Hongyu Zhang
University of Galway
Hongyu Zhang

I am Hongyu Zhang, a PhD student in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Galway, Ireland. My doctoral research is in the area of cardiac rehabilitation participation facilitation. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree from Henan University and I obtained my Master’s degree from Central South University. My research interests also include frailty, elderly care, community nursing, and mental health.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Countries | China; Ireland; |
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Topics | Access to care; Artificial Intelligence; Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Care innovations; Care integration/ coordination; Community-based LTC; Ecosystems of care; Eligibility for public LTC; Exercise and healthy ageing; Gender and care; Home/domiciliary care; Loneliness among older people; New models of care; Person-centered care; Prevention and rehabilitation and LTC; |
Methods | Delphi surveys; Expert consultations; Feasibility studies; Focus groups; Grounded Theory; Guidelines development; Implementation science; Literature reviews and synthesis; Observational studies; Panel data analysis; Pilot study; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Quasi-experimental methods; Questionnaire; Research ethics; Scoping reviews; Social network analysis; Systematic Review; Theory and frameworks; |
Role | Research; |
Interest Groups | Economics of Long-Term Care; Integrated Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Quasi-experimental methods; Technology and Long-Term Care; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP); |
ORC.ID | 0000-0002-5704-4907 |
http://www.linkedin.com/in/hongyu-zhang-132b69295 | |
Key publications | Zhang, H., & Sezgin, D. (2025). Identification of personal factors that influence engagement in cardiac rehabilitation and interventions targeting personal factors: A scoping review protocol. PloS one, 20(1), e0318265. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318265 Ning, H., Jiang, D., Du, Y., Li, X., Zhang, H., Wu, L., Chen, X., Wang, W., Huang, J., & Feng, H. (2022). Older adults’ experiences of implementing exergaming programs: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. Age and ageing, 51(12), afac251. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac251
Ning, H., Du, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, Q., Li, X., Zhang, H., Jiang, D., & Feng, H. (2022). Longitudinal impact of metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms on subsequent functional disability among middle-aged and older adults in China. Journal of affective disorders, 296, 216–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.061
Zhao, Y., Duan, Y., Feng, H., Nan, J., Li, X., Zhang, H., & Xiao, L. D. (2022). Trajectories of physical functioning and its predictors in older adults: A 12-year longitudinal study in China. Frontiers in public health, 10, 923767. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.923767
Nan, J., Duan, Y., Wu, S., Liao, L., Li, X., Zhao, Y., Zhang, H., Zeng, X., & Feng, H. (2022). Perspectives of older adults, caregivers, healthcare providers on frailty screening in primary care: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. BMC geriatrics, 22(1), 482. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03173-6
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