenance, and eventual reproduction.1–3 How each mammal juggles these constraints constitutes its unique life history and determines its success as a species. Yet, as Hill and Hu…
Women's strategies to alleviate nutritional stress in a rural African society
The Fertility of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Traditional Societies
A comparison of demographic data from a sample of traditional, natural-fertility societies demonstrates that the mean total fertility of populations which practise intensive agriculture is significantly higher than that of foragers and horticulturalists. These findings support the association that demographers and economists have long maintained between the intensification of subsistence technology and increases in human fertility. This higher fe…
Is the Fertility of Agriculturalists Higher Than That of Nonagriculturalists
The ecology of birth seasonality among agriculturalists in central Africa
The Lese are subsistence farmers living in the Ituri Forest of north-east Zaïre. They exhibit significant birth seasonality, with lowest frequencies of conception when food production is least, nutritional status is low and ovarian function, as measured by salivary steroid hormone levels, is reduced. Efe pygmy foragers, who live in the same geographical area but are less dependent on cultivated foods and have a more flexible life style, do not ex…
The Fertility of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Traditional Societies
A comparison of demographic data from a sample of traditional, natural-fertility societies demonstrates that the mean total fertility of populations which practise intensive agriculture is significantly higher than that of foragers and horticulturalists. These findings support the association that demographers and economists have long maintained between the intensification of subsistence technology and increases in human fertility. This higher fe…
Is the Fertility of Agriculturalists Higher Than That of Nonagriculturalists
Women's Bodies, Women's Worries
Women's strategies to alleviate nutritional stress in a rural African society
Effect of chewing betel nut on measurements of salivary progesterone and estradiol
The measurement of steroids in saliva is both simple and non‐invasive and has been widely used in field and clinical‐based research. The observance of particular cultural practices by some populations, however, may hamper accurate hormonal analyses. The present study evaluated the effects of one such practice—the chewing of betel nut—on the accurate measurement of salivary progesterone and estradiol. A time series experiment was conducted among B…
The Jerusalem Cathedra
Hunter-gatherer energetics and fertility
Dietary fibre and age at menarche
(1987). Dietary fibre and age at menarche: A re-examination of the evidence. Annals of Human Biology: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 69-75
The ecology of birth seasonality among agriculturalists in central Africa
The Lese are subsistence farmers living in the Ituri Forest of north-east Zaïre. They exhibit significant birth seasonality, with lowest frequencies of conception when food production is least, nutritional status is low and ovarian function, as measured by salivary steroid hormone levels, is reduced. Efe pygmy foragers, who live in the same geographical area but are less dependent on cultivated foods and have a more flexible life style, do not ex…
Fertility and Resources. John Landers and Vernon Reynolds
The Fertility of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Traditional Societies
A comparison of demographic data from a sample of traditional, natural-fertility societies demonstrates that the mean total fertility of populations which practise intensive agriculture is significantly higher than that of foragers and horticulturalists. These findings support the association that demographers and economists have long maintained between the intensification of subsistence technology and increases in human fertility. This higher fe…
Is the Fertility of Agriculturalists Higher Than That of Nonagriculturalists
Aping our ancestors
There are many similarities among mammalian species in how ecological factors affect their reproductive potential and individual life histories. One of the most important limiting factors is the availability of sufficient resources to partition among essential growth, maintenance, and eventual reproduction.1–3 How each mammal juggles these constraints constitutes its unique life history and determines its success as a species. Yet, as Hill and Hu…
Women's strategies to alleviate nutritional stress in a rural African society
Women's Bodies, Women's Worries
The Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the SF-36 Health Survey in Patients with Myocardial Infarction in Mainland China
Effect of chewing betel nut on measurements of salivary progesterone and estradiol
The measurement of steroids in saliva is both simple and non‐invasive and has been widely used in field and clinical‐based research. The observance of particular cultural practices by some populations, however, may hamper accurate hormonal analyses. The present study evaluated the effects of one such practice—the chewing of betel nut—on the accurate measurement of salivary progesterone and estradiol. A time series experiment was conducted among B…
Somatic, mood, and vasomotor symptoms at midlife in relation to family structure and household workloads in Sylhet, Bangladesh
The purpose of this study was to test whether the frequencies of vasomotor, somatic, and emotional symptoms at midlife were associated with household composition or workloads. Patrilocal family arrangements are common in Bangladesh and, since mothers-in-law hold a position of power vis-à-vis their daughters-in-law, we hypothesized that living with a mother-in-law would increase the likelihood of symptoms at midlife, while living with a daughter-i…
