Obi Ukoumunne

Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid-19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre- and within-pandemic data.

Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, Abigail Emma Russell, Frances Mathews, Lauren Cross, Eleanor Bryant, Rebecca Gudka, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Tamsin J Ford

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Child Psychol Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: The high volume and pace of research has posed challenges to researchers, policymakers and practitioners wanting to un..

A feasibility study to explore the use of digital treatment of sleep as a first-step intervention to improve adolescent mental health.

Abigail Mathews, Naomi Gibbons, Emma Harrison, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Paul Stallard

Journal article  |  2023  |  Behav Sleep Med

INTRODUCTION: Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBTi), delivered face-to-face or digitally, can improve the mental health o..

Adherence to Post-polypectomy Surveillance Guidelines at a Large District General Hospital

Daniel M Butler, Aye Myintmo, Harriet Flashman, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Rob Bethune

Journal article  |  2023  |  Cureus

Rumination moderates the longitudinal associations of awareness of age-related change with depressive and anxiety symptoms.

S Sabatini, B Dritschel, FS Rupprecht, OC Ukoumunne, C Ballard, H Brooker, A Corbett, L Clare

Journal article  |  2023  |  Aging Ment Health

OBJECTIVE: Lower awareness of age-related gains (AARC-gains) and higher awareness of age-related losses (AARC-losses) may be risk ..

Increasing access to evidence-based treatment for child anxiety problems: online parent-led CBT for children identified via schools.

Iheoma Green, Tessa Reardon, Roberta Button, Victoria Williamson, Gemma Halliday, Claire Hill, Michael Larkin, Falko F Sniehotta, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Tamsin Ford, Susan H Spence, Paul Stallard, Cathy Creswell

Journal article  |  2023  |  Child Adolesc Ment Health

BACKGROUND: Anxiety problems are extremely common and have an early age of onset. We previously found, in a study in England, that..

Minimising Young Children's Anxiety through Schools (MY-CATS): statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an online parent-led intervention compared with usual school practice for young children identified as at risk for anxiety disorders.

Benjamin G Jones, Tessa Reardon, Cathy Creswell, Helen F Dodd, Claire Hill, Bec Jasper, Peter J Lawrence, Fran Morgan, Ronald M Rapee, Mara Violato, Anna Placzek, Obioha C Ukoumunne

Journal article  |  2022  |  Trials

BACKGROUND: The Minimising Young Children's Anxiety through Schools (MY-CATS) trial is being conducted to determine whether an onl..

Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review.

Rebecca Whear, Alison Bethel, Rebecca Abbott, Morwenna Rogers, Noreen Orr, Sean Manzi, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Ken Stein, Jo Thompson Coon

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Clin Epidemiol

OBJECTIVES: To suggest possible approaches to combatting the impact of the COVID-19 infodemic to prevent research waste in future ..

Identifying Child Anxiety Through Schools-identification to intervention (iCATS-i2i): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to compare screening, feedback and intervention for child anxiety problems to usual school practice.

Tessa Reardon, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Mara Violato, Susan Ball, Paul Brown, Tamsin Ford, Alastair Gray, Claire Hill, Bec Jasper, Michael Larkin, Ian Macdonald, Fran Morgan, Jack Pollard, Michelle Sancho, Falko F Sniehotta, Susan H Spence, Paul Stallard, Jason Stainer, Lucy Taylor, Victoria Williamson, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Trials

BACKGROUND: Systematically screening for child anxiety problems, and offering and delivering a brief, evidence-based intervention ..

Exploring awareness of age-related changes among over 50s in the UK: findings from the PROTECT study.

Serena Sabatini, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Clive Ballard, Rachel Collins, Anne Corbett, Helen Brooker, Linda Clare

Journal article  |  2022  |  Int Psychogeriatr

OBJECTIVES: Older people describe positive and negative age-related changes, but we do not know much about what contributes to mak..

Ethnic inequalities in routes to diagnosis of cancer: a population-based UK cohort study.

Tanimola Martins, Gary Abel, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Luke TA Mounce, Sarah Price, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Frank Chinegwundoh, William Hamilton

Journal article  |  2022  |  Br J Cancer

BACKGROUND: UK Asian and Black ethnic groups have poorer outcomes for some cancers and are less likely to report a positive care e..