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13Th Singapore Public Health & Occupational Medicine 13TH SINGAPORE PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE SUSTAINABLE HEALTH FOR ALL 4-5 OCTOBER 2018 | ONE FARRER HOTEL 3 OCTOBER 2018 (PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS) Guest of Honour MR EDWIN TONG Senior Minister of State Ministry of Health and Ministry of Law ABSTRACT BOOK SUPPORTING PARTNER: Free Papers (Oral) Listing 4 October 2018, Thursday | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Read Room ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY NO. AUTHOR AFFILIATION O24 Case Series: Common Symptoms of Heat Alexander Singapore Armed Resident ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY NO. AUTHOR AFFILIATION Injury in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Wilhelm Gorny Forces O25 Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) and Dominic Tan Singapore General Resident O11 A Cohort Study on Risk Factors for Antibiotic Hanley Ho Tan Tock Seng Hospital Open Varicella Screening and Vaccination Hospital Resistance in Urinary Tract Infections in the Programmes in Tertiary Healthcare Singapore Primary Care Setting Institutions O12 Six Month Results of a Randomized Eric A. Finkelstein Duke-NUS Medical Open O26 Facilitators and Barriers of Human Andrea Lim National University Resident Controlled Trial of an Incentive-based School Papillomavirus Vaccination in Female Health System Physical Activity Program Targeting Both Tertiary Students Aged 18-26 in Singapore: A Children and Adults (FIT-FAM) Qualitative Study O13 Predictors of all-cause Mortality of Patients Gary Ang National Healthcare Open O27 Machine Learning for Pre-Operative Calvin J Chiew Singapore General Resident with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Group Prediction of Mortality and Intensive Care Hospital Singapore Unit Admission O14 Protein Intakes During Complementary Lim Shan Xuan Saw Swee Hock School Student Feeding Is Associated with Childhood BMI: of Public Health, the Growing Up in Singapore Towards National University of Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Cohort Study Singapore O15 The Relationship Between Ambient Air Andrew Ho SingHealth Emergency Resident Pollution and Acute Ischemic Stroke - A Medicine Residency 5 October 2018, Friday| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Read Room Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study in a Programme City-State with Seasonal Exposure to the Southeast Asian Haze Problem ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY O16 Referral Patterns in a Tertiary Care Hospital Aidan Tan Singapore General Resident NO. AUTHOR AFFILIATION in Singapore Hospital O31 Body Mass Index Changes and its Impact on Chaw Wei Liang Ministry of Health Open O17 Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Ian Wee Singhealth Internal Resident Disease Burden in Singapore Singapore Associated with Acceptance of Outpatient Medicine Residency O32 Within-Category versus Across-Category Felicia Ang Jia Ler Duke-NUS Medical Open Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy in a Singapore Programme Lower-Calorie Labelling on Food Demand: A School Tertiary Hospital from 2014-2017 Crossover Trial (LoCal) O33 Patients’ Awareness of and Attitudes Shilpi Tripathi Saw Swee Hock School Open Towards Electronic Health Information of Public Health, Sharing in Singapore National University of Singapore 4 October 2018, Thursday | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Read Room O34 A Mixed Method Analysis of Health Status Jonathon Khoo Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Open and Barriers and Enablers of Health of a ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY Hard to Reach At-Risk Occupational Group NO. AUTHOR AFFILIATION O35 A Single-Arm Feasibility Study of GlycoLeap, David Koot Tampines Polyclinic Open O21 Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease Tyson Chan MOH Holdings Pte Ltd Resident a Mobile Lifestyle Management Program for and Associated Factors for Invasive People with Type 2 Diabetes Pneumococcal Disease in an Acute Tertiary O36 Screening for Diabetes with HbA1c: Test Lim Wei-Yen Tan Tock Seng Hospital Open Hospital in Singapore: 2015-2017 Performance of HbA1c Compared to Fasting O22 HIV Seroprevalence, Health Seeking Wycliffe Wei Saw Swee Hock School Resident Plasma Glucose among Chinese, Malay and Behaviours and Sexual Risk Behaviours of Public Health, Indian Community Residents in Singapore in Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in National University of O37 Healthcare Burden Associated with Wang Yi Saw Swee Hock School Open Singapore Singapore Childhood Obesity and Childhood of Public Health, O23 Diabetes and Smoking: A Primary-Care Aidan Tan National Healthcare Resident Overweight: Findings from GUSTO Data in National University of Prevalence Study Group Singapore Singapore 2 13TH PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE 13TH PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE 3 Free Papers (Poster) Listting ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY NO. 