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Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Daliya, P., Theophilidou, E., Adiamah, A., Hassard, J., Lobo, D. N., & East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group. (2022). Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study. World Journal of Surgery, 46(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06351-6

Background: Surgeon burnout has implications for patient safety and workforce sustainability. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of burnout among surgeons in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional on... Read More about Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study.

Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder? (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Randall, R., Kinman, G., Colwell, J., Kerr, R., & Addley, K. (2021). Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder?. International Journal of Stress Management, 28(4), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000231

There is a need for brief and nonintrusive measures to identify common mental disorder (CMD) in worker populations. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether workers reporting CMD symptoms indicative of minor psychiatric morbidity could... Read More about Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder?.

Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study (2021)
Journal Article
Kettle, V. E., Hamer, M., Munir, F., Houdmont, J., Wilson, K., Kerr, R., …Clemes, S. A. (2022). Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study. Journal of Public Health, 44(1), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab298

Background There is a dearth of literature on how different domains of sitting time relate to other health behaviours. Therefore, this study aimed to explore these associations in a sample of office workers. Methods 7170 Northern Irish Civil Ser... Read More about Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study.

English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., & Jachens, L. (2022). English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors. Police Journal, 95(4), 674-690. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X211024689

This study describes alcohol consumption and examines associations with organisational job stressors among female (n = 493) and male (n = 707) English police officers. Significantly fewer female than male officers reported hazardous alcohol consumpti... Read More about English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors.

Work engagement among nurses in Malta: associations with psychosocial working conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Fiorini, L., Griffiths, A., & Houdmont, J. (2021). Work engagement among nurses in Malta: associations with psychosocial working conditions. Malta Journal of Health Sciences, 8(1), 30-38

Engagement has been associated with several benefits in nursing, including work performance and retention. The Job Demands and Resources (JD-R) model proposes that workplace psychosocial resource availability may be positively associated with work en... Read More about Work engagement among nurses in Malta: associations with psychosocial working conditions.