Research Updates

18/04/24 – NPCC Investigator Wellbeing Sub Group letter of research support received (See Research Aims section)

Study 1 – Primary data collection commenced

03/06/24 – Expert Review Panel Survey – Relevance – Launched – Aimed at identifying the most relevant stressors potentially impacting on the work of SIOs

14/06/24 – Expert Review Panel Survey – Relevance – Closed

40 potential stressors analysed and refined for consideration at next stage of research to 27 individual potential stressors impacting on SIOs in the workplace

03/09/24 – SIO Well-being Survey (1 of 2) – Prevalence – Launched – Aimed at considering how common the identified stressors are within the SIO workplace

23/09/24 – SIO Well-being Survey (1 of 2) – Prevalence – Closed

27 stressors analysed and refined to 11 key individual potential stressors commonly impacting on SIOs in the workplace

07/10/24 – SIO Well-being Survey (2 of 2) – Sorting – Launched – Aimed at categorising the impact of identified stressors within the SIO workplace

20/10/24 – SIO Well-being Survey (2 of 2) – Sorting – Closed

11 key stressors categorised with respect to personal impact on SIO well-being

Study 1 – Primary data collection complete

Study 2 – Primary data collection commenced

01/11/24 – National SIO Well-being Survey (1 of 2) – Launched – Aimed at testing findings from Study 1 across a wider participant base, and also exploring the impact of personal resources on SIO well-being outcomes

30/11/24 – National SIO Well-being Survey (1 of 2) – Closed

02/12/24 – National SIO Well-being Survey (2 of 2) – Launched – Aimed at exploring the impact of workplace passion and recovery experiences on SIO well-being outcomes

31/12/24 – National SIO Well-being Survey (2 of 2) – Closed

Study 2 – Primary data collection complete

Preliminary analysis of surveys completed in order to inform semi-structured follow-up interviews

Study 3 – Semi-structured qualitative interviews, focussed on exploring and humanising gaps and themes emerging from survey data – Completed

Semi-structured follow-up interviews completed between 26/02/25 & 21/03/25

Accuracy, anonymisation, and analysis of interview transcripts completed

Work ongoing to synthesise findings from across all 3 studies in order to answer the 3 Research Questions