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Prevalence of information- and advice-seeking by patients for newly prescribed medicines and interventions to promote these behaviours: scoping reviews (2025)
Journal Article
Gangannagaripalli, J., Andrews, P., McIver, L., Williams, L., Eckler, P., Dixon, D., & Watson, M. C. (2025). Prevalence of information- and advice-seeking by patients for newly prescribed medicines and interventions to promote these behaviours: scoping reviews. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 33(2), 235-240. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riaf014

Objectives
To conduct scoping reviews to assess the prevalence of information- and advice-seeking by patients from pharmacy personnel for newly prescribed medicines, and interventions to promote these behaviours.

Methods
Standard scoping review... Read More about Prevalence of information- and advice-seeking by patients for newly prescribed medicines and interventions to promote these behaviours: scoping reviews.

A model of occupational stress to assess impact of COVID-19 on critical care and redeployed nurses: a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Rattray, J., Miller, J., Pollard, B., McCallum, L., Hull, A., Ramsay, P., Salisbury, L., Scott, T., Cole, S., & Dixon, D. (2024). A model of occupational stress to assess impact of COVID-19 on critical care and redeployed nurses: a mixed-methods study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.3310/pwrt8714

Objective: To use the job demands−resources model of occupational stress to quantify and explain the impact of working in critical care during the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses and their employing organisation.
Design: Two-phase mixed methods: a cross... Read More about A model of occupational stress to assess impact of COVID-19 on critical care and redeployed nurses: a mixed-methods study.

Looking back at Covid-19 government restrictions: were local lockdown regions with tighter restrictions less adherent before the restrictions and more adherent after? (2024)
Journal Article
den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., & Dixon, D. (2024). Looking back at Covid-19 government restrictions: were local lockdown regions with tighter restrictions less adherent before the restrictions and more adherent after?. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 14(12), 732-737. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibae061

It is assumed that increases in Covid-19 cases are caused by people not adhering to advised individual transmission-reducing behaviours. Upon the implementation of restrictions, the hypothesis is that those individuals will change their behaviour. We... Read More about Looking back at Covid-19 government restrictions: were local lockdown regions with tighter restrictions less adherent before the restrictions and more adherent after?.

People with long-term conditions are more adherent to protective behaviours against infectious disease (2024)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Dixon, D., Johnston, M., & den Daas, C. (2024). People with long-term conditions are more adherent to protective behaviours against infectious disease. Public Health in Practice, 8, Article 100538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100538

Objectives
To investigate the relationship between long-term condition (LTC) status and adherence to protective behaviours against infectious disease (face covering, physical distancing, hand hygiene).
Study design
Representative cross-sectional o... Read More about People with long-term conditions are more adherent to protective behaviours against infectious disease.

Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Aljohani, D. M., Almalki, N., Dixon, D., Adam, R., & Forget, P. (2024). Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 41(7), 500-512. https://doi.org/10.1097/eja.0000000000002002

BACKGROUND
Opioids play an important role in peri-operative pain management. However, opioid use is challenging for healthcare practitioners and patients because of concerns related to opioid crises, addiction and side effects.
OBJECTIVE
This re... Read More about Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review.

The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
McMahon, D., Dixon, D., Quinn, T., & Gallacher, K. I. (2024). The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, Article 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100197

Background
Cognitive impairment is common after stroke and screening is recommended. However, there is a lack of evidence on the best way to assess cognition after stroke and a tendency to focus on the clinician rather than stroke... Read More about The Acceptability of post-stroke cognitive testing through the lens of the theory of acceptability, a qualitative study.

“Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Miller, J., Young, B., Mccallum, L., Rattray, J., Ramsay, P., Salisbury, L., Scott, T., Hull, A., Cole, S., Pollard, B., & Dixon, D. (2024). “Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(1), 237-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15773

Aim
To understand the experience of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, through the application of the Job-Demand-Resource model of occupational stress.

Design
Qualitative interview study.

Methods
Twenty-eight critical care nu... Read More about “Like fighting a fire with a water pistol”: A qualitative study of the work experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Habits and Reflective Processes in COVID-19 Transmission-reducing Behaviors: Examining Theoretical Predictions in a Representative Sample of the Population of Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
den Daas, C., Dixon, D., Hubbard, G., Allan, J., & Johnston, M. (2023). Habits and Reflective Processes in COVID-19 Transmission-reducing Behaviors: Examining Theoretical Predictions in a Representative Sample of the Population of Scotland. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(11), 910–920. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad025

Background
Based on theory, COVID-19 transmission-reducing behaviors (TRBs) should become habitual because of their frequent performance. Habits have been hypothesized to develop through reflective processes and, to act in conjunction with them.... Read More about Habits and Reflective Processes in COVID-19 Transmission-reducing Behaviors: Examining Theoretical Predictions in a Representative Sample of the Population of Scotland.

Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Daas, C. D., Johnston, M., Dunsmore, J., Maier, M., Polson, R., & Dixon, D. (2024). Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10171-4

Background: Governments have relied on their citizens to adhere to a variety of transmission-reducing behaviours (TRBs) to suppress the Covid-19 pandemic. Understanding the psychological and sociodemographic predictors of adherence to TRBs will be he... Read More about Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review.

An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy (2022)
Journal Article
Den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., Dixon, D., Cristea, M., Davis, A., Dobbie, F., Fitzgerald, N., Fleming, L., Fraquharson, B., HarkessMurphy, E., Hunt, K., Ion, R., Kidd, L., Lansdown, T., Macaden, L., Maltinsky, W., Mercer, S., Murchie, P., O'Carroll, R., …Wyke, S. (2023). An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28(2), 439-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12632

Objectives
Self-efficacy is important for adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours (e.g., physical distancing) as also shown in the CHARIS project. We aimed to show that a theory-based short message can increase physical distancing self-efficac... Read More about An experimental COVID‐19 messaging study in a representative sample of the Scottish population: Increasing physical distancing intentions through self‐efficacy.

Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., & Dixon, D. (2023). Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 28(7), 1671-1681. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2136391

There is a need for a measure to monitor adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours (TRBs) during pandemics. An adherence measure can monitor current TRBs, assess change over time and, potentially, predict later behaviours. The TRB adherence measu... Read More about Development of transmission-reducing behaviour adherence measure (TRAM) for monitoring and predicting transmission-reducing behaviours during the pandemic.

Using behavioural theory to understand adherence to behaviours that reduce transmission of COVID‐19; evidence from the CHARIS representative national study (2021)
Journal Article
Dixon, D., Den Daas, C., Hubbard, G., & Johnston, M. (2022). Using behavioural theory to understand adherence to behaviours that reduce transmission of COVID‐19; evidence from the CHARIS representative national study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(1), 116-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12533

Objectives
To examine the ability of four models of behaviour, namely, Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), the Common Sense Self-Regulation Model (CS-SRM), and Social Cognitive Theory and the Reasoned Action Approach (SCT and RAA) to understand adhe... Read More about Using behavioural theory to understand adherence to behaviours that reduce transmission of COVID‐19; evidence from the CHARIS representative national study.

The impact of medication side effects on adherence and persistence to hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Peddie, N., Agnew, S., Crawford, M., Dixon, D., MacPherson, I., & Fleming, L. (2021). The impact of medication side effects on adherence and persistence to hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. The Breast, 58, 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2021.05.005

Background
Hormone Therapy (HT) reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality in women with breast cancer. Despite these clinical benefits, rates of HT non-adherence and non-persistence are high. Research suggests this may be due to the... Read More about The impact of medication side effects on adherence and persistence to hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.

Are Rurality, Area Deprivation, Access to Outside Space, and Green Space Associated with Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross Sectional Study (CHARIS-E) (2021)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Murchie, P., Thompson, C. W., & Dixon, D. (2021). Are Rurality, Area Deprivation, Access to Outside Space, and Green Space Associated with Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross Sectional Study (CHARIS-E). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), Article 3869. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083869

The study investigated if rurality, area deprivation, access to outside space (Study 1), and frequency of visiting and duration in green space (Study 2) are associated with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined if individual demogra... Read More about Are Rurality, Area Deprivation, Access to Outside Space, and Green Space Associated with Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross Sectional Study (CHARIS-E).

Sociodemographic and Psychological Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression: Findings from the Covid-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland on Mental Health (CHARIS-MH) Cross-sectional Survey (2021)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., den Daas, C., Johnston, M., & Dixon, D. (2021). Sociodemographic and Psychological Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression: Findings from the Covid-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland on Mental Health (CHARIS-MH) Cross-sectional Survey. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(6), 788-800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-09967-z

Background
Investigations about mental health report prevalence rates with fewer studies investigating psychological and social factors influencing mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Study aims: (1) identify sociodemographic groups of the a... Read More about Sociodemographic and Psychological Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression: Findings from the Covid-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland on Mental Health (CHARIS-MH) Cross-sectional Survey.

Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population (2021)
Journal Article
Den Daas, C., Hubbard, G., Johnston, M., Dixon, D., & The CHARIS Consortium. (2021). Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population. BMJ Open, 11(2), Article e044135. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044135

Introduction: COVID-19 has unprecedented consequences on population health, with governments worldwide issuing stringent public health directives. In the absence of a vaccine, a key way to control the pandemic is through behavioural change: people ad... Read More about Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population.

Characterization of Preoperative, Postsurgical, Acute and Chronic Pain in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients (2020)
Journal Article
Forget, P., Sitter, T., Hollick, R., Dixon, D., van Maanen, A., Dekleermaker, A., Duhoux, F., De Kock, M., Berliere, M., & on behalf of the KBCt Group. (2020). Characterization of Preoperative, Postsurgical, Acute and Chronic Pain in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(12), Article 3831. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9123831

Background: Pain after breast cancer surgery remains largely unexplained and inconsistently quantified. This study aims to describe the perioperative pain patterns in patients with breast cancer, up to two years after surgery. Methods: This is a pre-... Read More about Characterization of Preoperative, Postsurgical, Acute and Chronic Pain in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients.

MAP: A mnemonic for mapping BCTs to three routes to behaviour change (2020)
Journal Article
Dixon, D., & Johnston, M. (2020). MAP: A mnemonic for mapping BCTs to three routes to behaviour change. British Journal of Health Psychology, 25(4), 1086-1101. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12458

Objective
Over 90 behaviour change techniques (BCTs) have been specified but there is limited guidance to assist non-specialist practitioners in the choice of which BCTs to select for use with clients. This paper describes the development of MAP, a... Read More about MAP: A mnemonic for mapping BCTs to three routes to behaviour change.

What Competences Are Required to Deliver Person-Person Behaviour Change Interventions: Development of a Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework (2020)
Journal Article
Dixon, D., & Johnston, M. (2021). What Competences Are Required to Deliver Person-Person Behaviour Change Interventions: Development of a Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(3), 308-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09920-6

Background
The competence of the person delivering person-to-person behaviour change interventions may influence the effectiveness of the intervention. However, we lack a framework for describing the range of competences involved. The objective of t... Read More about What Competences Are Required to Deliver Person-Person Behaviour Change Interventions: Development of a Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework.