Associate Professor Wee Shiou Liang

Selected Publications

M Hu, JW Lim, PLK Yap, NHL Ha, PS Yeo, GL Xu, RS Deng, SL Wee, JY Ying. Smart diapers: from wetness monitoring to early diagnosis. Appl. Phys. Rev. 12, 011317, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0232027 (IF 11.6)

C Malhotra, YC Yue, C Ramakrishnan, S Shah, W Chen, PLK Yap, CY Cheong, I Teo, SL Wee, XM Lan, Y Chen, CS Chong, XY Huang, I Chua (2025). Supporting dementia caregiving: Development and pilot of a mobile care ecosystem. JMIR Aging. https://doi.org/10.2196/78759 (IF 4.8)

Tomkinson GR, Lang JJ, Rubín L, McGrath R, Gower B, Boyle T, Klug MG, Mayhew AJ, Blake HT, Ortega FB, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Magnussen CG, Fraser BJ, Kidokoro T, Liu Y, Christensen K, Leong DP; iGRIPS (international handGRIP Strength) group. International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions. J Sport Health Sci. 2024 Nov 22:101014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2024.10101

Tou NX, Goh SF, Harding S, Tsao MA, Ng TP, Wee SL. Effectiveness of community-based Baduanjin exercise intervention for older adults with varying frailty status: a randomized controlled trial. Eur Rev Aging Phys Act. 2024 Oct 10;21(1):28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-024-00363-6. PMID: 39390362; PMCID: PMC11465814.

Win PPS, Chua DQL, Gwee X, Wee SL, Ng TP. Evaluating the Diagnosis of Malnutrition Based on Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) Criteria in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study). Nutrients. 2024; 16(22):3823. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16223823

Giang TA, Cheng JY, Kwok HYF, Hay GMS, Koh JEJ, Johandi F, Liew TM, Tan DGH, Yap PLK, Wee SL, Cheng LJ. Effectiveness of Horticultural Therapy in Older Adults without Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Oct 9;25(12):105296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105296 PMID: 39393785.

XT Tan, IM Wilson, PKC Tay, PPS Win, CF Song and SL Wee (2024). Mapping of technological strategies for reducing social isolation in homebound older adults: a scoping review. Archives of Geriatrics and Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2024.105478

TM Xu, SLH Soh, CP Chua, J Pearpilai, SL Wee (2024). Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent frailty management program “Say No To Frailty” in Singapore: A cluster-randomized controlled trial protocol, Contemporary Clinical Trials, Volume 142,107546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107546

SY Lee, XJ Lim, HQH Koh, PA Yeo, EYH Zhong and *SL Wee (2023). Perceptions of senior center and psychosocial wellbeing during COVID-19. Aging, Activities and Adaptations. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2247718

TP Ng, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, SL Wee, CY Cheong, PLK Yap, KB Yap (2023). The Healthy Ageing Questionnaire (HAQ) Index: Validation in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Gerontology https://doi.org/10.1159/000533635. PMID: 37640015. (IF 5.597). 

SY Lee, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, KB Yap, SL Wee and TP Ng (2023). Risk factors for progression to cognitive frailty: Singapore longitudinal aging study 2. Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1159/000531421. PMID: 37285817. (IF 5.597)

CS Song, PKC Tay, XY Gwee, SL Wee and TP Ng (2023). Happy people live longer because they are healthy people. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04030-w. PMID: 37464330. (IF 4.070)

J Chee, RH Eikelboom, C Smits, DW Swanepoel, SL Wee, TP Ng & RL Heywood (2023) Digits in noise testing in a multilingual sample of Asian adults, International Journal of Audiology, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2179549

LK Lau, KA Jabbar, BWJ Pang, KKX Chen, WT Seah, MU Jagadish, PLK Yap, TP Ng and *SL Wee (2023). Physiological and cognitive determinants of gait variability in an Asian population – the Yishun Study. Gerontology, 69(3):301-11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000526479 (IF 5.597).

