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Dr Anna Sydor
SFHEA RN (Adult) RM PhD
Lecturer: Adult Nursing
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Teaching and scholarship Adult nurse: Senior Lecturer. I am involved in teaching throughout the school of healthcare sciences at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
I am a registered nurse and midwife and a qualified contraception and sexual health nurse.
I supervise a range of Doctoral students from professions represented within the school, predominantly those undertaking research using qualitative or mixed methods studies. I am particularly interested in women's health throughout life including post menopausal health, childbirth and coercive control and domestic abuse and its impact on health. I am also partiuclarly interesed in subjects that may be difficult to discuss (sensitive subjects).
PhD completed (2010): The lived experiences of young men addressing their sexual health and negotiating their masculinities.
Publication
2024
- Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Watts, T. and Bundy, C. 2024. Nurses' coping strategies caring for patients during severe viral pandemics: A mixed methods systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 33(1), pp. 242-254. (10.1111/jocn.16711)
2023
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. ASSISTANCE (Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency): co-creation of evidence-based guidance to ameliorate moral distress.. Presented at: Chief Nursing Office Wales Conference, Cardiff, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Registered Nurses' and nursing students' perspectives on moral distress and its effects: a mixed-methods systematic review and thematic synthesis. Nursing Open 10(9), pp. 6014-6032. (10.1002/nop2.1913)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. The barriers and facilitators to young people's engagement with bidirectional digital sexual health interventions: A mixed methods systematic review. BMC Digital Health 1, article number: 30. (10.1186/s44247-023-00030-3)
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Co-creation of evidence-based moral distress guidance for nurses: The ASSISTANCE (Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency) Study -Phase 3. Presented at: Chief Nurse Conference, Cardiff, UK, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Addressing moral distress among nurses after the Covid-19 emergency: The ASSISTANCE study. Presented at: Chief Nursing Officer Conference, Cardiff, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. The ASSISTANCE STUDY: Moral distress and psychological wellbeing of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference, Manchester University, 6-8 September 2023.
2022
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Perceived helpfulness of a tiered mental health support intervention for moral distress: a qualitative, exploratory study. Presented at: European Nursing Congress 22: Future Proof Nursing: Nurses as key drivers of change, Netherlands, 4-7 October 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Contributing factors and impacts of moral distress among nurses: a systematic review. Presented at: European Nursing Congress 22: Future Proof Nursing: Nurses as key drivers of change, Netherlands, 4-7 October 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Symposium of four papers: Identifying and mitigating moral distress in the nursing workforce: insights from the UK and the United States. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Cardiff, UK, 5-6 Sept 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency: The ASSISTANCE study. Presented at: Canopi Synposium, Cardiff University, May 2022.
- Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Watts, T. and Bundy, E. 2022. Nurses' experiences of caring for severely ill patients during infection outbreaks (pandemic / epidemic): a mixed methods systematic review. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2022, Cardiff, 5-6 September 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Addressing moral distress during COVID-19 recovery: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis of moral distress in nurses and supportive moral distress interventions. Public Health Wales: Cardiff University.
2021
- Waters, J., Anstey, S., Clouston, T. and Sydor, A. 2021. Exploring teachers' lived experiences of child-on-child harmful sexual behaviour at school: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Sexual Aggression 27(2), pp. 219-232. (10.1080/13552600.2021.1896810)
- Watts, T. et al. 2021. Supportive interventions to mitigate moral distress among nurses: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. Presented at: Public Health Wales Research and Evaluation Conference 2021: Research in action: COVID-19 and beyond, Online, 23 September 2021.
2019
- Sydor, A. 2019. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young men’s experiences of addressing their sexual health and the importance of researcher reflexivity.. Journal of Research in Nursing 24(1-2), pp. 36-46. (10.1177/1744987118818865)
2013
- Sydor, A. 2013. Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations. Nurse Researcher 20(3), pp. 33-37. (10.7748/nr2013.01.20.3.33.c9495)
2010
- Sydor, A. 2010. The lived experiences of young men addressing their sexual health and negotiating their masculinities. PhD Thesis, University of South Wales.
