研究發表

Publications

* Corresponding Authors; ˆ Co-first authors

Cheung, D. S. T., Yu, B. Y. M., Lam, S. C., Leung, D. Y. P., Chung, K. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chan, J. Y. C., & Yeung, W. F. (2024). A longitudinal study on the change in sleep across three waves of the COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 22(1), 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-023-00486-w

Chung, K. F., Lee, C. T., Au, C. H., Kam, K. Y., Lee, C. K., Yeung, W. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chan, N. Y., Chan, J. W. Y., Wing, Y. K., & Ho, L. M. (2024). Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia as an early intervention of mood disorders with comorbid insomnia: A randomized controlled trial. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 18(2), 82–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13435

Ho, F. Y. Y.*, Poon, C. Y., Wong, V. W. H., Chan, K. W., Law, K. W., Yeung, W. F., & Chung, K. F. (2024). Actigraphic monitoring of sleep and circadian rest-activity rhythm in individuals with major depressive disorder or depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 361, 224–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.155

Lo, H. K. Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., Yeung, J. W. F., Ng, S. T. W., Wong, E. Y. T., & Chung, K. F. (2024). Self-help interventions for the prevention of relapse in mood disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Family Practice, 41(5), 662–679. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmae036

Poon, C. Y., Cheng, Y. C., Wong, V. W. H., Tam, H. K., Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., & Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2024). Directional associations among real-time activity, sleep, mood, and daytime symptoms in major depressive disorder using actigraphy and ecological momentary assessment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 173, 104464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104464

Wong, V. W. H., Tong, J. T. Y., Shi, N. K., Ng, C. H., Sarris, J., & Ho, F. Y. Y. * (2024). Smartphone-delivered multicomponent lifestyle medicine intervention for improving mental health in a nonclinical population: A randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1231981. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231981

Wong, V. W. H., Yiu, E. K. L., Ng, C. H., Sarris, J., & Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2024). Unraveling the associations between unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and mental health in the general adult Chinese population: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 349, 583–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.079

Yau, A. Y. Y., Ng, K. Y., Lau, W. Y., Poon, C. Y., Yeung, W. F., Chung, K. F., Chan, K. W., & Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2024). A group-based transdiagnostic sleep and circadian treatment for major depressive disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92(3), 135–149. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000869

Chung, S. K., Ho, F. Y. Y.*, & Chan, H. C. Y. (2022). The effects of zentangle® on affective well-being among adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(5), 7605205060. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.049113

Metri, N. J., Ee, C., Wardle, J., Ng, C. H., Siskind, D., Brakoulias, V., Chen, D., Goldstein, D., Hoy, K., Ho, F. Y. Y., Lopresti, A., Malhi, G. S., Marx, W., O'Neil, A., Stubbs, B., & Sarris, J. (2022). Assessing dietary, exercise, and non-pharmacological modalities within psychiatric hospitals: An editorial. General Hospital Psychiatry, 76, 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.03.006

Ruan, J., Chen, S., Liang, J., Mak, Y. W., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chung, K. F., Lam, S. C., & Yeung, W. F. (2022). Acceptance and commitment therapy for insomnia and sleep quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 26, 139–155. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.09.002

Wong, V. W. H., Ho, F. Y. Y., Shi, N. K., Sarris, J., Ng, C. H., & Tam, O. K. Y. (2022). Lifestyle medicine for anxiety symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, 354–368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.151

Yeung, W. F., Yu, B. Y. M., Chung, K. F., Zhang, Z. J., Lao, L., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chan, J. S. M., Chan, C. H. Y., Lo, L. C. Y., Lin, C. C., Yang, X. Y., Wu, W. Y. Y., & Ho, L. M. (2022). Self-administered acupressure for insomnia disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Phytomedicine, 99, 153993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2022.153993

Lam, L., Ho, F. Y. Y.*, Wong, V. W. H., Chan, K. W., Poon, C. Y., Yeung, W. F., & Chung, K. F. (2023). Actigraphic sleep monitoring in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 320, 450–460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.045

Marx, W., Manger, S. H., Blencowe, M., Murray, G., Ho, F. Y. Y., Lawn, S., Crowe, S. F., Davison, K., Young, G., Bondonno, N. P., Dean, O. M., Jacka, F. N., Lane, M., Rocks, T., Ruusunen, A., Smith, D. J., Turner, A., & O'Neil, A. (2023). Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) taskforce. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 24(5), 333–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/15622975.2022.2112074

Ruan, J., Chen, S., Liang, J., Ho, F. Y. Y., Cheung, T., Ho, J. Y. S., Lam, S. C., & Yeung, W. F. (2023). Traditional Chinese medicine–based integrated health interventions for depression: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(17–18), 5632–5651. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16666

Wong, V. W. H., Ho, F. Y. Y.*, Wong, Y. S. H., Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., Ng, C. H., & Sarris, J. (2023). Efficacy of lifestyle medicine on sleep quality: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Affective Disorders, 330, 125–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.111

