Professor Roger Watson

Journal Articles

• Hunt, G., Watson, R., Jackson, D. and Cleary, M. (2012), 'A bibliometric review of the Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1976 - 2010', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 4.
• Cleary, M., Jackson, D., Walter, G., Watson, R. and Hunt, G. (2012), 'Editorial: Location, location, location - the position of authors in scholarly publishing', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 3.
• Watson, R., Wang, W., Ski, C. and Thompson, D. (2012), 'The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS): Mokken scaling', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, .
• Cosco, T., Doyle, F., Watson, R., Ward, M. and McGee, H. (2012), 'Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease', General Hospital Psychiatry, 6.
• Watson, R., Ark, A., Lin, L., Fieo, R., Deary, I. and Meijer, R. (2012), 'Item response theory : how Mokken scaling can be used in clinical practice', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11.
• Cosco, T., Doyle, F., Watson, R., Ward, M. and McGee, H. (2012), 'Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease', General Hospital Psychiatry, 6.
• Hunt, G., Watson, R., Jackson, D. and Cleary, M. (2012), 'Editorial. A bibliometric review of the Journal of advanced nursing : 1976 - 2010', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 4.
• Cleary, M., Jackson, D., Walter, G., Watson, R. and Hunt, G. (2012), 'Editorial. Location, location, location : the position of authors in scholarly publishing', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 3.
• Watson, R., Wang, W., Ski, C. and Thompson, D. (2012), 'The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS) : Mokken scaling', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, .
• Al Kalaldeh, M., Watson, R. and Hayter, M. (2012), 'A review of current nursing practice and evidence-based guidelines in enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient', European Scientific Journal, 21.
• Perng, S. and Watson, R. (2012), 'Construct validation of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale : a hierarchy of abilities', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 7.
• Sung, H., Lee, W., Li, T. and Watson, R. (2012), 'A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7.
• Ski, C., Thompson, D., Hare, D., Stewart, A. and Watson, R. (2012), 'Cardiac Depression Scale : Mokken scaling in heart failure patients', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, .
• Sheilds, L., Morrall , P., Goodman , B., Purcell , C. and Watson, R. (2012), 'Care to be a nurse? Reflections on a radio broadcast and its ramifications for nursing today', Nurse Education Today, 4.
• Watson, R. (2012), 'Response to Sasso L (2011) Commentary on Thompson DR & Watson R (2010) Guest editorial : h-indexes and the performance of nursing professors of nursing in the UK. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 2957-2958. Journal of Clinical Nursing 20, 2685-2686', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2.
• Watson, R. (2012), 'A hierarchy of distress and invariant item ordering in the General Health questionnaire-12', Journal of Affective Disorders, 4.
• Salamonson, Y., Andrew, S., Watson, R., Watson, R., Teo, S. and Deary, I. (2011), 'The Stressors in Students (SIS) scale: Development, reliability, and validity', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 3.
• Ali, P., Watson, R. and Albutt, G. (2011), 'Are English novice nurses prepared to work in primary care setting?', Nurse Education in Practice, 5.
• Corchon, S., Portillo, M., Watson, R., Watson, R. and Saracibar, M. (2011), 'Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: An intervention study', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11.
• Aselage, M., Amella, E., Watson, R. and Watson, R. (2011), 'State of the science: Alleviating mealtime difficulties in nursing home residents with dementia', Nursing Outlook, 5.
• Lee, L., Chiu, Y., Ho, C., Wu, S., Watson, R. and Watson, R. (2011), 'The Chinese version of the Outcome Expectations for Exercise scale: Validation study', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 9.
• Bedford, A., Watson, R., Henry, J., Crawford, J. and Deary, I. (2011), 'Mokken scaling analyses of the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD) in large clinical and non-clinical samples', Personality and Individual Differences, 5.
• Gow, A., Watson, R., Whiteman, M. and Deary, I. (2011), 'A stairway to heaven? Structure of the Religious Involvement Inventory and Spiritual Well-Being Scale', Journal of Religion and Health, 15.
• Lin, L., Li, M. and Watson, R. (2011), 'A survey of the reasons patients do not use percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/PEJ) as a route for feeding', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
• Thompson, D. and Watson, R. (2011), 'Mokken scaling of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS)', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 4.
