BIO

Professor Zhuqing Zhong has been a registered nurse since 1994 and has started working as a specialized nurse in the field of chronic disease management since then. She has long been engaged in clinical nursing research throughout her clinical services as a nurse and as a nurse manager. She mainly focuses on developing technological solutions to chronic disease prevention, management and extended care, especially those relevant to prevention and intervention for hypertension as well as researches on hypertensive medication taking and adherence. She has been committed to developing pragmatic and effective care strategies for hypertensive patients in order to improving their adherence to hypertensive medication taking and healthy lifestyles, promoting blood pressure control. She also has her expertise in clinical nursing informatization, clinical medication administration safety and risk prediction research.

Dr. Zhong is a Professor of Xiangya School of Nursing at Central South University, Associate Director in Nursing Department of Third Xiangya Hospital at Central South University. She has published over 40 academic papers and has 4 books as associated editors. She has also spoken at several important academic conferences at home and abroad. She has supervised several national research projects and has peer-reviewed for several scientific journals at home and abroad as a reviewer.

Dr. Zhong is a member of the group of nursing pedagogy of Nursing Association of Hunan Province, the Secretary of Nursing Health Education Committee of Nursing Association of Hunan Province, the Director of the branch of nursing of Chinese Research Hospital Association, a standing Committee member of the nurse electrocardiogram Specialized committee of Chinese electrocardiograph engineering association, and she is the editorial board of the Journal of nursing science, China.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2012 – 2017     Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China, Ph.D in Medicine

2014 – 2015     the State University of New Jersey, America, visiting scholar in Public Health

2007 – 2010     Xiangya School of Third Clinical Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China, MS in Medicine

2003 – 2005     Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China, BS in Nursing

1996 – 2000     School of Continuing Education of Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China, Junior College’s degree in Nursing

1991 – 1994     Affiliated Nursing School of Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China, Technical Secondary/Associate degree in Nursing

AWARDS & HONORS

2007    Hunan Excellent Nursing Worker

2012    Excellent Teaching Teacher Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University

2012    Youth working Professionals Xiangya Third Hospital, Central South University

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

09/2021 – 12/2022     Construction, application and generalization of demand-oriented health education schools for patients with hypertension. Grant from the science and technology agency of Hunan Province, China. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.

01/2020 – 12/2022     Application study on task-list based comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in patients after PCI. Grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.

01/2017 – 12/2019     Intervention study of medication literacy and self-administered medication safety for patients with hypertension. 2017-2019, Grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 140,000.

09/2016 – 12/2018     Risk Prediction and Safety Management Model Construction of Self-medication for Residents Based on Evaluation of Medication Information Literacy. Grant from Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.

01/2017 – 12/2019     Research on the Level of Medication Literacy and Self-medication Safety for Hypertensive Patients and its Influencing Factors. Grant from The Education Agency of Hunan Province, China. Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 40,000.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding author)

1. Zheng, F., Ding, S., Lai, L., Liu, X., Duan, Y., Shi, S., & *Zhong, Z. (2020). Relationship between medication literacy and medication adherence in inpatients with coronary heart disease in Changsha, China. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 10:1537. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01537

2. Shen, Z., Shi, S., Ding, S., & *Zhong, Z. (2020). Mediating effect of self-Efficacy on the relationship between medication literacy and medication adherence among patients with hypertension. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11:569092. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.569092

3. Zhong, Z., Shi, S., Duan, Y., Shen, Z., Zheng, F., Ding, S., & *Luo, A. (2020). The development and psychometric assessment of Chinese medication literacy scale for hypertensive patients (C-MLSHP). Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11:490. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00490

4. Zhong, Z., Ma, G., Zheng, F., Duan, Y., Ding, S., & *Luo, A. (2020). Medication literacy in a cohort of Chinese patients discharged with essential hypertension. Frontiers in Public Health, 7:385. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00385

5. Shi, S., Shen, Z., Duan, Y., Ding, S., & *Zhong, Z. (2019). Association between medication literacy and medication adherence among patients with hypertension. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 10:822. doi:  10.3389/fphar.2019.00822

6. Ma, Gui., Luo, A., Shen, Z., Duan, Y., Shi S., & *Zhong, Z. (2019). The status of medication literacy and associated factors of hypertensive patients in China: a cross-sectional study. Internal and emergency medicine, 15(3):409-419. doi: 10.1007/s11739-019-02187-0

7. Zhong, Z., Hu, D., Zheng, F., Ding, S., & *Luo, A. (2018). Relationship between information-seeking behavior and innovative behavior in Chinese nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 63:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.01.004

8. Zheng, F., Ding, S., Luo, A., *Zhong, Z., Duan, Y., & Shen, Z. (2017). Medication literacy status of outpatients in ambulatory care settings in Changsha, China. Journal of International Medical Research, 45(1):303-309. doi: 10.1177/0300060516676726

9. Zhong, Z., Zheng, F., Guo, Y., & *Luo, A. (2016). Medication literacy in a cohort of Chinese patients discharged with acute coronary syndrome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(7):720. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070720

BOOKS

1. Zhong, Z. (2012). Reference Book of Clinical Guidelines for Quality Nursing Services. In Vice-Editor. (Eds.)   Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House.

2. Zhong, Z. (2012). Nursing Major of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In Vice-Editor. (Eds.) Reference Book of Nursing Three Basic Training Books. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House.