SY Lee, MSZ Nyunt, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, KB Yap, SL Wee, TP Ng (2022). Longitudinal associations of housework with frailty and mortality in older adults: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study 2. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03591-6

PPL Soh, SY Lee, WY Wong, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen, S Srinivasan, TP Ng and *SL Wee(2022). Body composition reference values in Singaporean adults using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry – the Yishun Study. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0276434 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276434

X Liu, NX Tou, Q Gao, XY Gwee, SL Wee and TP Ng (2022). Frailty and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.  PLoS ONE 17(9): e0272527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272527

NX Tou, *SL Wee, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen, TP Ng. Association of fat mass index versus appendicular lean mass index with physical function – the Yishun Study. Aging and Health Research, Sep 2022, 2(3): 100097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100097

KKX Chen, SY Lee, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, NX Tou, PLK Yap, TP Ng & *SL Wee. Associations of low handgrip strength and hand laterality with cognitive function and functional mobility – the Yishun Study (2022). BMC Geriatrics. 22, 677. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03363-2 (IF 4.07)

Giang TA, Koh J, Cheng LJ, Tang QC, Chua MJ, Liew TM, Wee SL, Yap PLK (2022). Effects of Humanitude Care on People with Dementia and Caregivers: A Scoping Review. J Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16477 (IF 4.423).

KA Jabbar, DGH Tan, WT Seah, LK Lau, BWJ Pang, DHM Ng, QLL Tan, KKX Chen, MU Jagadish, TP Ng and *SL Wee(2022). Enhanced Gait Variability Index and Cognitive Performance in Asian Adults: results from the Yishun Study. Gait & Posture, Sep 2022, 97: 216-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.07.156 (IF 2.746).

SY Lee, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, KB Yap, SL Wee, TP Ng (2022). Association of Tai Chi Exercise with Physical and Neurocognitive Functions, Frailty, Quality of Life and Mortality in Older Adults: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Age and Ageing. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac086 (IF 10.668).

X Liu, VMK Le, AYC Lim, EJL Koh, TN Nguyen, NA Malik, C Lien, JE Lee, LSY Au, JYH Low, *SL Wee (2022). Perspectives on frailty screening, management and its implementation among acute care providers in Singapore: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02686-w (IF 4.07).

CY Cheong, PLK Yap, MSZ Nyunyt, Q Gao, XY Gwee, SL Wee, KB Yap and TP Ng (2022). Functional health index of intrinsic capacity: Multidomain Operationalization and Validation in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS2). Age and Ageing, 51(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac011 (IF 10.668). 

SY Lee, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, KB Yap, SL Wee and TP Ng (2022).  Co-occurrence of Physical Frailty and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Association with Disability and Mortality: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. CHEST. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.633 (IF 9.410)

CY Cheong, PLK Yap, XY Gwee, DQL Chua, SL Wee, KB Yap, and TP Ng (2021). Physical and functional measures predicting long-term mortality in community-dwelling older adults: a comparative evaluation in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Aging https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203756 (IF 5.682)

SY Lee, LK Lau, BWJ Pang, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, TP Ng and *SL Wee (2021). Cross-sectional associations of housework with cognitive, physical and sensorimotor functions in younger and older community-dwelling adults – the Yishun Study. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052557 (IF 3.006), audio link https://acaudio.com/publication/1147

SY Lee, A Goh, K Tan, PL Choo, PH Ong, AWP Wong, *SL Wee (2021). Effectiveness of a community-delivered pneumatic machine resistance training programme (Gym Tonic) for older adults at neighbourhood senior centres – A randomized controlled trial. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-021-00273-x (IF 6.650)

SO Nicholas, EJL Koh, SL Wee, R Eikelboom, DMP Jayakody, F Lin, TP Ng, R Heywood (2021). Peripheral hearing loss and its association with cognition among ethnic Chinese older adults. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519291 (IF 2.959)

Ng TP, Hai S, Gao Q., Gwee XY, Chua D, Yap P, Yap KB and Wee SL (2021). The Elderly Nutritional Index for Geriatric Malnutrition Assessment (ENIGMA): Concurrent, construct and predictive validity in an external evaluation cohort of community-dwelling older persons. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521003433 (IF:3.334)

NX Tou, *SL Wee, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen and TP Ng (2021). Associations of fat mass and muscle function but not lean mass with cognitive impairment:  The Yishun Study. PLOS One, 16(8): e0256702. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256702 (IF 2.74) 

SL Lim, X Liu, Q Gao, MSZ Nyunt, L Gong, JB Lunaria, CSP Lam, AM Richards, SL Wee, LH Linh, TP Ng (2021). Subclinical vasculopathy and skeletal muscle metrics in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. Aging. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203142 (IF 5.682)

LK Lau, *SL Wee, MU Jagadish, PLK Yap, BWJ Pang, KKX Chen, KA Jabbar, WT Seah and TP Ng. Physiological and cognitive determinants of gait in middle-aged, older-aged and oldest Asian adults – the Yishun Study. Aging and Health Research (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2021.100030

KKX Chen, *SL Wee, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Sean and TP Ng (2021). Relationship between BMI with percentage body fat and obesity in Singaporean adults – the Yishun Study. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11070-7 (IF 3.295)

Ng TP, Lee TS, Lim WS, Chong MS, Yap PLK, Cheong RCY, Yap KB, Rawtaer I, Liew TM, Gao Q, Gwee XY, Ng MPE, Nicholas SO, Wee SL (2021). Development, validation and field evaluation of the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS) risk screening index for prediction of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. J Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2021.19 (IF 5.020)

Yeo PS, Nguyen T, Ng MPE, Choo RWM, Yap PLK, Ng TP, *Wee SL. Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Community-Based Brain-Computer Interface Cognitive Group Training in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial. JMIR Form Res 2021;5(4):e25462. https://doi.org/10.2196/25462

PL Choo, NX Tou, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen, TP Ng and *SL Wee (2021). Timed Up and Go (TUG) reference values and predictive cut-offs for disability in Singaporean community-dwelling adults – Yishun and Singapore Longitudinal Aging Studies. J Am Med Dir Association. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.03.002 (IF 4.669)

SY Lee, PL Choo, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen, TP Ng and *SL Wee (2021). SPPB reference valuesand its performance in assessing sarcopenia – the Yishun Study. BMC Geriatr 21, 213. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02147-4 (IF 4.07)

NX Tou, *SL Wee, JWT Sean, DHM Ng, BWC Pang, CLK Lau, TP Ng. Effectiveness of a group functional power training program for frail older adults implemented through neighbourhood senior centres – a randomized controlled study. Prevention Science 22, 1048–1059 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01221-y (IF 4.056)

I Rawtaer, KA Jabbar, X Liu, AT Giang, PLK Yap, Cheong RCY, HP Tan, P Lee, SL Wee and TP Ng (2021). Performance-based IADL evaluation of older adults with cognitive impairment within a smart home: a feasibility study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. http://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12152

TP Ng, TN Nguyen, Q Gao, MSZ Nyunt, KB Yap, SL Wee (2021). Angiotensin receptor blockers use and changes in frailty, muscle mass and function. J Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Rapid Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rco2.31

Ng PEM, Nicholas SO, Yau TY, Chan A, Chng IS, Yap LKP, Ng TP, *Wee SL (2021). Evaluation of a pilot community-basedmulti-domain programme implementation for older adults at risk of cognitive impairment. Nature Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83408-5 (IF 4.997)

BWJ Pang, *SL Wee, LK Lau, et al. Sensorimotor performance and reference values for fall risk assessment in community-dwelling Singaporean adults – the Yishun Study. Physical Therapy, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzab035 (IF 3.021)

KA Jabbar, WT Seah, LK Lau, BWJ Pang, DHM Ng, QLL Tan, KKX Chen, MU Jagadish, TP Ng and *SL Wee (2021).  Fast gait spatiotemporal parameters in adults and association with muscle strength – the Yishun Study. Gait & Posture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.01.001 (IF 2.84)

LK Lau, MU Jagadish, BWJ Pang, KKX Chen, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, PLK Yap,TP Ng and *SL Wee (2021). Sensorimotor and cognitive determinants of dual-task cost for gait parameters – The Yishun Study. Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1159/000514171
(IF 5.597)

Tew CW, Ong SP, Lim AYC, Koh GCH, Luo N, Ng TP, Yap PLK, *Wee SL (2021). Quality of Life, Person-Centered Care and Lived Experiences of Nursing Home Residents in a Developed Urban Asian Country: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Nursing Home Research Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jnhrs.2021.1

PY Ho, RCY Cheong, SP Ong, C Fusek, SL Wee and PLK Yap (2021). Person-centered care transformation in a nursing home for residents with dementia. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra. http://doi.org/10.1159/000513069

BWJ Pang, *SL Wee, KKX Chen, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, DHM Ng, QLL Tan, MU Jagadish and TP Ng (2021). Coexistence of osteoporosis, sarcopenia and obesity in community dwelling adults - findings from the Yishun Study. Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia (Official journal of Asian Federation of Osteoporosis). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2020.12.002 