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AUTHOR AFFILIATION P01 Optimizing Deployment of Partial Colour- John Ang Singapore Civil Open P16 Incidence and Risk Factors of Peripheral Loke Hsi-Yen National Open Blind Full Time National Servicemen in Defence Force Vascular Disease and Peripheral Neuropathy Healthcare Group Singapore Police Force (SPF) among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at P02 Role of Hepatitis B Screening and Booster Soh Yu Hang Singapore Civil Open Primary Care Clinics in Singapore Vaccination among Newly Recruited Rodney Defence Force P17 Risk Assessment Tools for Detecting Patricia Health Promotion Open Singapore Emergency Medical Services Undiagnosed Diabetes Mondonedo Board Paramedic Trainees P18 Understanding the Use of Complementary Cher Boon Piang Saw Swee Hock Open P03 Returning Injured Workers Back to Soh Yan Ming Tan Tock Seng Open and Alternative Medicines in Type II School of Public Work: Preliminary Outcomes After 1-Year Hospital Diabetic Patients Health, National Implementation of a RTW Programme in a University of Public Hospital in Singapore Singapore P04 Structured Training Increased Self-Perceived Joanna Giam Yu Tan Tock Seng Open P19 Association of Social and Psychological M. Premikha Yong Loo Student Competence Among Health Professionals Ting Hospital Factors with Medication Non-Adherence in Lin School of to Become Return-to-Work Coordinators in Polyclinic Patients with Type II Diabetes: A Medicine, National Public Hospitals in Singapore Cross-Sectional Study University of P05 Identifying Job Satisfaction Factors of Cherry Cabaluna St. Luke’s ElderCare Open Singapore Community-Based Therapists in Singapore & Rowena Ltd P20 Development of a Self Management Toh Kai Yee Saw Swee Hock Open Gallego E-Health Tool Study of Atrial Fibrillation School of Public P06 Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Healthcare Wycliffe Wei Singapore General Resident Patients Health, National Workers in a Singapore Tertiary Hospital Hospital University of Singapore P07 Effectiveness of Voice Care Workshops for Faith Yang & National University Student Teachers Cheryl Sim of Singapore P21 The Role of Triglyceride-Glucose Index in Serena Low Khoo Teck Puat Open Development of Hypertension - Findings Hospital P08 Aetiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility Hanley Ho Tan Tock Seng Open from a Community Cohort Patterns of Urinary Tract Infections in the Hospital Primary Care Setting in Singapore P22 Face-to-Face vs Non Face-to-Face Mollie Seow Health Promotion Open Programme Delivery to Reduce Obesity Board P09 Assessment of the Risk Posed to Singapore Emma Zhang Ministry of Health, Open Among School Children by the Emergence of Artemisinin-Resistant Singapore Malaria P23 Ovarian Cancer Incidence in Singapore Lim Wei-Yen Tan Tock Seng Open 1968-2010 Hospital P10 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Influenza Ng Yixiang Ministry of Health, Open Vaccine during Respiratory Outbreaks in Singapore P24 MRI Imaging of Eye Shape and Associations Saiko Matsumura Singapore Eye Open Singapore's Long Term Care Facilities, 2017 with Myopia in Singapore Adults Research Institute P11 Temporal Trends in Pneumonia Morbidity Lily Chua Ministry of Health, Open P25 Rapid HTA on Selective Laser Pwee Keng Ho Changi General Open and Mortality Singapore Trabeculoplasty for Open Angle Glaucoma Hospital P12 Singapore Tuberculosis Elimination Khin Mar Kyi Win Tan Tock Seng Open P26 Prevalence, Risk Factors and Impact of Wong Yee Ling Saw Swee Hock Student Programme Contact screening Hospital Myopic Macular Degeneration on Visual School of Public performance, 2000-2017 Impairment and Functioning Among Adults Health, National in Singapore University of P13 Factors Associated with Antibiotic Stephanie Tan Yong Loo Student Singapore Prescribing for Upper Respiratory Lin School of Tract Infections at an Adult Emergency Medicine, National P27 Hospital Deaths from 2007 to 2017 in a Alicia Loi Siew National University Resident Department University of Tertiary Hospital in Singapore Ting Health System Singapore P28 Maternal Dietary Patterns and Birth Chia Airu National University Student P14 Economic Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Serena Low Khoo Teck Puat Open Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta- of Singapore Mellitus - Direct, Indirect and Intangible Hospital analysis Costs P29 Engaging Youths, Impacting Health Rachael Phua Health Promotion Open P15 Estimation of Diabetes Incidence and its Chua Yi Xian Ministry of Health, Open Board Related Risk Factor in Singapore Singapore P30 Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle (HEAL) Goh Jit Khong Navy Medical Open Program in the Republic of Singapore Navy Service (RSN) 4 13TH PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE 13TH PUBLIC HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CONFERENCE 5 Free Papers (Poster) ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING INSTITUTION OF CATEGORY ABSTRACT TITLE PRESENTING
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