Dr Martyn Jones

Position

Reader

Address

11 Airlie Place, Dundee

Telephone

01382 388 534 / +44 1382 388 534
Ext: 88656

m.c.jones@dundee.ac.uk

Roles

Leads the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Training Scheme. In September 2003, this scheme secured £1million from Scottish Executive, NES, and The Health Foundation to train 6 PhD students (recruited in May 04) and 6 postdoctoral fellows (first fellow appointed September 04).

Leads the Central and North Scotland Research Alliance (in Universities of Dundee and St Andrews). This consortium has recently been awarded £2.5 million to pursue a sustainable programme of research , “Enhancing self-care”.

Research

Interests

Work environment and staff well-being

This strand of my research activity is carried out in collaboration with Professor Derek Johnston at the School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen. This programme of research has included the screening of student nurses over a number of years (see refereed journal, 1) and the development of a new measure of student nurse stress (Student Nurse Stress Index (2)). This measure is widely cited and is currently used in a range of international studies in US, Canada, Brazil, China, UK and Europe. The SNSI is being used in course evaluation and in the evaluation of programmes to improve student nurses well-being and performance. See Link 1 for web-based implementation of SNSI, and Link 2 for the results of a course evaluation in Texas, USA. This research has involved the development and evaluation of a stress management intervention for student nurses set at an individual/interface level and involving the use of physical exercise as a method of stress management (3, 4, 5). This research has also examined the impact of organisational change on student well-being and performance following curriculum redesign (6). link 1 link 2. Other related research has made direct contribution to the development of theory in this area, including the development of a model of work stress in trained nurses (3) and the exploration of the associated effects of the work environment and managerial support on student well-being and performance (9). This research has also contributed to the development of innovative methods of data collection, e.g. the exploration of ambulatory methods of measuring work stress in trained nurses (9, cited by Siegrist as a key paper in this area, see Link 3. This approach enables tracking the impact of the healthcare environment to the care process using behavioural diaries (Bial grant, 2003 Portugal; NHS SDO 2005 grant). I am a member of a multi-professional team based in Aberdeen, Aston and Dundee. As part of this consortium, Professor Johnston and I are extending this behavioural diary work (Johnston et al, 2006) with a recently awarded grant (see NHS SDO 2005 grant). Commencing September 2005, this project will influence both policy and practice, identifying differences in organisational culture and the impact on staff well-being and patient safety in English NHS and will derive recommendations regarding organisation interventions to make the NHS a safer place for staff and patients. My national collaborations include West (Aston), Johnston (Aberdeen) examinging the impact of the healthcare environment on patient safety. International collaborations involve, Klumb, (Fribourg); Siegrist, (Dusseldorf) MacIntyre (Portugal) on the use of ecological momentary assessment methods to capture real-time data from trained nurses. link 3)

I am also interested in the technological, methodological and analytic issues involved in the collection of real-time quantitative data delivered on a hand held computer platform, and in June1998 y submitted a proposal to the ESRC for a research centre grant to develop the technological, methodological and analytic strategies to link such diary data to other methods of real-time data collection including pedometers, accelerometers, GPS devices and ambulatory physiological devices and explore voice entry of data to the handheld computer to gather mixed methods data. While this application was not successful, feedback was encouraging and I intend to rework this application for submission to other funding bodies, in collaboration with research groups using real-time data collection. As part of this strand of research, I have further collaborations to examine the early career adjustment in Vets (£5K seedcore monies, Dr (Edinburgh) and Professor Ian Ricketts (Computing, Dundee), examining handwashing behaviour in NHS health professionals with Dr Karen Lee (£10K SIRN funding), and have submitted a grant to provide the behavioural diaries on smart phone with Professor Ian Ricketts (£30K, Scottish Enterprise/University of Dundee). Further current submissions examine the impact of remote monitoring of chemotherapy on nursing staff (£70K, within a 600K bid to Burdett Trust, with Professor Nora Kearney, Stirling). Other collaborations are in development, using the diaries to titrate drug therapy in ADHD (with Professor Ian Ricketts, Professor David Coghill (Adolescent Psychiatry, Dundee), the use of diaries to monitor alcohol consumption (Dr Fiona Bolik, Figure 8 Consultancy, Dundee) and activity tracking in charge nurses in the NHS (Baldie and McKenna, NHS Tayside), medication prescribing (Professor Peter Davy (Dundee), Professor Ian Ricketts, (Dundee).

