Angelique, Chan W.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Health Services & Systems Research Program

Other affiliations:

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Director, Tsao Foundation Ageing Research Initiative, Department of Sociology,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Director (Research), Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

phone: +65 6516 5685
Fax: +65 6221 9716
E-Mail: angelique.chan@duke-nus.edu.sg
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Research Interests:

• Aging and Demography
• Program impact evaluation
• Health of older persons

Selected Publications:

Malhotra R., Chan A., Ostbye T. 2012. “Validity of proxy-reported weight for older   adults.” (Research letter). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society  60(1):189-190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03736.x

Malhotra C., Chan A., Malhotra R., Ostbye T. 2011. “Fifteen dimensions of health among older Singaporeans.” Current Gerontology and Geriatrics. Available online: 30 Oct 2011

Yong V., Saito Y., Chan A. 2011. “Gender Differences in Health and Health Expectancies of Older Adults in Singapore: An Examination of Diseases, Impairments, and Functional Disabilities”. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology  26: 189-203

Chan A., Malhotra C., Do Young Kyung, Malhotra R., Ostbye T. “Self Reported pain severity among multiethnic older Singaporeans: Does adjusting for reporting heterogeneity matter?” European Journal of Pain 2011. Available online: 8 June 2011

Chan A., Zimmer Z., Saito Y. “Gender Differentials in Disability and Mortality Transitions: The Case of Older Adults in Japan.” Journal of Aging and Health 2011; pp 1-24. Available online: 8 June 2011

Chan A., Malhotra C., Woo I. M. H., Goh C. R. 2011. “Caregiver burden for terminally ill patients among the Chinese in Singapore.” In Wing-Cheong Chan (Ed.) Singapore’s Ageing Population: Managing Healthcare and End of Life Decisions. New York: Routledge

Chan A., Malhotra C., Ostbye T. “Correlates of Limitations in Activities of Daily Living and Mobility among Community Dwelling Older Singaporeans.” Ageing and Society 2011; 31(4): 663-682

Chan A., Malhotra C., Malhotra R., Østbye T. “Living arrangements, social networks and depressive symptoms among older men and women in Singapore.” Int J GeriatrPsychiatry  2010; 26(6):630-639

Malhotra R., Chan A., Malhotra C., Østbye T. 2010.  “Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in the elderly population of Singapore.”  Hypertension Research  33(12): 1223-1231

Østbye T., Chan A., Malhotra R., Kothalawala J. 2010. “Adult children caring for their elderly parents: Results from a national survey of ageing in Sri Lanka.” Asian Population Studies. 2010; 6(1): 83-97

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