E-MAIL

nokia3350g@gmail.com

Specialty

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; Digital Psychological Monitoring Tools; Quantitative Research; Long-term Monitoring of Depression; Instrument Development; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Trajectory Analysis

Research

Current Funded Research Projects
1. Development and Application of a Personalized Dynamic Monitoring System for Anhedonia Based on Moving Average Theory and Ecological Momentary Assessment: A New Direction for Precision and Preventive Psychiatry. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding: NT$765,000. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Period: Aug 1, 2025–Jul 31, 2026.
2. Application of Wearable AR and VR in Designing Educational Materials for Adolescent Tobacco Hazard Prevention and Evaluating Their Effectiveness. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funding: NT$790,000. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Period: Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025.
3. Research Project on the Technology Index and Guidelines for the Care Industry. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Funding: NT$2,000,000. Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs; Digital Transformation Institute, Institute for Information Industry. Period: Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025.
Selected Journal Articles
1. Ho YC, Fang CL, Ching YC, Chang HJ, Wang JY, Wang CC. (2025). Development and Validation of a Cross-Device Platform for Anhedonia Trend Visualization by Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Moving Averages (Part I): Protocol for a Methodological Pilot Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e84024. [First author; corresponding author]
2. Ching YC, Ho YC. (2025). AI Virtual Human-Augmented Game-Based Teaching to Enhance Emotional Intelligence in Nursing Students: Protocol for a Single-Group Pretest-Posttest Action Research Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e80290. [First author]
3. Yu WZ, Wang HF, Huda N, Yen Y, Liu YL, Li CS, Ho YC, Chang HJ. (2024). Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms among Patients with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study. Current Oncology, 31(10), 5802–5820.
4. Ho Y-C, Gau SS-F, Wu Y-S, et al. (2024). Determining Cut-off Values and Predictors for the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale: Comparison Between Clinical and School Settings. BJPsych Open, 10(3), e106. [First author]
5. Havilla S, Alanazi FK, Boon B, Patton D, Ho Y-C, Molloy L. (2023). Exploring the Impact of a Multilevel Intervention Focused on Reducing the Practices of Seclusion and Restraint in Acute Mental Health Units in an Australian Mental Health Service. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33, 442–451.
6. Ho YC, Chiou HY, Molloy L, Lin KC, Chang PC, Chang HJ. (2023). Identifying Differential Trajectories and Predictors for Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents Using Latent Class Growth Analysis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Adolescence, 95(5), 879–892. [First author]
7. Ho YC, Lee HC, Lin MF, Chang HJ. (2020). Correlations Among Life Stress, Smoking Behavior, and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Descriptive Study with a Mediating Model. Nursing & Health Sciences, 22, 949–957. [First author]
Selected Conference Papers
1. Fang CL, Yao PJ, Chang CY, Ho YC. (2025, Feb). Establishing a Standard Protocol for Using Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Stress Management Cases: A Pilot Study. East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS). [Corresponding author]
2. Fang CL, Cheng YC, Liao JY, Ho YC. (2024, Mar). Anesthetic Care Experience for Low Anterior Resection Surgery. EAFONS 2024, Hong Kong. [Corresponding author]
3. Ho YC, Gau SF, Wu YS, Chen CH, Wang JK, Lee HC, Chung KH, Chiu YH, Goh KK, Lu ML, Lin YC, Chang PC, Chang HJ. (2022, Apr). Correlations Between Anhedonia and Depressive Symptoms in Both Clinical and Non-clinical Samples. 25th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars, Taipei, Taiwan. [First author; corresponding author]
4. Ho YC, Gau SF, Wu YS, Chen CH, Wang JK, Lee HC, Chung KH, Chiu YH, Goh KK, Lu ML, Lin YC, Chang PC, Chang HJ. (2022, Apr). The Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale in Taiwan. 25th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars, Taipei, Taiwan. [First author; corresponding author]
5. Ho YC, Chang HJ. (2020, Jan). Differential Trajectory and Determinants of Depression for Adolescents by Using Latent Class Growth Analysis: A Population-Based Analysis Over a 4-Year Period. 23rd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars, Chiang Mai, Thailand. [First author; corresponding author]