Fancourt, Daisy

Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England: a longitudinal observational study

Fancourt, D., Steptoe, A., & Bu, F. (2021) · The Lancet Psychiatry

COVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Cited by 1,161

Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bu, F., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2020) · Public Health

COVID-19 and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 703

How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action

Fancourt, D., Aughterson, H., Finn, S., Walker, E., & Steptoe, A. (2021) · The Lancet Psychiatry

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPhysical Activity and Health

Cited by 484

Loneliness during a strict lockdown: Trajectories and predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic in 38,217 United Kingdom adults

Bu, F., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2020) · Social Science & Medicine

COVID-19 and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 462

Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

Aknin, L. B., De Neve, J.-E., Dunn, E. W., Fancourt, D. E., Goldberg, E., Helliwell, J. F., Jones, S. P., Karam, E., Layard, R., Lyubomirsky, S., et al. (2022) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

COVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Cited by 418

The psychoneuroimmunological effects of music: A systematic review and a new model

Fancourt, D., Ockelford, A., & Belai, A. (2014) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Music Therapy and HealthNeuroscience and Music Perception

Cited by 316

Abuse, self-harm and suicidal ideation in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iob, E., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2020) · The British Journal of Psychiatry

COVID-19 and Mental HealthSuicide and Self-Harm Studies

Cited by 297

Leading a meaningful life at older ages and its relationship with social engagement, prosperity, health, biology, and time use

Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 254

Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

Aknin, L. B., Andretti, B., Goldszmidt, R., Helliwell, J. F., Petherick, A., De Neve, J.-E., Dunn, E. W., Fancourt, D., Goldberg, E., Jones, S. P., et al. (2022) · The Lancet Public Health

COVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 epidemiological studies

Cited by 247

Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers

Fancourt, D., Williamon, A., Carvalho, L. A., Steptoe, A., Dow, R., & Lewis, I. (2016) · ecancermedicalscience

Music Therapy and HealthCancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Cited by 201

Understanding different trajectories of mental health across the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Saunders, R., Buckman, J. E. J., Fonagy, P., & Fancourt, D. (2022) · Psychological Medicine

COVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Cited by 156

Psychosocial impact on frontline health and social care professionals in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study

Aughterson, H., McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021) · BMJ Open

COVID-19 and Mental HealthHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Cited by 147

Are we all in this together? Longitudinal assessment of cumulative adversities by socioeconomic position in the first 3 weeks of lockdown in the UK

Wright, L., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2020) · Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Health disparities and outcomesSocial impacts of COVID-19

Cited by 145

A qualitative study about the mental health and wellbeing of older adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021) · BMC Geriatrics

COVID-19 and Mental HealthAging, Health, and Disability

Cited by 125

The art of life and death: 14 year follow-up analyses of associations between arts engagement and mortality in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Fancourt, D., & Steptoe, A. (2019) · BMJ

Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts, Culture, and Music Studies

Cited by 125

‘You’re just there, alone in your room with your thoughts’: a qualitative study about the psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among young people living in the UK

McKinlay, A. R., May, T., Dawes, J., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2022) · BMJ Open

COVID-19 and Mental HealthSocial impacts of COVID-19

Cited by 115

Longitudinal changes in physical activity during and after the first national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England

Bu, F., Bone, J. K., Mitchell, J. J., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2021) · Scientific Reports

Physical Activity and HealthCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Cited by 114

Low-stress and high-stress singing have contrasting effects on glucocorticoid response

Fancourt, D., Aufegger, L., & Williamon, A. (2015) · Frontiers in Psychology

Music Therapy and HealthStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 109

Coping strategies and mental health trajectories during the first 21 weeks of COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom

Fluharty, M., Bu, F., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2021) · Social Science & Medicine

COVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Cited by 106

Social engagement and loneliness are differentially associated with neuro-immune markers in older age: time-varying associations from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Walker, E., Ploubidis, G., & Fancourt, D. (2019) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Health disparities and outcomesStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 104

Associations between singing to babies and symptoms of postnatal depression, wellbeing, self-esteem and mother-infant bond

Fancourt, D., & Perkins, R. (2017) · Public Health

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMusic Therapy and Health

Cited by 100

Cultural engagement and mental health: Does socio-economic status explain the association?

Fancourt, D., & Steptoe, A. (2019) · Social Science & Medicine

Art Therapy and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 98

Cultural engagement and cognitive reserve: museum attendance and dementia incidence over a 10-year period

Fancourt, D., Steptoe, A., & Cadar, D. (2018) · The British Journal of Psychiatry

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMuseums and Cultural Heritage

Cited by 96

How group singing facilitates recovery from the symptoms of postnatal depression: a comparative qualitative study

Perkins, R., Yorke, S., & Fancourt, D. (2018) · BMC Psychology

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMusic Therapy and Health

Cited by 92