This research theme of Enhancing Self-Care (see SHEFC grant 2004) fits well with my other ongoing research. In August 2005, I gained funding (£39.7K, Community Health Partnership grant 2005) to carry out a systematic review of the effectiveness of educational and behavioural management in Chronic Disease Management, see (20). This research was carried out under the auspices of the Enhancing Self-Care research programme, see SHEFC award 2004. Our literature search has been updated to January 2008 and 4 papers are in preparation. This research has influenced the redesign of services to manage chronic disease in Tayside, and is of direct relevant to range of managed clinical networks in Tayside and Angus. I am part of a multi-professional group looking to extend this research in NHS Tayside. I collaborate with Dr Karen Smith (School of Nursing and Midwifery /NHS Tayside Acute Services Division) and Professor Frank Sullivan (Tayside Centre for General Practice) in research comparing the effects of a self-help cognitive behavioural programme (the Angina Plan) with standard practice for Angina patients admitted to hospital. (CS0 grant 2002/2004). The Angina plan includes strategies to increase physical exercise of participants to minimise cardiac risk factors. This study is now complete and two papers are currently under preparation for submission to high quality Cardiovascular journals. I currently work with Ms Fiona Paul and Dr Charles Hendry in the RCT evaluation of the effect of using quality indicators in the development of patient information materials (see febrile convulsion study, grant awarded 2000, TUHT scheme, and paper (16). We are working on a systematic review of the RCT studies testing the effectiveness of patient information materials. I collaborate with Professor Marie Johnston (Aberdeen) and was successful in gaining a Postdoctoral fellowship for Dr Sara Joice, “Understanding and Enhancing Recovery from Stroke; An Examination Patients and Health Professionals Illness Beliefs”.

Health inequality and improving access to health services:
This research theme explores the issue of health inequality and improving access to healthcare services for people with intellectual disabilities. I have obtained research funding to examine exercise promotion in people with severe/profound learning disabilities and challenging behaviour (CSO grant, 2001) and the development of organisational/service level strategies to help clients with learning disabilities access health promotion/primary health care services (CSO grant, 2002). This research (7, 13) has led to the introduction of rebound therapy for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities in continuing care settings in NHS Fife, and in strategies to improve the accessibility of GP surgeries to people with intellectual disabilities in Glenrothes Primary Care Trust. A range of NHS Learning Disabilities Services are interested in providing wider access to this material in primary health care. The paper (7) was the No 1 most read paper in the Journal of Intellectual Disabilities http://jid.sagepub.com/reports/mfr1.dtl (accessed 5th October 2007).

Current

2004 Jones M, Hunt S, Niven K, Kearney N, et al (2004) Enhancing Self-Care Research and Development Programme, Central and North Scotland Research Alliance. Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research., £2.4 million.

2007 Johnston DW, Hay JL, Johnston M, Jones MC, Farquharson B (2006) Stress in NHS 24 Nurses: Level, determinants and consequences assessed using psychological, physiological and behavioural measures. Chief Scientist Office, Scotland, £219, 470.

2007 Johnston, C, Lauder W, Jones MC, Joice S, Stonebridge P (2007) Exploring predictors of quality of life and patient self-management in peripheral artery disease. NHS Tayside Grant Scheme, £10,000.

2007 Flin R, McKee L, Youngson, Hannaford, P, Mearns K, Watson, Davey P, Guthrie P, Morris, Pitts, Rowley D, Sullivan D, Wyatt J, Jones MC, Davies H, Rushmer R, et al. Scottish Patient Safety Research Network, SRDG award, £1.5M SFC.

2008 Joice S, Jones MC, Johnston M (2008) “Can adherence to a stroke workbook be enhanced if delivered to patients by health professionals in a stroke unit setting: A feasibility study. Chief Scientist Office, Scotland Small grant, £38K.

