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“It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes (2025)
Journal Article
Rossiter, L., Houdmont, J., & Brooks, C. (2025). “It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2451213

Purpose
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) has been associated with various adverse work outcomes in quantitative research. However, there is limited understanding regarding how and why these outcomes arise for survivors experiencing fatigue. In response,... Read More about “It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes.

“It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes (2025)
Journal Article
Rossiter, L., Houdmont, J., & Brooks, C. (2025). “It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2451213

Purpose
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) has been associated with various adverse work outcomes in quantitative research. However, there is limited understanding regarding how and why these outcomes arise for survivors experiencing fatigue. In response,... Read More about “It’s a struggle”: a qualitative investigation of relations between cancer-related fatigue and work outcomes.

‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays (2024)
Journal Article
Pickles, K., Houdmont, J., Smits, F., & Hill, B. (2024). ‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays. Veterinary Record, Article e4957. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4957

Background: Autistic individuals experience differences in sensory processing, communication and executive function, which may affect their experience of the workplace. We investigated UK-based autistic clinical veterinary surgeons’ experiences to es... Read More about ‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays.

Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being (2024)
Journal Article
Toderi, S., Cioffi, G., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Houdmont, J., & Balducci, C. (2024). Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(8), Article 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21080989

The “Management Competencies to Prevent and Reduce Stress at Work” (MCPARS) approach focuses on identifying the stress-preventive managers’ competencies able to optimise the employees’ well-being through the management of the psychosocial work enviro... Read More about Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being.

“I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, I., & Houdmont, J. (2024). “I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5, Article 1373888. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2024.1373888

Background: Research demonstrates sustained return to work (RTW) by individuals on medical leave is influenced by personal and job resources and job demands. Relatively few studies have been conducted in the workers’ compensation context that is know... Read More about “I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme.

Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Hassard, J., Daliya, P., Adiamah, A., Theophilidou, E., Lobo, D., & East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group, E. M. S. A. N. (. B. S. G. (2023). Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom. Occupational Medicine, 73(8), 484-491. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad102

Background
Burnout arising from chronic work-related stress is endemic among surgeons in the UK. Identification of contributory and modifiable psychosocial work characteristics could inform risk reduction activities.

Aims
We aimed to assess th... Read More about Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom.

Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being (2023)
Journal Article
Keaton, J., Jennings Black, K., Houdmont, J., Beck, E., Roddy, D., Chambers, J., & Moon, S. (2023). Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 46(5/6), 811-830. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-05-2023-0056

Purpose: Community-police relations have gained increasing public attention during the past decade. The purpose of the present study was to better understand the relationship between perceived community support and police officer burnout and engageme... Read More about Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being.

A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Lefkowitz, B., Houdmont, J., & Knight, A. (2023). A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Dental Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6232-8

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to healthcare workers worldwide, including the effect on the psychological wellbeing of dentists.

Aims: To evaluate the impact of the early phases of the pandemic on the psychologi... Read More about A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Smits, F., Houdmont, J., Hill, B., & Pickles, K. (2023). Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK. Veterinary Record, 193(8), Article e3311. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3311

Background: Certain autistic characteristics (such as hyper-focus and attention to detail) are valued by veterinary surgeons and autistic adults may disproportionately self-select into the profession. Links between mental wellbeing and retention in t... Read More about Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK.

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.