Ho, F. Y. Y., Choi, W. T., Yeung, W. F., Lam, H. K., Lau, W. Y., & Chung, K. F. (2021). The efficacy of integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acupressure versus CBT for insomnia: A three-arm pilot randomized controlled trial. Sleep Medicine, 87, 158-167. hhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.08.024

Ip, A. K. Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., Yeung, W. F., Chung, K. F., Ng, C. H., Oliver, G., & Sarris, J. (2021). Effects of a group-based lifestyle medicine for depression: A pilot randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE, 16(10), Article e0258059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258059

Lam, C. S., Yu, B. Y. M., Cheung, D. S. T., Cheung, T., Lam, S. C., Chung, K. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., & Yeung, W. F. (2021). Sleep and mood disturbances during the COVID-19 outbreak in an urban Chinese population in Hong Kong: A longitudinal study of the second and third waves of the outbreak. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), Article 8444. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168444

Wong, V. W. H., Ho, F. Y. Y., Shi, N. K., Sarris, J., Chung, K. F., & Yeung, W. F. (2021). Lifestyle medicine for depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Affective Disorders, 284, 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.012

Wong, V. W. H., Ho, F. Y. Y., Shi, N. K., Tong, J. T. Y., Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., Ng, C. H., & Sarris, J. (2021). Smartphone-delivered multicomponent lifestyle medicine intervention for depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(12), 970-982. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000695

Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., & Ho, F. Y. Y. (2020). Insomnia identity and its correlates in adolescents. Sleep and Breathing, 24(2), 717-724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01913-4

Ho, F. Y. Y., Chan, C. S., Lo, W. Y., & Leung, J. C. Y. (2020). The effect of self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on depressive symptoms: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Affective Disorders, 265, 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.062

Hui, V. K. Y., Wong, C. Y. F., Ma, E. K. Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., & Chan, C. S. (2020). Treating depression with a smartphone-delivered self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: Study protocol for a parallel group randomized controlled trial. Trials, 21(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04778-1

Yeung, W. F., Ho, Y. S., Yu, B. Y. M., & Ho, F. Y. Y. (2020). Self-administered acupressure for insomnia disorder: A protocol of randomized controlled trial. Integrative Medicine Research, 9(2), Article 100524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2020.100524

Yu, B. Y. M., Yeung, W. F., Ho, Y. S., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chung, K. F., Lee, R. L. T., Lai, A. Y. K., Szeto, Y. T., & Chen, S. (2020). Associations between the chronotypes and eating habits of Hong Kong school-aged children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), Article 2583. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072583

Yu, B. Y. M., Yeung, W. F., Lam, J. C. S., Yuen, S. C. S., Lam, S. C., Chung, V. C. H., Chung, K. F., Lee, P. H., Ho, F. Y. Y., & Ho, J. Y. S. (2020). Prevalence of sleep disturbances during COVID-19 outbreak in an urban Chinese population: A cross-sectional study. Sleep Medicine, 74, 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.07.009

Chen, S. C., Yu, B. Y. M., Suen, L. K. P., Yu, J., Ho, F. Y. Y., Yang, J. J., & Yeung, W. F. (2019). Massage therapy for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 42, 389-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2018.12.011

Yeung, W. F., Yu, B. Y. M., Ho, Y. S., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chung, K. F., Lee, R. L. T., Lai, A. Y. K., Lam, M. Y., & Szeto, Y. T. (2019). Validation of the Chinese version of the Children's Chronotype Questionnaire (CCTQ) in school-aged children. Chronobiology International, 36(12), 1681-1690. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2019.1673769

Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., & Ng, T. K. (2018). Dysfunctional cognition regarding sleep as a mediator of outcome following acupuncture for insomnia. Acupuncture in Medicine, 36(3), 193-194.

https://doi.org/10.1136/acupmed-2017-011517

Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., Ho, L. M., Yung, K. P., Yu, B. Y. M., & Kwok, C. W. (2018). Predictors of daytime consequences of insomnia: The roles of quantitative criteria and nonrestorative sleep. Psychopathology, 51(4), 262-268. https://doi.org/10.1159/000489500

Chung, K. F., Yeung, W. F., Yu, Y. M., & Ho, F. Y. Y. (2018). A population-based 2-year longitudinal study of insomnia disorder in a Chinese population in Hong Kong. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 23(5), 505-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2017.1363397

Yeung, W. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chung, K. F., Zhang, Z. J., Yu, B. Y. M., Suen, L. K. P., Chan, W. C., Yu, B. Y., Wing, Y. K., & Lao, L. X. (2018). Self‐administered acupressure for insomnia disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Sleep Research, 27(2), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12597

Yeung, W. F., Lai, A. Y. K., Ho, F. Y. Y., Suen, L. K. P., Chung, K. F., Ho, J. Y. S., Ho, L. M., Yu, B. Y. M., Chan, L. Y., & Lam, T. H. (2018). Effects of Zero-time Exercise on inactive adults with insomnia disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Sleep Medicine, 52, 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.07.025