2008 Mellanby R, Jones, MC, Ricketts I, “Evaluation of stress, well-being and clinical performance in recently graduated veterinary surgeons”. Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine mini-project round 2008, £4.9K.

2008 Jones MC, Wells, M, “Work stress and well-being in oncology settings: A multidisciplinary study of healthcare professionals”. SNMW research funding, £3.5K.

2009 Lee K, Burnett, Jones MC. “An exploration of the use of hand-held computers to determine the relative contribution of different cognitive, attitudinal, social and organisational factors on healthcare workers’ decision to decontaminate hands.”. SIRN, £4.3K.

Wider Professional Activities

I have been a member of several additional conference organising committees, including a Novice Researchers conference in Glasgow, October 6th 2005, a Health Foundation Showcase NMAHP conference in September 2006 in Cardiff, 2 SDHI conferences, “What have we learned since the Black Report”, Sept 05 and “Enhancing Self-Care: The evidence base”, May 2006.

I am Member of American Public Health Association in the US

I am chair of the NHS Tayside Acute Services Grant Scheme. I review for the Health Foundation Leadership Award and for the Charity, the St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Charitable Foundation.

Since January 08, I am book editor of Health Expectations

External examiner for the Learning Disabilities Nursing Course, Queens University, Belfast, 1995.

External Examiner for Degree in Community Mental Health Care, Queen Margaret University College. Sept 2000 - 2004.

Took part in the 'Helios' programme of exchange and study visits with groups of people with disabilities and a wide range of carers in the EEC. This involvement ended late 1996.

Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society, and gained membership of Health Psychology section of the British Psychological Society, 1993.

Chartered Health Psychologist, November 1999. Treasurer for European Health Psychology Society/BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, St Andrews, Scotland, September 2001.

In June 2001 I joined the International Advisory Board for the Journal of Learning Disabilities (Statistical Advisor).

I was a member of the reference group for a Scottish Executive review, "The contribution of all nurses to the care and well-being of people with learning disabilities".

I am an active member of the RCN research society and served on the Institutional Scientific Advisory Committee for the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conferences in 2002 - 2004.

Reviewer for Journal of Advanced Nursing, Psychology and Health, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Learning Disabilities. I lead the £1,000,000 The Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Training Scheme. Funded by the Scottish Executive, NHS for Scotland, Health Foundation, 4 and a half year study. In addition, with Professor Hunt,

I have contributed to the development of a £2.5 million bid to SHEFC/NHS for research infrastructure monies to build a research theme, "Enhancing Self-Care" with a broad Consortium of Universities in Scotland.

Teaching

Since 1991 I have contributed to pre-registration and post registration nurse training courses at certificate, diploma and degree levels. My teaching centres on the psychosocial determinants of health, illness and disability. I deliver information on behaviour and health over a range of courses, and explore the effects of stress on health and disease. In addition I have delivered content relating to people becoming ill and accessing the health care environment, and apply psychosocial theory to health education and promotion in pre and post registration. My teaching in learning disabilities nursing concentrates on the application of such theory to the practice of promoting client access to primary health care settings. I contribute to the teaching of research methods within the School at pre-registration, post registration degree, Masters, PhD and Postdoctoral levels (with two successful PhD completions, one MPhil completion, one further PhD submission).

I co-ordinated the Postgraduate Research Forum (pgrf) within the School of Nursing and Midwifery from September 1999 until June 2005. Subsequently I have remained an active participant in this important aspect of postgraduate activity. The pgrf meets on a monthly basis and provides an opportunity for research active staff, Masters and PhD students to discuss their on-going research. From 2000 until June 2005 I organised the seminar series in the School, and continue to support this important forum. In my role as Associate Director of the Social Dimensions of Health Institute, I am responsible for arranging the Annual Retreat for Health related Postgraduate students held in Kindrogan, Perthshire, April 2005, June 2006 and May 2007 which is attended by Health related PhD students across the Universities of Dundee and

Current Funding

Jones M, Hunt S, Niven K, Kearney N, et al (2005) Enhancing Self-Care Research and Development Programme, Central and North Scotland Research Alliance. Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research., £2.4 million
From 1st January 2005 to 1st January 2009

