Publications by authors named "S C Wessely"
Background: The twelve item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a widely used measure of psychological wellbeing. Because there are seven different sets of response options across the twelve items, there is scope for transcription errors to occur when researchers assemble their study materials. The impact of such errors might be more important if they occur in the first set of response options than if they occur later in the questionnaire, once participants have become aware that options to the right of the GHQ-12 response sets always indicate worse wellbeing.
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- After disasters, people often try to get money to help with their physical or emotional struggles, but the process can be really tough and unfair.
- A study found that dealing with compensation can stress people out because of confusing rules and slow processes, even though some people feel grateful for the help they get.
- The findings showed that compensation struggles can lead to more mental health problems for many, and these issues can cause conflict within communities.
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- The study aimed to investigate post COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) among healthcare workers in England and identify related risk factors.
- Data were collected through the NHS CHECK longitudinal study across four phases from April 2020 to 2023, focusing on HCWs' experiences and symptoms related to COVID-19.
- Out of 5248 participants, 33.6% experienced prolonged symptoms indicative of PCS, with key risk factors including direct patient contact, older age, female sex, pre-existing respiratory conditions, and mental health issues.
Objectives: We investigated whether UK military personnel exposed to sarin during the 'Service Volunteer Programme' at Porton Down had increased rates of mortality or cancer incidence over a 52-year follow-up.
Methods: A historical cohort study assembled from UK military records, comprising male veterans exposed to sarin during the 'Service Volunteer Programme' at Porton Down, UK (n=2975) and a comparison group of similar veterans who did not attend (n=2919). Mortality and cancer incidence data were obtained from national registries up to December 2019.
Aims: Police employees may experience high levels of stress due to the challenging nature of their work which can then lead to sickness absence. To date, there has been limited research on sickness absence in the police. This exploratory analysis investigated sickness absence in UK police employees.
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