Wong, V. W. H., Shi, N. K., Lee, L. C. Y., Chan, S. W. Y., Ng, C. H., Sarris, J., & Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2025). Enhancing group lifestyle intervention for depression with ecological momentary assessment: A pilot randomized controlled trial Scientic Reports. [accepted]

Jin, J. X. H., Lo, H. K. Y., Tsui, I. W. T., Ng, T. K., Chung, K. F., Yuen, S. Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., ... & McIntyre, R. S. (2025). Differential effects of mindfulness and grit on positive mental health outcomes in major depressive and bipolar disorders: A moderation analysis using an ecological momentary assessment approach. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119969

Lo, H. K. Y., McIntyre, R. S., Tsui, I. W. T., Ho, F. Y. Y., Ng, T. K., Wong, C. S. M., ... & Chung, K. F. (2025). Bidirectional associations among positive affect, anhedonia and meaning in life during major depressive episode: Ecological momentary assessment study in unipolar and bipolar individuals and healthy controls. BJPsych Open, 11(4), e141.. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10067

Bierling, A. L., Croy, A., Bilem, F., Bloy, L., Ho, F. Y. Y., Jimenez, A. F., ... & Croy, I. (2025). A standardized lexicon of body odor words crafted from 17 countries. Scientific Data, 12(1), 325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04630-8

Ruan, J. Y., Yeung, W. F., Yu, B. Y. M., Chung, K. F., Ho, F. Y. Y., Lo, H. K. Y., Su, J. J. (2025). A translation and validation study of the traditional Chinese version of RU-SATED scale in Chinese Hong Kong residents. Sleep Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2025.03.010

Yema, D. P. R., Wong, V. W. H., Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2025). The prevalence of common mental disorders, stress, and sleep disturbance among international migrant workers: A meta-analysis with subgroup analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.183

Yeung, W. F., Lai, A. Y. K., Yu, B. Y. M., Ho, F. Y. Y., Chung, K. F., Ho, J. Y. S., ... & Lam, T. H. (2025). Effect of zero-time exercise on physically inactive adults with insomnia disorder: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105033

Wu, S., Ruan, J., Ho, Y. S., Chen, H., Ho, F. Y. Y., Ma, D. C. F., ..., Yeung, W. F. (2026). Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine-based lifestyle intervention for insomnia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. [accepted]

Fong, Y. Y., Xiong, Y., Ruan, J. Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., Lo, H. K. Y., Chung, K. F., ... & Yeung, Y. F. (2026). Developing a theory-based sleep hygiene education intervention for adults with insomnia: An intervention mapping and content validation study. Nature and Science of Sleep. [accepted]

Wu, S., Ng, M. L., Fong, Y., Ho, F. Y. Y., Ruan, J. Y., Zhang, N., Lo, H. K. Y., Chen, H. Y., Ma, D. C. F., Yu, D., Yeung, W. F. (2026). Developing a traditional Chinese medicine based lifestyle content framework for insomnia: A modified Delphi study. Healthcare. [accepted]

Ho, F. Y. Y.*ˆ, Wong, V. W. H.ˆ, Hui, B. P. H., O'Neil, A., Marx, W. (2026). Adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern and mental health outcomes in Hong Kong adults: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. [accepted]

Chow, C. Y.ˆ, Wong, V. W. H.ˆ, Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2026). Efficacy of smartphone- and bibliotherapy-delivered multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions for probable depression: A three-arm randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders. [accepted]

Yeung, W. F., Yu, B. Y. M., Ho, F. Y. Y., Wong, C. K. H., Chung, K. F., Ruan, J. Y., ... & Lao, L. (2026). Self-administered acupressure training for depression in community-dwelling individuals: A randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. EClinicalMedicine, 96, 104023.

Ruan, J. Y., Li, S., Xu, Fen, Ho, F. Y. Y., Cheung, T., Ho, Y.S., Chan, W. C., Chen, H. Y., Au, D. C. W., Lee, R. W. Y., Mak, Y. W., Yeung, W. F.* (2026). Development of a traditional Chinese medicine lifestyle medicine program for depression: A multi-method study. Healthcare. [accepted]

Yuen, S. Y., Lo, H. K. Y.*, Jin, J. X. H., Ho, F. Y. Y., Poon, C. Y., Yeung, W. F., Yu, B. Y. M., Lee, C.T., Myin-Germeys, I., Chung, K. F. (2026). Ecological momentary interventions for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorder. [accepted]

Poon, C. Y., Lo, H. K. L., Yeung, W. F., Chung, K. F., Chan, C. S., Harvey, A., Ho, F. Y. Y.* (2026). Sleep diary-derived parameters and sleep measures mediate the efficacy of transdiagnostic sleep and circadian intervention for depression. Psychological Medicine. [accepted]