BIO
Jinnan Xiao is a lecturer of Xiangya School of Nursing at Central South University. Dr. Xiao has long been engaged in research on cancer and palliative care, including symptom management, psychosocial care, advance care planning, shared decision-making and cancer screening. She has developed and tested the effects of psycho-education, family-oriented dignity therapy and other psychosocial intervention programs for oncology patients and their family member in Chinese communities. Dr. Xiao has published over 10 academic papers and spoken at more than 5 academic conferences at home and abroad. She has been a reviewer for more than three scientific journals. She is a member of Hunan Nursing Association, Y. K. Pao Foundation Center for Nursing Excellence in Chronic Illness Care (CIC). She has close research collaborations with The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2020 – 2021 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 – 2020 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Ph.D. in Nursing
2014 – 2017 Central South University, Changsha, China, MS in Nursing
2010 – 2014 Central South University, Changsha, China, BM (BSN equivalent)
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 Y. K. Pao Foundation Scholarship Scheme
Y. K. Pao Foundation Center for Nursing Excellence in Chronic Illness Care (CIC)
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding author)
Xiao, J., Chow, K.M., Liu, Y., & Chan C.W.H. (2019). Effects of dignity therapy on dignity, psychological well‐being, and quality of life among palliative care cancer patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Psycho‐Oncology, 28(9):1791–1802. doi: org/10.1002/pon.5162
Xiao, J., Chow, K.M., Chan C.W.H., Li, M., & Deng, Y. (2019). Qualitative study on perceived dignity of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in China. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05123-2
Xiao, J., Liu, M., Xiao, L., Bai, Y., & Tang, S. (2016). The effects of the square dance among the elderly and its development recommendations. Chinese Journal of Gerontology, 36 (23):6045-6047.
Xiao W, Chan CW, Xiao J, Lyu Q, Gong N, Wong CL, Chow KM. Managing the nutrition impact symptom cluster in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma using an educational intervention program: A pilot study. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2021 Aug;53:101980. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2021.101980.
Zhang J, Tang S, Hu C, Zhang C, He L, Li X, Xiao J. Femorally inserted central venous catheter in patients with superior vena cava obstruction: choice of the optimal exit site. J Vasc Access. 2017 Jan 18;18(1):82-88. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000592.