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Tai Chi versus Brisk Walking in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Physical inactivity is one of the major modifiable lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This protocol aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Tai Chi versus brisk walking in reducing CVD risk factors. This is a randomized controlled trial with three arms, namely, Tai Chi group, walking group, and control group. The Tai Chi group will receive Tai Chi training, which consists of two 60-min sessions each week for three months, and …
Meetings of the Human Biology Association, 2019
Metabolic Syndrome Knowledge among Adults with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors. Many people may be unaware of their risk for MetS. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among hospitalized patients with at least one cardiometabolic risk factor in Mainland China. This study assessed the MetS knowledgelevel(through MetS Knowledge Scale, MSKS) and examined the potential predictors by regression analysis. A total of 204 patients aged 58.5 ± 10.1 …
Development and evaluation of a multimedia intervention to promote cervical cancer prevention among South Asian women in Hong Kong
Objective: The uptake of cervical cancer screening among South Asian ethnic minorities is low, rendering them at higher risk of developing cervical cancer. Interventions should, therefore, be developed to enhance their knowledge of this disease and its prevention. We developed and implemented a Health-Belief-Model-based and culturally sensitive multimedia intervention for South Asian women in Hong Kong, and evaluated its feasibility, acceptabilit…
Covid-19
BACKGROUND: The current pandemic of COVID-19 impacted the psychological wellbeing of populations globally. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to examine the extent and identify factors associated with psychological distress, fear of COVID-19 and coping. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study across 17 countries during Jun-2020 to Jan-2021. Levels of psychological distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale), fear of COVID-19 (Fear of COVID-19 Scale),…
Psychometric Properties of the Translated Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale for Chinese Adults with Coronary Heart Disease or Risk Factors
Tai Chi is an effective exercise option for individuals with coronary heart disease or its associated risk factors. An accurate and systematic assessment of a Mandarin-speaking adults' self-efficacy in maintaining Tai Chi exercise is lacking. Mandarin Chinese has the most speakers worldwide. This study aimed to translate the Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy scale and examine its psychometric properties. The 14-item Tai Chi Exercise Self-Efficacy sc…
The effects of a social service project on personal growth and academic performance in secondary school students from low socioeconomic status
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a social service project for disadvantaged students through pretest–posttest study design and qualitative interviews. All students joining the service project were invited to participate in this study. Data on personal growth and academic performance (exam scores and class ranks) before and after joining the project were collected. Two focus group interviews were conducted to explore the strengths and li…
Actively incorporating lifestyle modifications into daily life
Introduction: Lifestyle modifications are the first-line interventions for metabolic syndrome (MetS) management. The effectiveness of lifestyle interventions depends mostly on participants' adherence to the interventions. The current study was to explore the experiences of MetS patients in attending lifestyle intervention program (LIP) and the factors that influenced their adherence to the interventions. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study w…
Psychological impact of Covid-19 on healthcare workers
COVID-19 has augmented the psychological distress among HCWs. Factors identified in this study should be considered in managing the wellbeing of HCWs, who had been serving as the frontline drivers in managing the crisis successfully across all participating countries. Furthermore, interventions to address their psychological distress should be considered
Psychological Distress, Fear and Coping Strategies among Hong Kong People During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Providing the right care to patients admitted in Intensive care units in low-and middle-income countries
“The patient’s condition is very critical, hurry up!!! The patient needs a mechanical ventilator; we must transfer the patient to the intensive care unit immediately”; a frequently heard chaos in hospitals all over the world. Such patients are “critically ill” which is the life-threatening stage of acute illness that requires prompt attention. Thus, providing the [...]
Household air pollution from solid fuel use and depression among adults in rural China
The findings highlight that longer exposure to solid fuels used for cooking would be associated with increased odds of major depressive episode. In spite of the uncertainty of causal relationship between them, using solid fuels for cooking can lead to undesirable household air pollution. Reducing the use of solid fuels for cooking by promoting the use of clean energy should be encouraged
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