Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (16)

Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses (2019)
Journal Article
Allan, J. L., Johnston, D. W., Powell, D. J. H., Farquharson, B., Jones, M. C., Leckie, G., & Johnston, M. (2019). Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses. Health Psychology, 38(4), 318-324. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000725

Objective: The present study investigates whether nurses working for a national medical telephone helpline show evidence of “decision fatigue,” as measured by a shift from effortful to easier and more conservative decisions as the time since their la... Read More about Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses.

Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Abhyankar, P., Smith, K., Dombrowski, S. U., Treweek, S., Dougall, N., …Johnston, M. (2019). Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 6(1), Article e000975. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000975

Background: Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remains a worldwide problem. Reducing patient delay has been particularly challen... Read More about Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions.

Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts (2018)
Journal Article
Johnston, D. W., Allan, J. L., Powell, D. J. H., Jones, M. C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., & Johnston, M. (2019). Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay065

Background One of the striking regularities of human behavior is that a prolonged physical, cognitive, or emotional activity leads to feelings of fatigue. Fatigue could be due to (1) depletion of a finite resource of physical and/or psychological ene... Read More about Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts.

Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., Smith, K., Williams, B., Treweek, S., Dombrowski, S. U., …Grindle, M. (2017). Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(5), 1220-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13191

Aims To evaluate the efficacy of a behaviour change technique-based intervention and compare two possible modes of delivery (text+visual and text-only) with usual care. Background Patient delay prevents many people from achieving optimal benefit o... Read More about Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention.

Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses (2015)
Journal Article
Johnston, D., Bell, C., Jones, M., Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Schofield, P., …Johnston, M. (2016). Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 50(2), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9746-8

Background Stress in health care professionals may reflect both the work and appraisal of work and impacts on the individuals, their patients, colleagues and managers. Purpose The purpose of the present study is to examine physiological and psycho... Read More about Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses.

Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions (2014)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Dombrowski, S., Pollock, A., Johnston, M., Treweek, S., Williams, B., …Pringle, S. (2014). Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 1(1), Article e000079. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000079

Introduction Delay to presentation with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common meaning many fail to achieve optimal benefit from treatments. Interventions have had variable success in reducing delay. Evidence suggests inclusion of behavi... Read More about Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions.

Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards (2013)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Bell, C., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Schofield, P., Allan, J., …Johnston, M. (2013). Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(6), 860-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12110

Aim To explore the frequency of different nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards. Background The time nurses spend on direct patient care is important for both patients and nurses. However, little is known about the time nurses spend on v... Read More about Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards.

Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions (2013)
Journal Article
Allan, J. L., Farquharson, B., Johnston, D. W., Jones, M. C., Choudhary, C. J., & Johnston, M. (2014). Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions. British Journal of Psychology, 105(2), 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12030

Nurses working for telephone-based medical helplines must maintain attentional focus while quickly and accurately processing information given by callers to make safe and appropriate treatment decisions. In this study, both higher levels of general o... Read More about Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions.

The new clinical leadership role of senior charge nurses: a mixed methods study of their views and experience (2012)
Journal Article
Stoddart, K., Bugge, C., Shepherd, A., & Farquharson, B. (2012). The new clinical leadership role of senior charge nurses: a mixed methods study of their views and experience. Journal of Nursing Management, 22(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12008

Aims To investigate the experience and views of senior charge nurses in relation to the implementation of a national clinical leadership policy. Background The role of the senior charge nurse in providing clinical leadership is evolving. Howev... Read More about The new clinical leadership role of senior charge nurses: a mixed methods study of their views and experience.

Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations (2012)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., & Bugge, C. (2012). Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 7(10), 493-499. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2012.7.10.493

Background: Reducing patient delay is key to reducing mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Interventions to date have had little success. Aim: To explore whether illness representations (Leventhal's Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation (CS-... Read More about Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations.

Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance (2012)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Johnston, D., Johnston, M., Choudhary, C., & Jones, M. (2012). Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(7), 1624-1635. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06006.x

Aims.  This paper is a report of a study, which assessed levels of stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service. We explored whether stress related to performance, sickness absence, and intention to leave. Background.  Nu... Read More about Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance.

The experience of SCN/M in relation to the implementation of 'Leading Better Care' and their views about the impacts upon patient care, themselves and colleagues: Final Report to NHS Forth Valley: August 2011 (2011)
Report
Stoddart, K., Bugge, C., Shepherd, A. & Farquharson, B. (2011). The experience of SCN/M in relation to the implementation of 'Leading Better Care' and their views about the impacts upon patient care, themselves and colleagues: Final Report to NHS Forth Valley: August 2011. Stirling, Scotland: NHS Forth Valley

How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., & Bugge, C. (2011). How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 61(585), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp11x567090

How people present symptoms to health services may influence the care they subsequently receive. Leventhal's Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation (CS-SRM) posits that individuals develop cognitive illness representations elaborated around five main c... Read More about How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis.

Stress in telephone helpline nurses: research protocol for a study of theoretical determinants, physiological aspects and behavioural consequences (2009)
Journal Article
Allan, J., Farquharson, B., Choudhary, C., Johnston, D. W., Jones, M. C., & Johnston, M. (2009). Stress in telephone helpline nurses: research protocol for a study of theoretical determinants, physiological aspects and behavioural consequences. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(10), 2208-2215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05118.x

Aim. This is a report of a research protocol to assess level, determinants and consequences of stress in NHS-24 telephone helpline nurses. Background. Nurses working in traditional hospital settings report high levels of occupational stress. Many nur... Read More about Stress in telephone helpline nurses: research protocol for a study of theoretical determinants, physiological aspects and behavioural consequences.

How people present symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome to health services: an analysis using the Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation (2007)
Thesis
Farquharson, B. How people present symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome to health services: an analysis using the Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation. (Thesis). University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/324483

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is common and associated with high mortality. Effective treatments are available but require prompt administration. Studies have consistently demonstrated that delays to treatment are common, with patient decision time a... Read More about How people present symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome to health services: an analysis using the Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation.