• Factors associated with excess all-cause mortality in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A time series analysis using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink 

      Strongman, Helen; Carreira, Helena; De Stavola, Bianca L.; Bhaskaran, Krishnan; Leon, David A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-06)
      Background: Excess mortality captures the total effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mortality and is not affected by misspecification of cause of death. We aimed to describe how health and demographic factors were associated with excess mortality during, compared to before, the pandemic. <p> <p>Methods and findings: We analysed a time series dataset including 9,635,613 ...
    • Indirect acute effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health in the UK: a population-based study 

      Mansfield, Kathryn E; Mathur, Rohini; Tazare, John; Henderson, Alasdair D; Mulick, Amy R; Carreira, Helena; Matthews, Anthony A; Bidulka, Patrick; Gayle, Alicia; Forbes, Harriet; Cook, Sarah; Wong, Angel Y S; Strongman, Helen; Wing, Kevin; Warren-Gash, Charlotte; Cadogan, Sharon L; Smeeth, Liam; Hayes, Joseph F; Quint, Jennifer K; McKee, Martin; Langan, Sinéad M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-18)
      Background There are concerns that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK might have worsened physical and mental health, and reduced use of health services. However, the scale of the problem is unquantified, impeding development of effective mitigations. We aimed to ascertain what has happened to general practice contacts for acute physical and mental health outcomes during the ...