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8291962 Exploring a decade of interdisciplinary themes in occupational health: topic modelling of labour, employment, and health literature (2010–2020) Open

Sibel Kıran, Erdem Erkoyun, Sezer Uğuz, Evangelia Nena, Çiğdem Çağlayan , et al. · 2025

Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland Open

Judith Brown, Simon Walker, Ronald McQuaid, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Alastair H. Leyland , et al. · 2024

Objectives This study investigated sustainability and multimorbidity alongside barriers to employment including health and policy to demonstrate intersectional impact on return-to-work success within a UK welfare-to-work programme. Design …

Cancer risk in information technology workers: a UK Biobank study Open

Drushca Lalloo, Jim Lewsey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ewan B Macdonald, Evangelia Demou · 2023

Background The information technology (IT) workforce has been growing more rapidly than others, with occupational health (OH) risks of sedentary behaviour, physical inactivity and poor diet, yet studies of their non-communicable disease ri…

Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in Scottish hospitals Open

Miranda Loh, Nicola Yaxley, Ginny Moore, David Holmes, Stacy Todd , et al. · 2022

Non-patient areas of the hospital may pose risks for infection transmission and further attention should be paid to these areas. Standardization of sampling methods will improve understanding of levels of environmental contamination. The p…

Comparing Anxiety and Depression in Information Technology Workers with Others in Employment: A UK Biobank Cohort Study Open

Drushca Lalloo, Jim Lewsey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ewan B Macdonald, Desmond Campbell , et al. · 2022

Objectives Despite reported psychological hazards of information technology (IT) work, studies of diagnosed mental health conditions in IT workers are lacking. We investigated self-reported mental health outcomes and incident anxiety/depre…

What is meant by case management for the return-to-work of workers with musculoskeletal disorders? A scoping review Open

Mercè Soler-Font, José María Ramada, José Maria Montero-Moraga, Francisco Palencia-Sánchez, Antoni Merelles , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND: Case management interventions have shown to be effective to prevent musculoskeletal pain and disability, but a single definition has not been achieved, nor an agreed profile for case managers. OBJECTIVE: To describe the element…

O-231 Health, lifestyle and occupational risks in 10,931 Information Technology workers Open

Jim Lewsey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ewan B Macdonald, Evangelia Demou, Drushca Lalloo · 2021

Introduction Informational technology (IT) and the IT workforce are rapidly expanding with potential occupational health implications. Yet to date, IT worker health is under-studied and large-scale studies are lacking. Objectives To invest…

Clinical Case Complexity in Occupational Health Open

Drushca Lalloo, J. Gallagher, Ewan B Macdonald, Conor McDonnell · 2021

Objectives: Clinical case complexity is an inherent factor in occupational health (OH), yet it is poorly defined and understood. Our aim was to identify the multiple sources of complexity in OH and propose a conceptual complexity framework…

A comparison of routine and case-managed pathways for recovery from musculoskeletal disorders in people in employment Open

Beverly P Bergman, Evangelia Demou, James Lewsey, Ewan B Macdonald · 2021

People with musculoskeletal disorders who have poor baseline mental health status derive greatest benefit from active case-management. Case-management therefore contributes to reducing health inequalities and can help to minimise long-term…

Contamination of Air and Surfaces in Workplaces with SARS-CoV-2 Virus: A Systematic Review Open

John W. Cherrie, Mark Cherrie, Alice Smith, David Holmes, Sean Semple , et al. · 2021

Objectives This systematic review aimed to evaluate the evidence for air and surface contamination of workplace environments with SARS-CoV-2 RNA and the quality of the methods used to identify actions necessary to improve the quality of th…

Contamination of air and surfaces in workplaces with SARS-CoV-2 virus: a systematic review Open

JW Cherrie, MPC Cherrie, Alexandra N. Davis, David Holmes, Sean Semple , et al. · 2021

Objectives This systematic review aimed to evaluate the evidence for air and surface contamination of workplace environments with SARS-CoV-2 RNA and the quality of the methods used to identify actions necessary to improve the quality of th…

Health, lifestyle and occupational risks in Information Technology workers Open

Drushca Lalloo, Jim Lewsey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ewan B Macdonald, Evangelia Demou · 2020

Background Information technology (IT) and the IT workforce are rapidly expanding with potential occupational health implications. But to date, IT worker health is under-studied and large-scale studies are lacking. Aims To investigate heal…

Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants Open

Miriam Mutambudzi, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Ewan B Macdonald, Alastair H. Leyland, Frances S Mair , et al. · 2020

Objectives To investigate severe COVID-19 risk by occupational group. Methods Baseline UK Biobank data (2006–10) for England were linked to SARS-CoV-2 test results from Public Health England (16 March to 26 July 2020). Included participant…

Safely returning clinically vulnerable people to work Open

Ewan B Macdonald, John Middleton, Drushca Lalloo, Trisha Greenhalgh · 2020

Widespread unemployment would be worse for population health than covid -19The covid-19 pandemic has seen record numbers of people off work.With lockdown eased, the challenge is to get as many of them as possible back to work safely.

Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over‐50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: A longitudinal qualitative study Open

Joanne Neary, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ronald McQuaid, Ewan B Macdonald, Hilary Thomson · 2020

Welfare to work interventions seek to move out‐of‐work individuals from claiming unemployment benefits towards paid work. However, previous research has highlighted that for over‐50s, particularly those with chronic health conditions, part…

Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120,075 UK Biobank participants Open

Miriam Mutambudzi, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Ewan B Macdonald, Alastair H. Leyland, Frances S Mair , et al. · 2020

Objectives To investigate severe COVID-19 risk by occupational group. Methods Baseline UK Biobank data (2006-10) for England were linked to SARS-CoV-2 test results from Public Health England (16 March to 26 July 2020). Included participant…

Promoting immunization resiliency in the digital information age Open

Ewan B Macdonald, Ève Dubé · 2020

The avalanche of online information on immunization is having a major impact on the percentage of the population who choose to get vaccinated. Vaccine misinformation spreads widely with the interactive Web 2.0 and social media; this can bu…

A new resource to summarize evidence on immunization from the Canadian Vaccination Evidence Resource and Exchange Centre (CANVax) Open

Ewan B Macdonald, Ève Dubé · 2020

Scientific progress around the development, use and best practices for communicating the benefits of vaccines is rapid, and keeping up-to-date with the substantial body of evidence on these topics is challenging. However, the increase in t…

Brain Aminergic Deficiency in Absence Epileptic Rats: Dependency on Seizure Severity and Their Functional Coupling at Rest Open

I. S. Midzyanovskaya, А. Б. Шацкова, Ewan B Macdonald, Gilles van Luijtelaar, Leena Tuomisto · 2020

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COVID-19 Return to Work Guide for Health Professionals Advising Patients and Employers Open

Drushca Lalloo, Munna Roy, Ewan B Macdonald · 2020

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Brain Aminergic Deficiency in Absence Epileptic Rats: Dependency on Seizure Severity and Their Functional Coupling at Rest Open

I. S. Midzyanovskaya, А. Б. Шацкова, Ewan B Macdonald, Gilles van Luijtelaar, Leena Tuomisto · 2019

Objective: Cognitive impairments are common complaints among people with epilepsy with its occurrence to emanate a great topic in the course of the illness, so our study aimed to examine the executive functions in adult patients with idiop…

Research and teaching activity in UK occupational physicians Open

Drushca Lalloo, Evangelia Demou, Nick Pahl, Ewan B Macdonald · 2019

Background For all doctors, including occupational physicians (OPs), research and teaching are considered core requirements of medical education and continuing professional development. Academic skills are also vital to evidence-based prac…

Role of age and health in perceptions of returning to work: a qualitative study Open

Joanne Neary, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Judith Brown, Ewan B Macdonald, Hilary Thomson · 2019

Increased reporting of musculoskeletal pain in anaesthetists: is it an occupational issue? Open

Sergio Vargas-Prada, Ewan B Macdonald · 2019

In this issue, an important paper by Leifer et al. describes an apparently high prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions from a survey of anaesthetists 1. The prevalence and type of upper limb disorders amongst anaesthetists and the associ…

Age, health and other factors associated with return to work for those engaging with a welfare-to-work initiative: a cohort study of administrative data from the UK’s Work Programme Open

Judith Brown, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Alastair H. Leyland, Ronald McQuaid, John Frank , et al. · 2018

Objectives To investigate the role of individual factors (including age, health and personal circumstances) and external factors associated with clients having a job start while engaging with the Work Programme and variations by benefit ty…

Current research priorities for UK occupational physicians and occupational health researchers: a modified Delphi study Open

Drushca Lalloo, Evangelia Demou, Julia Smedley, Ira Madan, Kaveh Asanati , et al. · 2018

Objectives Studies identifying national occupational health (OH) research priorities have been conducted in several countries to establish where OH research should be focused and where funding should be targeted. However, the UK findings a…

Differences in opinions of occupational physicians on the required competencies by field of practice: results of an international Delphi study Open

Evangelia Demou, Drushca Lalloo, Ewan B Macdonald · 2018

This study demonstrated general agreement between the three occupational groups. Academic/Physician opinions deviate the most, while good agreement is depicted between the Physician and Manager/Physician groups. The findings of this study …

Evaluating sickness absence duration by musculoskeletal and mental health issues: a retrospective cohort study of Scottish healthcare workers Open

Evangelia Demou, Shanley Smith, Abita Bhaskar, Daniel Mackay, Judith Brown , et al. · 2018

Objectives Sickness absence (SA) among healthcare workers is associated with occupational and non-occupational risk factors and impacts employee health, healthcare delivery and patient health. At the same time, healthcare is one of the emp…

Using Cognitive Mapping to Longitudinally Measure Political Brand Associations Open

Ewan B Macdonald, Roger Sherlock, J. Hogan · 2018

Working Health Services Scotland: a 4-year evaluation Open

Evangelia Demou, Mark Hanson, Andisheh Bakhshi, Mark Kennedy, Ewan B Macdonald · 2017

The WHSS evaluation findings indicate that participation was associated with positive changes to health and return-to-work. The extent of the positive change in health measures and work ability can be highly important economically for empl…

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