• Watson, R., Thompson, D. and Amella, E. (2011), 'Doctorates and nurses', Contemporary Nurse, 9.
• Shields, L., Purcell, C. and Watson, R. (2011), 'It's not cricket: the ashes of nursing education', Nurse Education Today, 3.
• Salomonson, Y., Andrew, S., Watson, R., Teo, S. and Deary, I. (2011), 'The Stressors in Students (SIS) scale: development, reliability, and validity', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2.
• Carvajal, A., Centeno, C., Watson, R. and Bruera, E. (2011), 'A comprehensive study of psychometric properties of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in Spanish advanced cancer patients', European Journal of Cancer, 10.
• Wood, E., Watson, R. and Hayter, M. (2011), 'To what extent are Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England', Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 15.
• Lin, L., Huang, Y., Watson, R., Wu, S., Lee, Y. and Chou, Y. (2011), 'Using a Montessori method to increase eating ability for institutionalised residents with dementia: a crossover study', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
• Mezue, W., Draper, P., Watson, R. and Mathew, B. (2011), 'Caring for patients with brain tumour: the patient and care giver perspectives', Nigerian Journal of Clinical and Counselling Psychology, 5.
• Yanhua, C. and Watson, R. (2011), 'A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing', Nurse Education Today, 5.
• Ali, P. and Watson, R. (2011), 'The case for graduate entry to the UK nursing profession', International Nursing Review, 7.
• Watson, R. (2011), 'A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7.
• Corchon, S., Watson, R., Arantzamendi, M. and Saracibar, M. (2010), 'Design and validation of an instrument to measure nursing research culture: the Nursing Research Questionnaire (NRQ)', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
• Chen, Y., Lin, L. and Watson, R. (2010), 'Evaluation of the psychometric properties and the clinical feasibility of a Chinese version of the Dolopus-2 scale among cognitively impaired older people with communication difficulty', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 11.
• Deary, I., Wilson, J., Carding, P., MacKenzie, K. and Watson, R. (2010), 'From dysphonia to dysphoria: Mokken scaling shows a strong, reliable hierarchy of voice symptoms in the Voice Symptom Scale questionnaire', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 5.
• Oroviogoicoechea, C., Watson, R., Beortegui, E. and Remirez, A. (2010), 'Nurses' perception of the use of computerised information systems in practice: questionnaire development', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
• Lin, L., Watson, R. and Wu, S. (2010), 'What is associated with low food intake in older people with dementia?', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 7.
• Holland, K., Roxburgh, M., Johnson, M., Topping, K., Watson, R., Lauder, W. and Porter, M. (2010), 'Fitness to practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
• Chen, Y., Lin, L. and Watson, R. (2010), 'Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11.
• Bedford, A., Watson, R., Lyne, J., Tibbles, J., Davies, F. and Deary, I. (2010), 'Mokken scaling and principal components analysis of the CORE-OM in a large clinical sample', Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 12.
• Roxburgh, M., Lauder, W., Topping, K., Holland, K., Johnson, M. and Watson, R. (2010), 'Early findings from an evaluation of a post-registration staff development programme: The Flying Start NHS initiative in Scotland', Nurse Education in Practice, 6.
• Stewart, M., Watson, R., Clark, A., Ebmeier, K. and Deary, I. (2010), 'A hierarchy of happiness? Mokken scaling analysis of the Oxford Happiness Inventory', Personality and Individual Differences, 4.
• Pinar, R., Ataalkin, S. and Watson, R. (2010), 'The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure in hypertensive patients', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 5.
• Pinar, R., Ataalkin, S. and Watson, R. (2010), 'The effect of clothing on sphygmomanometric blood pressure measurement in hypertensive patients', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 4.
• Fieo, R., Watson, R., Deary, I. and Starr, J. (2010), 'A revised activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living instrument increases interpretive power: theoretical application for functional tasks', Gerontology, 8.
• Lin, L., Huang, Y., Su, S., Watson, R., Tsai, B. and Wu, S. (2010), 'Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7.
• Watson, R., Deary, I., Thompon, D. and Li, G. (2010), 'The stress in nursing students scale (SINS): principal components analysis of longitudinal data from Hong Kong', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 3.