BWJ Pang, *SL Wee, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, DHM Ng, QLL Tan, KKX Chen, MU Jagadish, TP Ng (2020). Obesity measures and definitions of sarcopenic obesity in Singaporean adults – the Yishun Study. J Frailty Ageing. http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2020.65

NHL Ha, PLK Yap, Nicholas SO, IWX Chan and SL Wee (2020). Evaluating the outcomes of a hospital-to-community model of integrated care for dementia. Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1159/000512290 (IF 2.959)

VMH Tan, BWJ Pang, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, KKX Chen, TP Ng and *SL Wee. Malnutrition and sarcopenia in community dwelling adults in Singapore: Yishun Health Study. J Nutr Health Aging, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1542-x (IF 5.285)

Toh HJ, Yap PLK, Wee SL, Koh GCH, Luo N (2020). Feasibility and validity of EQ-5D-5L proxy by nurses in measuring health-related quality of life of nursing home residents. Qual Life Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02673-5 (F 4.147)

KKX Chen, *SL Wee, BWJ Pang, et al (2020). Bone mineral density reference values in Singaporean adults and comparisons for osteoporosis establishment. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 21, 633 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03646-y (IF 2.362)

BWJ Pang, *SL Wee, LK Lau, KA Jabbar, WT Seah, DHM Ng, QLL Tan, KKX Chen, MU Jagadish, TP Ng. Prevalence and associated factors of sarcopenia in Singaporean adults – the Yishun Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.029 (IF 4.669)

Malhotra C., Vishwanath P., Yong J.R., Truls O., Seow D., Yap P., Tan L.L., Tham W.Y., Vaingankar J., Foo J., Tan B.Y., Tong K.M., Ng W.C., Allen J.C., Malhotra R., Tan W.M., Wee S.L., Ng L.L., Goveas R., Mok V., Sim A., Ng W.F., Wong H.K., Balasundaram B., Tan R.Q., Ong P.S., Cheong C.Y., Yee A., Tiong C., Hum A., Lee A. & Finkelstein E.A. A prospective longitudinal study of caregivers of community dwelling persons with severe dementia (PISCES): Study protocol. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 75(2): 403-16, 2020. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-190897

KA Jabbar, WT Seah, LK Lau, BWJ Pang, KKX Chen, MU Jagadish, TP Ng and *SL Wee. Enhanced Gait Variability Index in older Asian adults and increased physiological falls risk: results from the Yishun Study. Adv Geriatr Med Res. 2020; 2(4):e200023. DOI:10.20900/agmr20200022

GSH Chiang, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, KB Yap, BY Tan and TP Ng. Primary care prognostic (PCP) index of 11-year mortality risk: development and validation of a brief prognostic tool. J General Int Med, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06132-2

TM Liew, BC Tai, SL Wee, GCH Koh, PLK Yap. The Longitudinal Effects of Caregiver Grief in Dementia and the Modifying Effects of Social Services: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Am Geriatrics Soc, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16717 (IF 5.562)

*SL Wee ; PLK Yap. Timely lessons from a pandemic on the benefits of person centric care in long term care facilities. The Journal of Frailty and Aging, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2020.28

NHL Ha, IWX Chan, PLK Yap, M Nurjono, Vrijhoef HJM, Nicholas SO and *SL Wee. A mixed-method evaluation of CARITAS – a hospital-to-community model of integrated care for dementia. BMJ Open 2020;10:e039017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039017 (IF 2.692)

X Liu, JWT Seah, BWJ Pang, MAT, FL Gu, WC Ng, JYR Tay, T Ng, *SL Wee. A single-arm feasibility study of community-delivered Baduanjin (Qigong practice of the eight Brocades) training for frail older adults. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00649-3

Lau LK, *Wee SL, Pang WJB, Chen KK, Abdul Jabbar K, Yap PLK, Mallya JU, Ng DHM, Tan QLL, Seah WT, Ng TP. Reference Values of Gait Speed and Gait Spatiotemporal Parameters for a South East Asian Population: The Yishun Study. Clin Interv Aging. 2020;15:1753-1765. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S270407 (IF 4.458)

Liu X, Ng DHM, Seah JWT, Munro YL and *Wee SL. Update on interventions to prevent or reduce frailty in community dwelling older adults: a scoping review and community translation. Current Geriatrics Reports. 2019; 8:72-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-019-0277-1

CY Cheong, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, XY Gwee, RWM Choo, KB Yap, SL Wee and TP Ng. Risk factors of progression to frailty: findings from the Singapore Longitudinal Study. J Nutr Health Aging 24, 98-106, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-019-1277-8 (IF 5.285)