Articles
- Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Watts, T. and Bundy, C. 2024. Nurses' coping strategies caring for patients during severe viral pandemics: A mixed methods systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 33(1), pp. 242-254. (10.1111/jocn.16711)
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Registered Nurses' and nursing students' perspectives on moral distress and its effects: a mixed-methods systematic review and thematic synthesis. Nursing Open 10(9), pp. 6014-6032. (10.1002/nop2.1913)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. The barriers and facilitators to young people's engagement with bidirectional digital sexual health interventions: A mixed methods systematic review. BMC Digital Health 1, article number: 30. (10.1186/s44247-023-00030-3)
- Waters, J., Anstey, S., Clouston, T. and Sydor, A. 2021. Exploring teachers' lived experiences of child-on-child harmful sexual behaviour at school: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Sexual Aggression 27(2), pp. 219-232. (10.1080/13552600.2021.1896810)
- Sydor, A. 2019. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young men’s experiences of addressing their sexual health and the importance of researcher reflexivity.. Journal of Research in Nursing 24(1-2), pp. 36-46. (10.1177/1744987118818865)
- Sydor, A. 2013. Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations. Nurse Researcher 20(3), pp. 33-37. (10.7748/nr2013.01.20.3.33.c9495)
Conferences
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. ASSISTANCE (Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency): co-creation of evidence-based guidance to ameliorate moral distress.. Presented at: Chief Nursing Office Wales Conference, Cardiff, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Co-creation of evidence-based moral distress guidance for nurses: The ASSISTANCE (Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency) Study -Phase 3. Presented at: Chief Nurse Conference, Cardiff, UK, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. Addressing moral distress among nurses after the Covid-19 emergency: The ASSISTANCE study. Presented at: Chief Nursing Officer Conference, Cardiff, 13 October 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2023. The ASSISTANCE STUDY: Moral distress and psychological wellbeing of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference, Manchester University, 6-8 September 2023.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Perceived helpfulness of a tiered mental health support intervention for moral distress: a qualitative, exploratory study. Presented at: European Nursing Congress 22: Future Proof Nursing: Nurses as key drivers of change, Netherlands, 4-7 October 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Contributing factors and impacts of moral distress among nurses: a systematic review. Presented at: European Nursing Congress 22: Future Proof Nursing: Nurses as key drivers of change, Netherlands, 4-7 October 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Symposium of four papers: Identifying and mitigating moral distress in the nursing workforce: insights from the UK and the United States. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Cardiff, UK, 5-6 Sept 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency: The ASSISTANCE study. Presented at: Canopi Synposium, Cardiff University, May 2022.
- Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Watts, T. and Bundy, E. 2022. Nurses' experiences of caring for severely ill patients during infection outbreaks (pandemic / epidemic): a mixed methods systematic review. Presented at: RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2022, Cardiff, 5-6 September 2022.
- Watts, T. et al. 2021. Supportive interventions to mitigate moral distress among nurses: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. Presented at: Public Health Wales Research and Evaluation Conference 2021: Research in action: COVID-19 and beyond, Online, 23 September 2021.
Monographs
- Watts, T. et al. 2022. Addressing moral distress during COVID-19 recovery: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis of moral distress in nurses and supportive moral distress interventions. Public Health Wales: Cardiff University.
Thesis
- Sydor, A. 2010. The lived experiences of young men addressing their sexual health and negotiating their masculinities. PhD Thesis, University of South Wales.
Research
I am available to supervise qualitative projects. My interests are in women's health and sexual health. I am interested in supervising students interested in undertakling research about Domestic abuse and Coercive control; particularly focused on the way that this intersects with healthcare.
Sydor, A., 2013. Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations. Nurse researcher, 20(3).
Sydor, A.M., 2010. The lived experiences of young men addressing their sexual health and negotiating their masculinities. University of South Wales (United Kingdom).
Sydor, A. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young men's experiences of addressing their sexual health and the importance of researcher reflexivity Journal of Research in Nursing 24 (1-2), 36-46 10.1177/1744987118818865
Waters, J., Anstey, S., Clouston, T. and Sydor, A., 2021. Exploring teachers' lived experiences of child-on-child harmful sexual behaviour at school: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Sexual Aggression, pp.1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.1896810
Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Watts, T. and Bundy, C., 2023. Nurses' coping strategies caring for patients during severe viral pandemics: A mixed‐methods systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Watts, T., Jones, B., Anstey, S., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Temeng, E., Sydor, A., Whybrow, D., Gillen, E., Kyle, R. and Grey, B., 2022. Addressing moral distress during COVID-19 recovery: a mixed methods systematic review and narrative synthesis of moral distress in nurses and supportive moral distress interventions.
Watts, T., Sydor, A., Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Whybrow, D., Kyle, R., Bundy, E., Morley, G. and Jones, B., 2022. Symposium of four papers: Identifying and mitigating moral distress in the nursing workforce: insights from the UK and the United States.
Watts, T., Bundy, E., Kyle, R., Whybrow, D., Sydor, A., Pattinson, R., Hewitt, R., Temeng, E. and Jones, B., 2022. Perceived helpfulness of a tiered mental health support intervention for moral distress: a qualitative, exploratory study.
Watts, T., Bundy, E., Temeng, E., Hewitt, R., Pattinson, R., Whybrow, D., Sydor, A., Kyle, R. and Jones, B., 2022. Contributing factors and impacts of moral distress among nurses: a systematic review.
Teaching
I teach research in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. I also teach midwifery, women's health and contraception to undergraduate student nurses.
I lead two modules:
Research and Data analysis (post-graduate)
Systematic Review Dissertation (Master's dissertation)
I am the programme manager for all standalone students - these students undertake one or two modules to enhance their professional knowledge and practice and often to use as part of their Master's study.
Biography
I am currently an adult nurse senior lecturer; I am also a registered midwife. I have worked in a variety of adult nursing settings including contraception and sexual health services, accident and emergency and surgical wards. I qualified as a midwife in 2012 and worked in Oxford as a midwife caring for antenatal, intrapartum and post-natal women and their babies.
I joined Cardiff university in 2015 and since then have held a number of roles within the school of healthcare sciences including Academic misconduct lead and Programme manager for Standalone postgraduate taught students.
Supervisions
- qualitative projects
- Interpretative phenomenological analysis
- Systematic reviews
- women's health
- midwifery
- sexual health
Current supervision
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Women’s studies
- Sexualities