Research

The Nutritional Health for the Elderly Reference Centre (NHERC) study

The study was successfully completed on 30 September 2020, in collaboration with Abbott Research, SingHealth Polyclinics and Singapore Economic Development Board, which aims to establish nutrition standards of the older population for targeted health policy and intervention for ageing Singaporeans.

Research Presentations at Local Conferences

1. Ying Xiao Huang, Alvin Wong
   Long Term Bolus Enteral Feeding In Singapore – A Retrospective Analysis Of Patients On Home Enteral Nutrition
   CGH/EHA ASM 2014
2. Magdalin Cheong
   Micronutrient-Supplemented Milk Study In Women Of Childbearing Age
   CGH/EHA ASM 2014
   
3. Alvin Wong, Ying Xiao Huang
   The Role Of Biochemical Measurements Of Pre-Albumin (PAB) And C-Reactive Protein (CRP) For Monitoring Clinical Outcomes Of Hospitalized Patients Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
   CGH/EHA ASM 2014
4. Alvin Wong
   Poster Presentation 1st Prize The Implementation Of A Low Fodmaps Diet For Symptomatic Control In Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Are We Using It On The Right Patients?
   CGH/EHA ASM 2015
5. Yueen Mun SOH, Alvin Wong, Magdalin Cheong
   The Importance Of Repeated Nutritional Screening For Long-Staying Patients And The Use Of A New Nutritional Screening Tool In Changi General Hospital.
   CGH/EHA ASM 2015
6. Adeline Lau, Shirlene Moh, Li Jiuen Ong
   NutritionDay in the General Wards, Changi General Hospital- An Audit of Nutritional Status from 2011-2014. CGH/EHA ASM 2015
7. Priscilla Li, Shirlene Moh, Yan Yin Phoi
   Work Health Orientation Programme (A Nutrition Workshop for CGH Staff) - Initiative of a Health Promoting Hospital CGH/EHA ASM 2016
8. Ying Xiao Huang, Alvin Wong
   Electrolyte Imbalances in Patients on Customised Versus Ready-To-Use Parenteral Nutrition CGH/EHA ASM 2016
9. Magdalin Cheong
   “Ready-To-Eat” - Texture-Modified Diet, Oral Presentation, Innovation Track EHA-CGH Integrated Multidisciplinary Care Conference 2018

Research Presentations at Overseas Conferences

1. Web-based Self-Monitoring Weight Control Intervention for CGH Staff (iTrimIT)
   Angena Teo, Yan Yin Phoi, Magdalin Cheong
   22nd International HPH Conference 2014, Barcelona Spain
2. The Role of Biochemical Measurements Of Pre-Albumin And C-Reactive Protein For Monitoring Clinical Outcomes Of Hospitalized Patients Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
   Alvin Wong (PENSA Nagoya Japan 2015)
3. Inpatient and outpatient small group nutrition education program (Nutrition Bits)
   Magdalin Cheong, Yan Yin Phoi, Angena Teo
   23rd International HPH Conference, OSLO Norway
4. Magdalin Cheong
   "Ready-to-eat" texture-modified meals: Making swallowing a breeze
   International Conference on Health Promoting hospitals and Health Services 2017
5. Alvin Wong
   A Systematic Review of the Cost and Economic Outcomes of Home Enteral Nutrition (Poster) Clinical Nutrition Week, ASPEN, Orlando, USA.
6. Magdalin Cheong
   To identify the barriers for providing adequate nutrition therapy in residential care and suggest practical intervention strategies to improve therapy
   25th International HPH Conference, 2017 Vienna, Austria
7. Alvin Wong
   Economic Evaluation of Nutrition Support in the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Acute and Chronic Care Settings: A Systematic Review
   ESPEN Congress 2018, Madrid, Spain
8. Huang Yingxiao
   To evaluate the effectiveness of Diversified, Nutritionally Balanced, “Ready-to-Eat” Texture-Modified Meals in helping to improve the nutritional intake of institutionalized residents with dysphagia.
   26th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospital and Health Service 2018, Bologna, Italy
9. Magdalin Cheong
   Nutritional status of elderly patients with hip fracture in an acute hospital in Singapore.
   27th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services 2019, Warsaw, Poland
10. Alvin Wong
    Medical Nutrition Reimbursement in Singapore: Who are the patients receiving MediFund support? An audit of clinical outcomes and issues pertaining to reimbursement.
    ESPEN Congress 2020 Online

