About the Authors

Cuiping Ni

Affiliations Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Meyrick Chum Ming Chow

Affiliation Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Xiaolian Jiang

jiang_xiaolian@126.com

Affiliation West China School of Nursing/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

Sijian Li

Affiliation School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Samantha Mei Che Pang

Affiliation School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPN XLJ MCMC. Performed the experiments: CPN XLJ. Analyzed the data: CPN SMCP MCMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCMC SJL SMCP. Wrote the paper: CPN MCMC SJL SMCP XLJ.