Emma Cho, PhD, RN

1. Oh, O., Deatrick, J. A., Foxwell, A. M., Cho, E., Kutney-Lee, A., Ratcliffe, S., Grady, C., & Ulrich, C. M. (2026). Ethical challenges in the delivery of family-centered nursing care. Journal of Family Nursing, 10748407261459951. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407261459951
2. Cho, H., Cho, E., You, S. B., Sefcik, J. S., Hodgson, N. A., & Demiris, G. (2026). Understanding digital literacy of persons with dementia and their caregivers: A scoping review and an evolutionary concept analysis of empirical studies. Journal of Applied Gerontology: The Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 45(4), 742–766. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251348703
3. Ji, X., Yuh, A., Erdélyi, V., Mizumoto, T., Choi, H., Harrison, S., Cho, E., Suehiro, T., Nakagawa, T., Cheng, Y., Yasuyuki, G., Nagahara, H., Higashino, T., Demiris, G., Sokolsky, O., & Lee, I. (2026). SMILE: Sensor data-driven detection and counterfactual pattern analysis for loneliness in older adults. ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare, 7(2), 1-30
4. Cho, E. (2025). Factors associated with the risk for loneliness in older adults with diabetes. Psychology, Health, and Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2562601
5. Cho, E., Naylor, M., Demiris, G., Winnay, S.S., & Cibildak, A. (2025). Development and validation of a rating system for caregiver financial management. Sage Open Aging. https://doi.org/10.1177/30495334251379916
6. Cho, E. & Ulrich, C. (2025). Technoethics and recommendations for technological interventions to reduce loneliness in older adults. Smart Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2025.100583
7. Cho, E., Cho, H., Demiris, G., Harrison, S., Ji, X., Yuh, A., Sokolsky, O., & Lee, I. (2025). Older adults' perceptions and attitudes toward passive sensors to measure loneliness: A qualitative study. Sage Open Aging, 11, 30495334251325607. https://doi.org/10.1177/30495334251325607
8. Cho, E. & Demiris, G. (2025). Loneliness and depression: The mediating effect of perceived social strain in older adults with diabetes-a cross-sectional study. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2465651
9. Zuñiga, J., Thurman, W., West Ohueri, C., Cho, E., Chineyemba, P., Martin, C. A., Mathews, W. C., Christopoulos, K., Davy-Mendez, T., & García, A. A. (2025). Construction of a theoretical model of chronic disease self-management: Self-management within a syndemic. ANS. Advances in nursing science, 48(2), 166–176. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000526
10. Ji, X., Yuh, A., Erdelyi, V., Mizumoto, T., Choi, H., Harrison, S.L., Cho, E., Weimer, J., Nagahara, H., Higashino, T., Demiris, G., Sokolsky, O., & Lee, I. (2024). Exploring effective sensing indicators of loneliness for elderly community in US and Japan. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (518) 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3637123
11. Cho, E. (2024). Loneliness and other factors associated with physical activity in older adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional study. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. 10, 23337214241253365. https://doi/org/10.1177/23337214241253365
12. Huang, Y-C., Bhattarai, M., Cho, E., & Yoon, H. (2024). Impact of social and emotional support on serious psychological distress among people with functional disability and Type 2 diabetes. Chronic Illness. 2024;0(0) doi:10.1177/17423953241253874
13. Cho, E., Kim, J., & Bang, S. (2024). Loneliness in older adults with diabetes mellitus: A scoping review. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1–16. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2023.2299665
14. Zuñiga, J. A., Huang, Y. C., Bang, S. H., Cuevas, H., Hutson, T., Heitkemper, E. M., Cho, E., & García, A. A. (2023). Revision and psychometric evaluation of the diabetes knowledge questionnaire for people with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum, ds220079.
15. Bang, S., Huang, Y. C., Kuo, H. J., Cho, E., & García, A. A. (2023). Health status and healthcare access of Asian refugees in the United States. Public Health Nursing. (Boston, Mass.), 40(2), 324–337. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13167
16. Huang, Y.-C., Cho, E., Kuo, H.-J., & García, A. A. (2022). The influences of depression, and loneliness on A1C among middle-aged and older adults with diabetes. Psychology, Health, and Medicine. 28(6), 1540–1548. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2124287

Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations 

November, 2024 “Older adults' perceptions and attitudes toward technologies to address
loneliness: An integrative review.” GSA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations 

• November, 2024 “Perceptions and attitudes toward loneliness detection using 
  passive sensing technologies in older adults.” GSA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA. 
• March, 2024 “Sense of Purpose as Potential Mediator of Inverse Association between 
  Social Participation and Loneliness in Older Adults.” CHPR 22^nd Annual
  Conference, Austin, TX.
• November, 2023 “The Mediation Effect of Social Support between Depressive Symptoms 
  and Loneliness in Older Adults with Diabetes.” GSA 2023 Annual 
  Scientific Meeting, Tampa, FL. 
• March, 2023 “Loneliness and physical activity in older adults with diabetes mellitus.” 
  SNRS 37th Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. 
• March, 2023 “Loneliness in older adults with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study.”
  SNRS 37th Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.
• November, 2021 “Associating between loneliness and disease self-management in older 
  adults: Systematic Review.” GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Virtual.
• February, 2021 “Association between loneliness and diseases self-management in older 
  adults: Systematic Review.” St. David’s CHPR 19th Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
• February, 2020 “Correlation between social isolation and health behaviors among older 
  adults: Scoping Review.” St. David’s CHPR 18th Annual Conference, 
  Austin, TX.