Outputs (26)

Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure (2022)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Daliya, P., Adiamah, A., Theophilidou, E., Hassard, J., Lobo, D. N., Ahmed, J., Babu, V., Baker, D., Bartlett, D., Beckingham, I., Bhatti, I., Brooks, A., Brown, S., Burke, J., Byrne, H., Chetter, I., Cook, H., Coulston, J., Cruddas, L., …Young, L. (2022). Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure. Occupational Medicine, 72(9), 641-643. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac116

Background
Burnout is endemic in surgeons in the UK and linked with poor patient safety and quality of care, mental health problems, and workforce sustainability. Mechanisms are required to facilitate the efficient identification of burnout in this... Read More about Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure.

Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey (2022)
Journal Article
Fothergill, L., Al-Oraibi, A., Houdmont, J., Conway, J., Evans, C., Timmons, S., Pearce, R., & Blake, H. (2022). Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 12(1), Article e055475. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055475

Background and study objective:
In response to growing pressures on healthcare systems, the advanced clinical practice (ACP) role has been implemented widely in the UK and internationally. In England, ACP is a level of practice applicable across var... Read More about Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey.

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., Addley, K., Sherar, L. B., & 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.

English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress (2020)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Jachens, L., Randall, R., & Colwell, J. (2021). English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 44(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-03-2020-0037

Purpose: Job stressor exposure is associated with mental health in police officers. Police stress research rarely draws a distinction between urban and rural policing, raising the possibility that stressors specific to the rural context remain uniden... Read More about English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress.

Nurses' perceived work performance and health during presenteeism: Cross‐sectional associations with personal and organisational factors (2020)
Journal Article
Fiorini, L. A., Griffiths, A., & Houdmont, J. (2022). Nurses' perceived work performance and health during presenteeism: Cross‐sectional associations with personal and organisational factors. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(5), O37-O45. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13065

Aim: To determine personal and organisational factors associated with work performance and illness outcomes during presenteeism in a cohort of nurses. Background: Presenteeism is prevalent in nursing populations. It is known to be associated with imp... Read More about Nurses' perceived work performance and health during presenteeism: Cross‐sectional associations with personal and organisational factors.

Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism (2020)
Journal Article
Fiorini, L., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2020). Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism. Occupational Medicine, 70(2), 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa012

Background
Presenteeism has been linked with lost productivity, impaired health and absence. Whilst much research has focused on types of diseases associated with presenteeism and absenteeism, there has been little investigation into the role of ind... Read More about Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism.