READ ME File For 'A cross-sectional survey exploring the work lives and well-being of the mental health nursing workforce in the UK.' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3903 Date that the file was created: April 2026 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: PETER GRIFFITHS, University of Southampton Date of data collection: 25/9/2023-30/1/2024 Information about geographic location of data collection: United Kingdom (online) Related projects: ADD IN -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC BY Recommended citation for the data: National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration (Wessex) A cross-sectional survey exploring the work lives and well-being of the mental health nursing workforce in the UK (dataset) doi 10.5258/SOTON/D3903 This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Klepacz, Naomi, Wadey, Emma, Griffiths, Peter, Woodnutt, Samuel, Snowden, Jasmine, Smith, Catherine, Baldwin, David S., Simons, Gemma and Ball, Jane TITLE: A protocol for a cross-sectional survey exploring the work lives and well-being of the mental health nursing workforce in the UK JOURNAL: British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 13 (1) doi:10.12968/bjmh.2023.0037 (available at https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/485840/) Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: NA -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- This dataset contains: 1.SAV, f 1.sav - cleaned data set SPSS - created in V29 (all data from eligible respondents) MHnursing_Survey_v13_Published_2_.pdf - the survey -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Methods for processing the data: Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Environmental/experimental conditions: Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Screened for eligibility with some derived variables calculated (see below) People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Naomi Klepacz (cleaning), Peter Griffiths (submission) -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- Number of variables: 247 Number of cases/rows: 999 Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: See protocol and survey instrument for details + notes below StartDate - date respondent began survey Consent - record of informed consent S1- see survey S2- see survey Screening_YY - confirmation of positive answer to screening (1=yes) A1_1 Yes to items in Q A1 (see survey, SPSS data view) A1_2 A1_3 A1_4 A1_5 A1_6 A1_7 A1_7_TEXT other response for A1 A2a (see survey) A2b see SPSS data view A2b_10_TEXT other response for A2b A3 (see survey) A4 (see survey) A5 (see survey) A5_2_TEXT Other response for A5 A5_R A5 recoded using data from A5_2 B1 (see survey) B1_11_TEXT Other response for B1 B2 (see survey) B3 (see survey) B4 (see survey) B4_7_TEXT Other response for B3 B5a (see survey) B4b (see survey) B6_1 (see survey YEARS) B6_2 (see survey MONTHS) B7_1 (see survey YEARS) B7_2 (see survey MONTHS) B8 (see survey) B8_6_TEXT Other response for B8 B9 (see survey) B9_9_TEXT Other response for B9 B10a (see survey, SPSS variable view) B10a_1_TEXT Other response for B10 B10b (see survey) B10c.1 (see survey) B10c.2 (see survey) B11_1 Yes to items in Q B11 (see survey, SPSS data view) B11_2 B11_3 B11_4 B11_5 CScreen (see survey) C1a (see survey) C1a_7_TEXT Other response for C1a C1b (see survey) C2 (see survey) C3a (see survey) C3a_1_TEXT Other response for C3a C3b (see survey) C3b_1_TEXT Other response for C3b C4_1 Staff group present y/n (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_2 Staff group present y/n (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_4 Staff