Publications

Ola Demkowicz, Eleanor Chatburn, Charlotte Archer, Rhiannon Thompson, Ruth Plackett - Advancing mixed methods in mental health research: BMJ Mental Health 2025;28:e301401.

Ferizovic, N., Plackett, R., Clarke, C. S., Hunter, R., & Freemantle, N. (2025). Value attributes of advanced therapy medicinal products: a documentary analysis of comments received from stakeholders during reimbursement decisions to England’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2025.2455405 

Barker, R., Plackett, R., Price, A., Canvin, K., Hartwell, G., & Bonell, C. (2025). Ethical challenges confronted in non-clinical, public health research with young people in England. Qualitative Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241306241 

Plackett R, Ferris E (2024) The prevalence and determinants of health anxiety during the covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS Ment Health 1(7): e0000120. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000120 

Plackett, R., Hulin, J., Mukuria, C. et al. Measures of social connectedness in adult populations: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 24, 3384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20779-0 

Yu Y, Dykxhoorn J, Plackett R. The Impact of Different Types of Social Media Use on the Mental Health of UK Adults: Longitudinal Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Oct 30;26:e56950. doi: 10.2196/56950. PMID: 39476374; PMCID: PMC11561428. 

Plackett, R., Blyth, A., & Schartau, P. (2023). The Impact of Social Media Use Interventions on Mental Well-Being: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e44922. Doi:10.2196/44922, PMID: 37565693

Plackett R, Sheringham J, Dykxhoorn J. (2023) The Longitudinal Impact of Social Media Use on UK Adolescents' Mental Health: Longitudinal Observational Study. J Med Internet Res; 25:e43213 doi: 10.2196/43213. PMID: 36961482. https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e43213

Kassianos, A. P., Plackett, R., Kambouri, M. A., & Sheringham, J. (2023). Educators’ perspectives of adopting virtual patient online learning tools to teach clinical reasoning in medical schools: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 23, 424. doi:10.1186/s12909-023-04422-x

Widnall, E., Adams, E. A., Plackett, R., Winstone, L., Haworth, C. M. A., Mars, B., & Kidger, J. (2022). Adolescent Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and School Closures and Implications for Mental Health, Peer Relationships and Learning: A Qualitative Study in South-West England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (12), 7163. doi:10.3390/ijerph19127163

Widnall, E., Winstone, L., Plackett, R., Adams, E. A., Haworth, C. M. A., Mars, B., & Kidger, J. (2022). Impact of School and Peer Connectedness on Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Panel Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (11), 6768. doi:10.3390/ijerph19116768 

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A., Mylan, S., Kambouri, M., Raine, R., & Sheringham, J. (2022). The effectiveness of using virtual patient educational tools to improve medical students’ clinical reasoning skills: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. doi:10.1186/s12909-022-03410-x

Sheringham, J., King, A., Plackett, R., Khan, A., Cornes, M., & Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Physician associate/assistant contributions to cancer diagnosis in primary care: a rapid systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1), 644-?. doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06667-y

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A. P., Timmis, J., Sheringham, J., Schartau, P., & Kambouri, M. (2021). Using Virtual Patients to Explore the Clinical Reasoning Skills of Medical Students: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi:10.2196/24723

Kassianos, A., Plackett, R., Schartau, P., Mylan, S., Hopwood, J., Kay, N., . . . Sheringham, J. (2020). eCREST – a novel online patient simulation resource to aid better diagnosis through developing clinical reasoning. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning.

Plackett, R., Kassianos, A. P., Kambouri, M., Kay, N., Mylan, S., Hopwood, J., . . . Sheringham, J. (2020). Online patient simulation training to improve clinical reasoning: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 20 (1), 245. doi:10.1186/s12909-020-02168-4

Plackett, R., Kaushal, A., Kassianos, A. P., Cross, A., Lewins, D., Sheringham, J., . . . von Wagner, C. (2020). Use of social media to promote cancer screening and early diagnosis: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi:10.2196/21582

Plackett, R. (2019). Evaluation of an online learning tool to improve medical students' clinical reasoning skills (Doctoral dissertation). UCL.

Plackett, R., Thomas, S., & Thomas, S. (2017). Professionals’ views on the use of smartphone technology to support children and adolescents with memory impairment due to acquired brain injury. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 12 (3), 236-243. doi:10.3109/17483107.2015.1127436

Darragh, J., Gravestock, H., Malik, S., Plackett, R., & Courtney, L. (2016). The Best Chance from the Start: Improving Support to Identify Cancer in Children and Young People. PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER, 63, S150-S151. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Gravestock, H., Plackett, R., Tappenden, R., & Cosgrave, T. (2015). Coping with cancer - supporting young people's resilience. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE, 24, 40. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 

Jasim, S., Salam, S., Lewis, M. & Pires Martins, R. (2022) Beyond the Protected Characteristics: Insights from Public Stories of ‘The Lost Voices’ UK National Campaign. Presented at: Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference 2021

Barratt, H., Hutchings, A., Pizzo, E., Aspinal, F., Jasim, S., Gafoor, R., Ledger, J., Mehta, R., Mason, J., Martin, P., Fulop, N. J., Morris, S. & Raine, R. (2022) Mixed methods evaluation of the Getting it Right First Time programme in elective orthopaedic surgery in England: an analysis from the National Joint Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics. BMJ Open;12:e058316. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058316

Li, K., Lorgelly, P., Jasim, S., Morris, T. & Gomes, M (2022) Does a working day keep the doctor away? A critical review of the impact of unemployment and job insecurity on health and social care utilisation. The European Journal of Health Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-022-01468-4 

Ledger, J., Mehta, R., Jasim, S., et al. O12 Democratising the research process: reflections on the co-production of focus groups BMJ Open 2019;9:doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-QHRN.12

Aimola, L., Jasim, S., Tripathi, N. et al. Impact of a peer-review network on the quality of inpatient low secure mental health services: cluster randomised control trial. BMC Health Serv Res 18, 994 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3797-z 

Farnham, A., Kurz, C., Öztürk, M.A. Monica Solbiati, Oona Myllyntaus, Jordy Meekes, Tra My Pham, Clara Paz, Magda Langiewicz, Sophie Andrews, Liisa Kanninen, Chantal Agbemabiese, Arzu Tugce Guler, Jeffrey Durieux, Sarah Jasim, Olivia Viessmann, Stefano Frattini, Danagul Yembergenova, Carla Marin Benito, Marion Porte, Anaïs Grangeray-Vilmint, Rafael Prieto Curiel, Carin Rehncrona, Tareq Malas, Flavia Esposito & Kristina Hettne. Early career researchers want Open Science. Genome Biol 18, 221 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1351-7 

Aimola L, Jasim S, Tripathi N, Tucker S, Worrall A, Quirk A, Crawford MJ. Impact of peer-led quality improvement networks on quality of inpatient mental health care: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 21;16(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1040-1.

Lina Aimola, Sarah Jasim, Neeraj Tripathi, Samantha Holder, Alan Quirk & Mike J. Crawford (2016) Quality of low secure services in the UK: development and use of the Quality of Environment In Low Secure Services (QELS) checklist, The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 27:4, 504-516, DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2016.1158849