Publications

1. The Use of a Specialised Amino Acid Mixture For Pressure Ulcers: A Placebo-Controlled Trial.
   Wong A, Chew-Childs A, SH Zhang, Wang CM, Ong L, Young S
   J Wound Care 2014
2. Use of Meal Replacement in Weight Management
   Khoo J, Cheong M
   Chapter in "Diet and Nutrition in Obesity", British Dietetic Association and Wiley Publishers, UK, September 2014
3. Health Promotion Board- Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity
   Lee YS, Biddle S, Chan MF, Cheng A, Cheong M et al.
   Singapore Med J 2016
4. The Use of Parenteral Nutrition Support in an Acute Care Hospital and the Cost Implications of Short-term Parenteral Nutrition.
   Wong A, Han HH, Ong PLJ
   Ann Acad Med 2016
5. A Systematic Review of the Cost and Economic Outcomes of Home Enteral Nutrition.
   Wong A, Goh G, Banks MD, Bauer JD
   Clin Nutr 2017
6. The Association between Microbiota, Endotoxaemia and the Host Obesity/Insulin Resistance.
   Koo SH, Chu C, Khoo J, Cheong M, Soon GH, Ho EXP et al.
   J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018
7. Economic Evaluation of Nutrition Support in the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Acute and Chronic Care Settings: A Systematic Review.
   Wong A, Goh G, MD Banks, JD Bauer
   Clin Nutr 2018
8. A Survey of Home Enteral Nutrition Practices and Reimbursement in the Asia Pacific Region.
   Wong A, Banks MD, Bauer JD
   Nutrients 2018
9. Improving Nutrition Care for Neurosurgery Patients Through a Nurse-Led Transition Feeding Protocol
   Dux C, Lim SC, Jeffree R, Heaydon S, de Jersey S
   Nutr Dietetics 2018
10. Prescribing diets: from food to oral nutrition supplements.
    Thong D
    The Singapore Family Physician 2018
11. Home Enteral Nutrition in Singapore’s Long-Term Care Homes – Incidence, Prevalence, Cost and Staffing. Wong A, Sowa PM, Banks MD, JD Bauer
    Nutrients 2019
12. Factors associated with muscle mass in community-dwelling older people in Singapore: Findings from the SHIELD study.
    Tey SL, Chew THS, How CH, Yalawar M, Baggs G, Chow WL, Cheong M
    PLoS One 2019
13. Adipose tissue imaging as nutritional predictors in patients undergoing enterocutaneous fistula repair.
    Fragkos KC, Thong D, Cheung K et al.
    Nutrition 2020
14. A narrative review of healthcare financing and reimbursement of nutritional support for patients in Singapore.
    Wong A, Goh SN, Sowa PM, Bauer JD
    Health Policy 2020
15. Adult malnutrition, nutritional interventions and outcomes in Singapore: a scoping review of local studies for the past 20 years.
    Wong A, Huang YX, PM Sowa, Banks MD, Bauer JD
    Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2020
16. Impact of specialized oral nutritional supplement on clinical, nutritional, and functional outcomes: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in community-dwelling older adults at risk of malnutrition".
    Samuel Teong Huang Chew, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Magdalin Cheong , Jeffery Oliverf, Geraldine Baggs , Yong Choef, Choon How How, Wai Leng Chow, Cynthia Yan Ling Tan, Shuyi Charmaine Kwan, Farah Safdar Husain , Yen Ling Lowi, Dieu Thi Thu Huynhi, Siew Ling Teyi
    Clinical Nutrition, October 2020
17. Nutritional Biomarkers and Associated Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings from the SHIELD Study By Cheong Magdalin, Chew Teong Huang Samuel, Olivier J Baggs G, Low YL, How Choon How, Tan Ngiap Chuan, Huynh DTT, Tey SL Nutrients, October 2020