Researchers from Yorkshire is asking for UK nursing staff to help with her study into a potential link between communication and workforce wellbeing and burnout.
The study, by the University of Leeds, will explore how healthcare workers experience day-to-day communication at work and how these experiences relate to emotional wellbeing and burnout.
“Taking part involves a one-time questionnaire and a brief daily diary over seven days, all online”
Olga Lainidi
In particular, those behind the study said they wanted to see if there was an impact from moments when staff “choose to say or report something, hold back, or decide it’s not worth the effort”.
Olga Lainidi, a PhD researcher and postgraduate teaching fellow, urged people to take part in the study, which is called Exploring Healthcare Workers’ Daily Lives and Wellbeing and will run until 20 December.
She said: “We are inviting UK healthcare workers to participate in an online reflective survey exploring daily communications about matters that matter at work.
“We’re interested in what communication looks and feels like in day-to-day healthcare, whether you speak up or weigh the effort of saying something,” she told Nursing Times.
“Your voice matters, and by sharing your experiences, you’ll help shape evidence that reflects the realities of healthcare work, values the emotional effort of communication, and supports positive change.”
Ms Lainidi noted that said she also wanted to better understand how communication was experienced across different healthcare roles.
“Nurses are central to how healthcare teams communicate, often navigating complex decisions and emotional conversations under pressure,” she said.
She highlighted that participation was entirely voluntary, fully online, and open to both clinical and non-clinical healthcare staff.
“Taking part involves a one-time questionnaire and a brief daily diary over seven days, all online,” noted Ms Lainidi.
She added: “Unfortunately, we are not able to include NHS bank staff or those on short-term or casual contracts in this phase of the study.”