• Watson, R., Gardiner, E., Hogston, R., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., Wrate, R. and Deary, I. (2009), 'A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
• Lin, L., Wu, S., Kao, C., Tzeng, Y., Watson, R. and Tang, S. (2009), 'Single ability among activities of daily living as a predictor of agitation', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 7.
• Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A. and Watson, R. (2009), ''A wealth of knowledge': a survey of the employment experience of older nurses and midwives in the NHS', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 9.
• Dugdall, H. and Watson, R. (2009), 'What is the relationship between nurses' attitudes to evidence based practice and the selection of wound care products?', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
• Watson, R. and Shields, L. (2009), 'Cruel Britannia: a personal critique of nursing in the United Kingdom', Contemporary Nurse, 13.
• Bannigan, K. and Watson, R. (2009), 'Reliability and validity in a nutshell', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 7.
• Oroviogoicoedhea, C. and Watson, R. (2009), 'A quantitative analysis of the impact of a computerised information system on nurses' clinical practice using a realistic evaluation framework', International Journal of Medical Informatics, 11.
• Watson, R. (2008), 'A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30', Psychological Medicine, 5.
• Lin, L., Watson, R., Lee, Y., Chou, Y. and Wu, S. (2008), 'Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 8.
• Lauder, W., Watson, R., Topping, K., Holland, K., Johnson, M., Porter, M., Roxburgh, M. and Behr, A. (2008), 'An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
• Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A. and Watson, R. (2008), 'A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI', Personality and Individual Differences, 3.
• Watson, R., Dreary, I., Thompson, D. and Li, G. (2008), 'A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 9.
• McDougall, T., Knight, S., Kirkwood, B. and Watson, R. (2008), 'Reliability of nurse assessment of malnutrition risk in hospital', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2.
• Norman, I., Normand, C., Watson, R., Draper, J., Jowett, S. and Coster, S. (2008), 'Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS cadet schemes', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 9.
• McSherry, W., Gretton, M., Draper, P. and Watson, R. (2008), 'The ethics of teaching spirituality and spiritual care: a study of student nurses' perceptions', Nurse Education Today, 7.
• Watson, R., Deary, I. and Austin, E. (2007), 'Are personality trait items reliably more or less 'difficult'?', Personality and Individual Differences, 10.
• Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A. and Watson, R. (2007), 'Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives', Nursing Standard, 6.
• Hogston, R., Watson, R., Norman, I., Stimpson, A., Sanderson, D. and O'Reilly, J. (2006), 'Quality assurance and UK nurse education', Nursing Standard, 7.
• Bowman, G., Watson, R. and Trotman-Beasty, A. (2006), 'Primary emotions after myocardial infarction', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 10.
• Watson, R., Hogston, R., Norman, I., Stimpson, A., Sanderson, A., O'Reilly, J. and Baulcomb, S. (2005), 'Quality assurance in UK nursing education: public protection in the era of streamlined assessment', Nurse Education Today, 7.
• Watson, R., Norman, I., Draper, J., Jowett, S., Wilson-Barnett, J., Normand, C. and Halliday, D. (2005), 'NHS cadet schemes: do they widen access to healthcare study?', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 7.
• Bakalis, N. and Watson, R. (2005), 'Nurses' decision-making in clinical practice', Nursing Standard, 7.
• Fuller, D. and Watson, R. (2005), 'Validating a self medication risk assessment instrument', Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 6.
• Andrews, J., Watson, R. and Manthorpe, J. (2005), 'Employment transitions for older nurses: a qualitative study', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 9.
• Andrews, J., Manthorpe, J. and Watson, R. (2004), 'Involving older people in intermediate care sector', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 8.
• Draper, J., Halliday, D., Jowetts, S., Norman, I., Watson, R., Wilson-Barnett, J., Normand, C. and O'Brien, K. (2004), 'NHS cadet schemes: student experience, commitment, job satisfaction and job stress', Nurse Education Today, 10.
• Mezue, W., Mathew, B., Draper, P. and Watson, R. (2004), 'Impact of care on carers of patients treated for subarachnoid haemorrhage', British Journal of Neurosurgery, 3.
• Watson, R. (2004), 'Age, gender and nurse education for practice', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2.