Chua XY, Toh S, Wei K, Teo N, Tang T and *Wee SL. Evaluation of clinical frailty screening in geriatric acute care. J Eval in Clin Practice, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13096 (F 2.431)

IWX Chan, PLK Yap, SL Wee and TM Liew. The three dimensions of caregiver grief in dementia caregiving:  Validity and utility of the subscales of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5238

XY Chua, RWM Choo, NHL Ha, CY Cheong, SL Wee and PLK Yap. Mapping the modified Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) Scores to Stages of Dementia in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population. Int Psychogeriatrics, 2019; 31(1): 147-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610218000704 (IF 3.878)

K Wei, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, TP Ng. Long-term Changes in Nutritional Status Are Associated with Functional and Mortality Outcomes among Community-living Older Persons, Nutrition. 2019; 66: 180-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2019.05.006 (IF 4.008)

J Woo, S Ong, R Chan, L Li, JQ Sun, YM Chan, SL Wee, NT Nghiem, T Pham, S Setiati, YC Huang, ML Wahlqvist, LCPGM de Groot. Nutrition, sarcopenia and frailty: An Asian Perspective. Translational Medicine of Aging, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tma.2019.11.001

IWX Chan, PLK Yap, SL Wee and TM Liew. The three dimensions of caregiver grief in dementia caregiving:  Validity and utility of the subscales of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5238

S Ong, J Woo, P Parikh, R Chan, JQ Sun, YM Chan, SL Wee, NT Nghiem, T Pham, S Setiati, YC Huang, ML Wahlqvist, R Bos, LCPGM de Groot. Addressing nutritional requirements of ageing consumers in Asia—recommendations from an expert workshop. Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr. 2019; 28(2): 204-13. http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/APJCN/28/2/204.pdf

JJ Liu, RWM Choo, S Liu, RL Gurung, SL Wee and SC Lim. Cause-Specific Mortality in Multiethnic South East Asians With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Asia Pacific J Public Health, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539519849317

XY Chua, NHL Ha, CY Cheong, SL Wee, PLK Yap. The changing profile of patients in a geriatric medicine led memory clinic over 12 years. J Nutr, Health Aging, 2019, 23:310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-019-1161-6 (IF 5.285)

N Teo, PS Yeo, Q Gao, Nyunt MSZ, Foo JJ, SL Wee and TP Ng. BioPsychoSocial Approach for Frailty in Community Dwelling Older People. BMC Geriatrics, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1367-9 (IF 4.07)

L Chye, K Wei, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, TP Ng. Strong Relationship between Malnutrition and Cognitive Frailty in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS-1 and SLAS-2). The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD). 2018; 5(2): 142-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2017.46(IF 5.020)

Tan J, Wee SL, Yeo PS, Choo J, Ritholz M, Yap P. A Music Therapy Evaluation Scale for People with Dementia. Int Psychogeriatrics, 2018; 31(1): 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610218000509 (IF 3.878)

K Wei, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, KB Yap, TP Ng. Frailty and Malnutrition Impact on Long-Term Functional and Mortality Outcomes. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(3):e180650. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0650 (IF 8.48)

Low SKM, Rao AKL, Tang T and Wee SL. Factors Associated with Hospital Readmission and Emergency Visits - 5-Year Experience in a Busy Acute Hospital. J Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2018; 9(4):126-36. https://www.agingmedhealthc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/v9i403_jcgg-2017-0079.pdf

QLL Tan, LMY Chye, DHM Ng, MS Chong, TP Ng, *SL Wee. Feasibility of a Community Functional Power Training Program for Older Adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Clinical Interventions in Aging; 2018; 13:309-16. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S157911 (IF 4.458)

Nurjono M, Yoong J, Yap P, Wee SL, Vrijhoef HJM. Implementation of Integrated Care in Singapore: A Complex Adaptive System Perspective. International Journal of Integrated Care, 2018. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.4174

K Wei, FS Thein, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, TP Ng. Nutritional and Frailty State Transitions in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study. J Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2018; 10: 1221-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-018-1096-3 (IF 4.075)

FS Thein, Y Li, MSZ Nyunt, Q Gao, SL Wee, TP Ng. Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment is Associated with Diabetes and Adversely Impact Functional Status and Mortality.Postgraduate Medicine, 2018; 130(6): 561-7.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2018.1491779

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