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Dr Kia-Chong Chua

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Lecturer in Applied Health Statistics

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Biography

I am a lecturer in applied health statistics, based at the Centre for Implementation Science in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. I hold a hybrid academic role (researcher-in-residence) which involves providing statistical leadership, initiative and support for quality improvement in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

I have an academic background in psychology and sociology and obtained a PhD in Health Service and Population Research. My research interests focus on applying item response theory and structural equation modelling methodologies to address concomitant psychometric issues in longitudinal data analysis.

Research Interests

Latent variable modelling
Psychometrics
Life course epidemiology
Implementation Science

Teaching

Course Director, MSc Implementation and Improvement Science
Module Lead, Measurement in Mental Health (MSc Global Mental Health)
Theme Lead, KCL Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Driven Health

Latest publications

Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine older population
Moreno-Agostino, D., Prina, M., Chua, K. C., Jotheeswaran, A. T., Sadana, R., Officer, A., Kamenov, K. & Cieza, A., 11 Oct 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 10, e050827. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050827
Psychometric Evaluation of the Health State Description Questionnaire in Chile: A Proposal for a Latent Variable Approach for Valuating Health States
Zitko, P., Bakolis, I., Vitoratou, S., Chua, K-C., Margozzini, P., Markkula, N. & Araya, R., 25 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Value in Health Regional Issues. 26, p. 142-149 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2021.06.002
Psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 measure of depression among Brazilian older adults
Moreno-Agostino, D., Chua, K-C., Peters, T. J., Scazufca, M. & Araya, R., 19 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Aging and Mental Health. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1963951
Trajectories of healthy ageing among older adults with multimorbidity: a growth mixture model using harmonised data from eight ATHLOS cohorts
Nguyen, H., Moreno Agostino, D., Chua, K-C., Vitoratou, S. & Prina, M., 7 Apr 2021, In: PLoS One. 16, 4 April, e0248844. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248844
Socioeconomic position and use of hospital-based care towards the end of life: a mediation analysis using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Davies, J. M., Maddocks, M., Chua, K. C., Demakakos, P., Sleeman, K. E. & Murtagh, F. E. M., Mar 2021, In: The Lancet Public Health. 6, 3, p. e155-e163 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30292-9
Multimorbidity patterns, all‐cause mortality and healthy aging in older English adults: Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging
Nguyen, H., Wu, Y-T., Dregan, A., Vitoratou, S., Chua, K-C. & Prina, M., Dec 2020, In: Geriatrics & gerontology international. 20, 12, p. 1126-1132 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14051
Home-Based Contingency Management Delivered by Community Health Workers to Improve Alcohol Abstinence: A Randomized Control Trial
Jirapramukpitak, T., Pattanaseri, K., Chua, K. C. & Takizawa, P., 19 Mar 2020, In: Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). 55, 2, p. 171-178 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agz106
Cortisol Levels in Unmedicated Patients with Unipolar and Bipolar Major Depression Using Hair and Saliva Specimens
Herane Vives, A., Arnone, D., De Angel, V., Wise, T. P. J., Alameda, L., Chua, K-C., Young, A. & Cleare, A. J., 1 Dec 2020, In: International Journal of Bipolar Disorders. 8, 1, 15. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-020-0180-x
Complex post-traumatic stress symptoms in female adolescents: the role of emotion dysregulation in impairment and trauma exposure after an acute sexual assault
Villalta, L., Khadr, S., Chua, K-C., Kramer, T., Clarke, V., Viner, R. M., Stringaris, A. & Smith, P., 31 Dec 2020, In: European journal of psychotraumatology. 11, 1, 1710400. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1710400
Development of a healthy ageing index in Latin American countries - A 10/66 dementia research group population-based study
Daskalopoulou, C., Chua, K. C., Koukounari, A., Caballero, F. F., Prince, M. & Prina, A. M., 5 Dec 2019, In: BMC Medical Research Methodology. 19, 1, 226. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0849-y

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