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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., …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.

Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Vaughan, B., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Marwaha, S., …Thomson, L. (2022). Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), Article ckac130.209. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.209

Background Mental ill health is the leading cause of sickness absence with high economic burden. Workplace interventions aimed at supporting employers with prevention of mental ill-health in the workforce are urgently required. Managing Minds at Work... Read More about Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake.

Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Carlisle, S., Fothergill, L., Hassard, J., Favier, A., Corner, J., …Denning, C. (2022). Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), Article ckac131.046. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.046

Background Regular testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an important strategy for controlling virus outbreaks on university campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic but testing participation can be low. The Residence-Based Testing Participation Pilot (RB-TPP) was... Read More about Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK.

Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK (2022)
Journal Article
Varela-Mato, V., Godfree, K., Adem, A., Blake, H., Bartle, C., Daly, G., …Munir, F. (2022). Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), Article 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01143-8

Background: The cost of sickness absence has major social, psychological and financial implications for individuals and organisations. Return-to-work (RTW) interventions that support good quality communication and contact with the workplace can reduc... Read More about Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK.

Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Carlisle, S., Fothergill, L., Hassard, J., Favier, A., Corner, J., …Denning, C. (2022). Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1470. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13792-8

Background: Regular testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an important strategy for controlling virus outbreaks on university campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic but testing participation rates can be low. The... Read More about Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workplace empowerment, psychological empowerment and work-related wellbeing in southeast Asian employees: a cross-sectional survey (2022)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Wong, I., & Wang, W. (2022). Workplace empowerment, psychological empowerment and work-related wellbeing in southeast Asian employees: a cross-sectional survey. Health Promotion International, 37(4), Article daac113. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac113

There is a growing body of research examining the nature and correlates of salutogenic factors in the workplace and employee wellbeing, and the role of empowerment therewithin. A paucity of research has distinguished between structural and psychologi... Read More about Workplace empowerment, psychological empowerment and work-related wellbeing in southeast Asian employees: a cross-sectional survey.

Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Vaughan, B., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Marwaha, S., …Thomson, L. (2022). Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), Article 8006. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138006

Mental ill-health is the leading cause of sickness absence, creating a high economic burden. Workplace interventions aimed at supporting employers in the prevention of mental ill-health in the workforce are urgently required. Managing Minds at Work i... Read More about Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program.

Individual and Organizational Predictors of Patient Care: A Multilevel Analysis of the English National Health Service Staff Survey (2022)
Journal Article
Teoh, K., Hassard, J., & Cox, T. (2022). Individual and Organizational Predictors of Patient Care: A Multilevel Analysis of the English National Health Service Staff Survey. International Journal of Stress Management, 29(1), 97-111. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000183

Growing evidence attests to the importance of doctors’ psychosocial working conditions in relation to the provision of good quality patient care. However, few studies have explored the mechanisms of this relationship, including the role of work-relat... Read More about Individual and Organizational Predictors of Patient Care: A Multilevel Analysis of the English National Health Service Staff 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.

Emotional labour, emotional regulation strategies, and secondary traumatic stress: a cross-sectional study of allied mental health professionals in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Singh, J., & Hassard, J. (2021). Emotional labour, emotional regulation strategies, and secondary traumatic stress: a cross-sectional study of allied mental health professionals in the UK. Social Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2021.1979825

The present study investigates relations among emotional labour, emotional regulation strategies, and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in a sample of allied mental health professionals (AMHPs) in the UK. It empirically examines the relationship betwe... Read More about Emotional labour, emotional regulation strategies, and secondary traumatic stress: a cross-sectional study of allied mental health professionals in the UK.

Understanding the cost of mental health at work: an integrative framework (2021)
Book Chapter
Hassard, J., Teoh, K., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2021). Understanding the cost of mental health at work: an integrative framework. In T. Wall, C. Cooper, & P. Brough (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organisational Wellbeing. SAGE Publications

Internationally, there is growing recognition of the social and economic impact of work-related stress and mental ill-health; and, in turn, of the relative importance of promoting mental wellbeing and preventing the onset of mental disorders at work... Read More about Understanding the cost of mental health at work: an integrative framework.

Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Corner, J., Cirelli, C., Hassard, J., Briggs, L., Daly, J. M., …Ball, J. (2021). Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010188

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. We aimed to explore student and staff perceptions and experiences of a pilot SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic testing service (P-ATS) in a UK university campus setting. This was a mixed-method study co... Read More about Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Doctors' perceived working conditions and the quality of patient care: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Teoh, K., Hassard, J., & Cox, T. (2019). Doctors' perceived working conditions and the quality of patient care: a systematic review. Work and Stress, 33(4), 385-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2019.1598514

Numerous reports advocate improving doctors’ working conditions as an important part of initiatives to enhance the quality of patient care. However, the research literature is not clear on this underlying relationship. This systematic review examines... Read More about Doctors' perceived working conditions and the quality of patient care: a systematic review.

Estimating the economic burden posed by work-related violence to society: a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies (2019)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Teoh, K., & Cox, T. (2019). Estimating the economic burden posed by work-related violence to society: a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies. Safety Science, 116, 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.03.013

Estimates of the economic burden on society posed by work-related violence are important and often highly cited sources of evidence; typically used to substantiate arguments for prevention. However, such sources of information are generally poorly un... Read More about Estimating the economic burden posed by work-related violence to society: a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies.

Psychosocial work characteristics, burnout, psychological morbidity symptoms and early retirement intentions: a cross-sectional study of NHS consultants in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Khan, A., Teoh, K., Islam, S., & Hassard, J. (2018). Psychosocial work characteristics, burnout, psychological morbidity symptoms and early retirement intentions: a cross-sectional study of NHS consultants in the United Kingdom. BMJ Open, 8(7), Article e018720. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018720

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are twofold. First, to examine the direct effect of psychosocial work characteristics (as measured by job autonomy and work-related pressure) in relation to self-reported psychological morbidity symptoms and e... Read More about Psychosocial work characteristics, burnout, psychological morbidity symptoms and early retirement intentions: a cross-sectional study of NHS consultants in the United Kingdom.

Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Teoh, K. R., Hassard, J., & Cox, T. (2020). Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective. Health Care Management Review, 45(2), 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000207

Background: The high prevalence of burnout and depression among doctors highlights the need to understand the psychosocial antecedents to their work-related wellbeing. However, much of the existing research has been a-theoretical, operationalized a n... Read More about Individual and organizational psychosocial predictors of hospital doctors' work-related well-being: A multilevel and moderation perspective.

Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study
Working Paper
Blake, H., Corner, J., Cirelli, C., Hassard, J., Briggs, L., Daly, J. M., …Ball, J. Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study

We aimed to explore student and staff perceptions and experiences of a pilot COVID-19 asymptomatic testing service (P-ATS) in a UK university campus setting. This was a mixed-method study comprised of an online survey, and thematic analysis of qualit... Read More about Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study.