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ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2021

COVID-19 and UK family carers: policy implications.

Juliana Onwumere, Cathy Creswell, Gill Livingston, David Shiers, Kate Tchanturia, Tony Charman, Alisa Russell, Janet Treasure, Marta Di Forti, Emilie Wildman and 4 more

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Review in The lancet. Psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The next viral pandemic-where do we stand?Folia microbiologica · 2025
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  6. Knowledge Families Hold: Co-Production and Co-Research With Mental Health Family Carers in Understanding Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Juliana OnwumereDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, UK. Electronic address: juliana.1.onwumere@kcl.ac.uk.
Cathy CreswellDepartment of Experimental Psychology, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Gill LivingstonDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.
David ShiersPsychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, Manchester, UK; Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.
Kate TchanturiaDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Tony CharmanDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Alisa RussellDepartment of Psychology, Centre of Applied Autism Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Janet TreasureDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Marta Di FortiDepartment of Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Emilie WildmanDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Helen MinnisUniversity of Glasgow, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow, UK.
Allan YoungDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Annette DavisSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, UK.
Elizabeth KuipersDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, UK.
King's College London · GBBethlem Royal Hospital · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Informal (unpaid) carers are an integral part of all societies and the health and social care systems in the UK depend on them. Despite the valuable contributions and key worker status of informal carers, their lived experiences, wellbeing, and needs have been neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Health Policy, we bring together a broad range of clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience as informal carers to share their thoughts on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK carers, many of whom have felt abandoned as services closed. We focus on the carers of children and young people and adults and older adults with mental health diagnoses, and carers of people with intellectual disability or neurodevelopmental conditions across different care settings over the lifespan. We provide policy recommendations with the aim of improving outcomes for all carers.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCaregiversChildChild, PreschoolCOVID-19FemaleHealth PolicyHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansIntellectual DisabilityLife Change EventsMaleMental Disorders

Identifiers

PMID34537103
PMCPMC8445736
OpenAlexW3199178672

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Registered trials

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