Scott McIntyre; Teresa McIntyre; João Salgado; João Paulo Pereira; JoséCosta Dantas; Derek Johnston; Martyn Jones. (2003). Serving Two Masters: Job Characteristics as Predictors of Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Responses to Stress in Physicians and Nurses in Managerial Positions. Portugal, Bial Foundation, project 126/02
From 1st January 2004 to 1st January 2008
Award £1,000,000

Jones M, Hunt S, Niven K, Kearney N, et al (2004) The Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Training Scheme. Scottish Executive, NHS for Scotland, Health Foundation. 4 and a half year study
From 1st January 2004 to 1st January 2008
Award £1,000,000

2004 Smith, K, Jones M, Sullivan F, Zetta S. Randomised Controlled Trial comparing a self-Help cognitive behavioural programme (the Angina Plan) with standard practice for Angina patients admitted to hospital. Chief Scientist Office, Scotland, extension
From 1st January 2004 to 1st January 2004
Award £13,500

2003 Smith, K, Jones M, Sullivan F, Zetta S. Randomised Controlled Trial comparing a self-Help cognitive behavioural programme (the Angina Plan) with standard practice for Angina patients admitted to hospital. Chief Scientist Office, Scotland
From 1st January 2003 to 1st January 2006
Award £57,565

2003 Rattray J, Jones MC. Examining the cross-sample validity of the Intensive Care Questionnaire (ICEQ) between two independent critical care settings. Research Fund, University of Dundee
From 1st January 2003 to 1st January 2005
Award £4,000

2001 Jones MC, Walley B, Toland J, Kirk R and Alexander D,. "Facilitating inclusion for people with learning disabilities within primary healthcare services: A pilot study". Chief Scientist Office, Scotland
From 1st January 2001 to 1st January 2002
Award £ £21,565

See current research
From 1st January 2000 to 1st January 2000

Smith, K, Jones M, Hendry C (2004) An exploration of experiences of patients and partners who took part in the randomised controlled trial comparing a self-help cognitive behavioural programme (the angina plan), with standard practice for patients admitted to hospital following an acute exacerbation of angina. NHS Tayside Acute Services Grant Scheme
From 1st January 2000 to 1st January 2000
Award £6,917

Publications

(2009). Abubakari AR, Lauder A, Agyemang C, Jones M, Kirk A, Bhopal, RS (2008) Prevalence and time trends in obesity among adult West African populations: A meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 9, 297-311.

(2008). Jones MC, McLafferty E, Walley R, Toland J, Melson N (2008) Inclusion in primary care for people with intellectual disabilities: Gaining the perspective of service user and supporting social care staff Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12, 2, 1-17.

(2007). Paul F, Hendry C, Jones MC (2007) The quality of written information for parents regarding the management of febrile convulsion: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 12, pp. 2308-2322.

(2007). Lauder W, Kroll T, Jones MC (2007) Social determinants of mental health: The missing dimensions of Mental Health Nursing, 14, 661-669.

(2007). Whitford H, Alder E, Jones MC (2007) Practice of pelvic floor exercises both during pregnancy and after delivery and their associated symptoms of stress urinary incontinence. Midwifery 23, 298-308.

(2007). Whitford H, Alder E, Jones M (2007) A cross-sectional study of knowledge and practice of pelvic floor exercises during pregnancy and associated symptoms of stress urinary incontinence in North East Scotland. Midwifery 23, 204-207.

(2007). Jones MC, Walley R, Paterson M. Leech A. (2007) Behavioural and physical health outcomes of a 16 week rebound therapy based exercise programme for clients with severe and profound learning disabilities. Policy and Practice in Learning Disabilities, 4, 2.

(2007). Rattray J & Jones MC (2007) Essential elements of questionnaire design and development Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 2, 234–243.

(2006). Jones MC & Johnston DW. (2006) Is the introduction of a curriculum using problem-based learning curriculum associated with improvements in student nurse well-being and performance? An observational study of effect. International Journal of Nursing Studies.

(2006). Jones MC, Walley R, Paterson M. Leech (2006) Using goal attainment scaling to evaluate a needs-led exercise programme for people with severe/profound learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 10 (4), 317-355.

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