Charlotte E. Hall

This pre-registered systematic review aimed to examine whether online support groups affect the health and wellbeing of individuals with a chronic condition, and what mechanisms may influence such effects. In September 2024, literature searches were conducted across electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Web of Science and Google Scholar)...

Introduction The experiences of UK Government response-focused employees, who were considered frontline workers during the coronavirus response, are missing from current literature. Meeting the demands of being on the frontline, whilst also adjusting from a normal and practiced way of working to having to work from within one’s home, may bring a pl...

Objective This study investigates perceptions of homeworking in UK Government response-focused employees that contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Method A cross-sectional online survey with open-ended questions was conducted. Free-text responses detailing participants perceptions of barriers, facilitators, advantages, and disadvantages...

Background Working from home (WFH) is becoming more common, but little is known about how it specifically affects neuro-divergent workers’ psychological and occupational well-being. Aims This review aimed to explore the experiences of neuro-divergent staff WFH, including the challenges they face; the potential benefits of homeworking for this spec...

Introduction Working on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with increased risk to mental health and wellbeing in multiple occupations and contexts. The current study aimed to provide an insight into the rate of probable mental health problems amongst United Kingdom (UK) Government employees who contributed to the COVID-1...

Introduction Effective and safe vaccines against COVID-19 are essential to achieve global control of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Using faith centres may offer a promising route for promoting higher vaccine uptake from certain minority ethnic groups known to be more likely to be vaccine hesitant. Methods This cross-sectional study explored attend...

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review examines whether online support groups affect the health and wellbeing of individuals with a chronic condition, and what mechanisms may influence such effects. METHOD: In February 2023, literature searches were conducted across electronic databases (Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Web of Science and Google Scholar), pre...

Introduction: The concept of ‘working from home’ is extremely topical following the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, it is unsurprising that there has been an increased interest in collating research related to homeworking. This has been carried out by multiple reviews, all with slightly different research aims and methodologies. Collating the finding...

The ability of the public to remain psychologically resilient in the face of public health emergencies and disasters (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) is a key factor in the effectiveness of a national response to such events. Community resilience and social capital are often perceived as beneficial and ensuring that a community is socially and psych...

Background Previous research papers have suggested that with each successive episode of depression or anxiety disorder the chance of recurrence significantly increases. However, the causes of such recurrences have been less well studied. Indeed, studies often report multiple, often conflicting, risk factors. The current review aimed to systematical...

Background As of March 2020, the UK public were instructed to work from home where possible and as a result, nearly half of those in employment did so during the following month. Pre-pandemic, around 5% of workers chose to work from home; it was often seen as advantageous, for example due to eliminating commuting time and increasing flexibility. Ho...

Background As of March 2020, the UK public were instructed to work from home and as a result, nearly half of those in employment did so during the following month. Pre-pandemic, around 5% of workers chose to work from home; it was often seen as advantageous, for example due to eliminating commuting time and increasing flexibility. However, homework...

Background Many employees had to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature suggests there are both challenges and benefits to remote working and that remote working can have detrimental effects on mental health. This study aimed to explore diplomatic personnel’s perceptions and experiences of working from home during the pandemic. Met...

The ability of the public to remain psychologically resilient in the face of public health emergencies and disasters (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) is a key factor in the effectiveness of a national response to such events. Community resilience and social capital are often perceived as beneficial and ensuring that a community is socially and psych...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic generated a surge of critically ill patients greater than the NHS’ capacity. Additionally, there have been multiple well-documented impacts associated with the national COVID-19 pandemic surge on intensive care unit (ICU) staff, including an increased prevalence of mental health disorders on a scale potentially suff...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic generated a surge of critically ill patients greater than the NHS capacity. Additionally there have been multiple well-documented impacts associated with the national COVID-19 pandemic surge on ICU workers including an increased prevalence of mental health disorders on a scale potentially sufficient to impair high-...

Background Staff working in intensive care units (ICUs) have faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic which have the potential to adversely affect their mental health. Aims To identify the rates of probable mental health disorder in staff working in ICUs in nine English hospitals during June and July 2020. Methods An anonymized b...

Background Intensive Care Unit (ICU), anaesthetic and theatres staff have faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic which have the potential to adversely affect their mental health Aims To identify the rates of probable mental health disorder in ICU and anaesthetic staff in six English hospitals during June and July 2020 Methods A...

The following deliverable is the third of the three set for the PROACTIVE project for WP1 – Human factors analysis of preparedness and response. In line with the activities of Task 1.3 and the requirements of D1.3, this deliverable collates outcomes from D1.1 and D1.2, specifically concerning both current policy and practice for mitigation and mana...

The following deliverable is the first of the three set for the PROACTIVE project for WP1 – Human factors analysis of preparedness and response. In line with the activities of Task 1.1 and the requirements of D1.1, this deliverable presents the findings from a review of academic literature relating to public perceptions of pre-incident preparedness...