group present y/n (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_5 (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_1_TEXT Number of staff (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_2_TEXT Number of staff (see survey, SPSS data view) C4_4_TEXT Number of staff (see survey, SPSS data view) C5 (see survey, SPSS data view) C6a (see survey, SPSS data view) C6a.0 Additional description for C6a C6b (see survey, SPSS data view) C6c (see survey, SPSS data view) C6d (see survey, SPSS data view) C7a (see survey, SPSS data view) C7b (see survey, SPSS data view) C7b_3_TEXT Other response for C7b C7c (see survey, SPSS data view) C8 (see survey, SPSS data view) C9 (see survey, SPSS data view) C10 (see survey, SPSS data view) D1 (see survey, SPSS data view) D1_0_TEXT Not applicable / don't remember response to D1 D2 (see survey, SPSS data view) D3a (see survey, SPSS data view) D3b (see survey, SPSS data view) D4a (see survey, SPSS data view) D4b (see survey, SPSS data view) D5_1 Ratings for items D5 a-f (see survey, SPSS data view) D5_2 D5_3 D5_4 D5_5 D5_6 E1 E2_5 Ratings for items E2 a-e (see survey, SPSS data view) E2_1 E2_2 E2_3 E2_4 ProQOLH_1 Ratings for items F - the PROQoL Health measure (30 items) (see survey, SPSS data view) ProQOLH_2 ProQOLH_3 ProQOLH_4 ProQOLH_5 ProQOLH_6 ProQOLH_7 ProQOLH_8 ProQOLH_9 ProQOLH_10 ProQOLH_11 ProQOLH_12 ProQOLH_13 ProQOLH_14 ProQOLH_15 ProQOLH_16 ProQOLH_17 ProQOLH_18 ProQOLH_19 ProQOLH_20 ProQOLH_21 ProQOLH_22 ProQOLH_23 ProQOLH_24 ProQOLH_25 ProQOLH_26 ProQOLH_27 ProQOLH_28 ProQOLH_29 ProQOLH_30 G1_1 (see survey, SPSS data view) G1_2 (see survey, SPSS data view) G2a (see survey, SPSS data view) G2b (see survey, SPSS data view) G3 (see survey, SPSS data view) G3_10_TEXT Other response for G3 G4a (see survey, SPSS data view) G4b_1 Yes to items in Q G4 (see survey, SPSS data view) G4b_2 G4b_3 G4b_4 G4b_5 G4b_6 G4b_7 G4b_8 G4b_9 G4b_10 G4b_11 G4b_12 G4b_13 G4b_14 G4b_15 G4b_15_TEXT Other response for G4b G5 (see survey, SPSS data view) G6_1 Yes to items in Q G6 (see survey, SPSS data view) G6_2 G6_3 G6_4 G6_5 G6_6 G6_7 G6_8 G6_9 G6_10 G6_11 G6_11_TEXT Other response for G6 G7_1 Ratings for 3 items G7 (see survey, SPSS data view) G7_2 G7_3 H1 (see survey, SPSS data view) H2 (see survey, SPSS data view) H3 (see survey, SPSS data view) H3_12_TEXT Other response for H3 H4a (see survey, SPSS data view) H4b (see survey, SPSS data view) H5_1 Ratings for items H5 (see survey, SPSS data view) H5_2 H5_3 H5_4 H5_5 H5_6 H5_7 H5_8 H5_9 H5_10 H5_11 H5_12 H5_13 H5_14 H5_15 H6. (see survey, SPSS data view) CoCB_1 Ratings for 30 items in section I - Culture of care Barometer (see survey, SPSS data view) CoCB_2 CoCB_3 CoCB_4 CoCB_5 CoCB_6 CoCB_7 CoCB_8 CoCB_9 CoCB_10 CoCB_11 CoCB_12 CoCB_13 CoCB_14 CoCB_15 CoCB_16 CoCB_17 CoCB_18 CoCB_19 CoCB_20 CoCB_21 CoCB_22 CoCB_23 CoCB_24 CoCB_25 CoCB_26 CoCB_27 CoCB_28 CoCB_29 CoCB_30 BAT_1 Ratings for 12 items in section J - Burnout Assessment Tool (see survey, SPSS data view) BAT_2 BAT_3 BAT_4 BAT_5 BAT_6 BAT_7 BAT_8 BAT_9 BAT_10 BAT_11 BAT_12 K1 (see survey, SPSS data view) L1 (see survey, SPSS data view) L1_5_TEXT Self description from L1 L2 (see survey, SPSS data view) L3 (see survey, SPSS data view) L4.__1 Yes to items in Q L4 (see survey, SPSS data view) L4.__2 L4.__3 L4.__4 L4.__5 L4.__6 L4.__7 L4.__8 L4.__8_TEXT Other response to L4 L8 (see survey, SPSS data view) L8_12_TEXT Other response to L8 BAT_total Calculated total for BAT (burnout score) BAT_risk_2.54 Calculated above BAT 'risk of burnout' threshold (see BAT manual) BAT_burnout_2.96 Calculated above BAT 'burnout' threshold (see BAT manual) Missing data codes: See SPSS variable view