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| E J K WadsworthSummaryAffiliation: Cardiff University Country: UK Publications
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Minor injuries, cognitive failures and accidents at work: incidence and associated featuresSharon A Simpson
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 55:99-108. 2005..There is a dearth of information examining minor injuries and cognitive failures in the workplace...
The Bristol Stress and Health Study: accidents, minor injuries and cognitive failures at workE J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 53:392-7. 2003..Accidents and injuries at work account for several million working days lost each year. Cognitive failures (problems of memory, attention or action) can lead to accidents and injuries in certain contexts...
Fatigue and health in a seafaring populationEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 58:198-204. 2008..Despite growing acknowledgement of this problem in the maritime sector, little research has been conducted into the risk factors, prevalence and consequences of seafarers' fatigue...
Patterns of fatigue among seafarers during a tour of dutyEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Am J Ind Med 49:836-44. 2006..Relatively little is known about fatigue among seafarers, particularly during a tour of duty. The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of day to day fatigue among seafarers during a tour at sea...
Racial discrimination, ethnicity and work stressEmma Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 57:18-24. 2007..Previous research has suggested higher work stress among minority ethnic workers...
SSRIs and cognitive performance in a working sampleEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, UK
Hum Psychopharmacol 20:561-72. 2005..Comparatively little research has considered their impact on a relatively young, working population, particularly within the context of everyday life...
A community based investigation of the association between cannabis use, injuries and accidentsE J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AS, UK
J Psychopharmacol 20:5-13. 2006..It is possible that this is linked to an amplification of other risk factors associated with accidents and injuries. This has potentially wide reaching implications particularly in the context of other work and lifestyle characteristics...
Cannabis use, cognitive performance and mood in a sample of workersE J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AS, UK
J Psychopharmacol 20:14-23. 2006..The results also highlight the importance of the timing of testing within the context and routine of everyday life...
Psychotropic medication use and accidents, injuries and cognitive failuresE J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK
Hum Psychopharmacol 20:391-400. 2005..Those developed more recently have many fewer side effects. However, there is little work examining any association between psychotropic medication use and safety within the context of other demographic, health and lifestyle factors...
Factors associated with recreational drug useEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
J Psychopharmacol 18:238-48. 2004..Illicit drug and alcohol use were associated with similar characteristics, but smoking was associated with a rather different demographic combination...
Recreational drug use: patterns from a South Wales self-report surveyEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
J Psychopharmacol 18:228-37. 2004..Both smoking and alcohol consumption were associated with illicit drug use, with smokers who were also heavy drinkers being those most likely to report illicit drug use...
The work environment, stress and well-beingE J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 60:635-9. 2010..Much recent work extending the field of job characteristics to include positive aspects of work makes the implicit assumption that the absence of negative work characteristics is equivalent to the presence of positive work characteristics...
Preliminary investigation of the association between psychotropic medication use and accidents, minor injuries and cognitive failuresEmma J K Wadsworth
Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, Cardiff University, 63 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AS, UK
Hum Psychopharmacol 18:535-40. 2003..Psychotropic medication may impair psychomotor and cognitive function, and so increase accident susceptibility. However, few studies examine any association in the framework of other demographic, health and occupational factors...
