Anna Hunt

Graduate Research Assistant

a.hunt4@exeter.ac.uk

South Cloisters 2.05

South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

Overview

Anna is a researcher based in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (ChYMe) Collaboration in the College of Medicine and Health. Anna works on the NIHR-funded ATTEND programme which aims to refine, evaluate, and optimise the implementation of a novel intervention, Mindfulness for Adolescents and Carers (MAC), for young people with depression who have failed to completely respond to first line treatment or who have relapsed. The focus of her role is to understand how best we can start using MAC across the country should it be found to be effective in reducing symptoms of depression in the randomized controlled trial.

Prior to this role Anna worked at the University on the IDEAL research programme, the largest study of living well with dementia in Great Britain. She has also worked on commercial clinical trials at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and within different NHS services providing support for people with acute mental health needs and long-standing fatigue linked to a variety of illnesses.

Qualifications

MSc (Distinction) Health Psychology, University of Bath (2019)
BSc (1st Class Hons) Psychology, University of Exeter (2014)

Research

Research interests

Anna’s research interests lie in exploring the socio-environmental determinants of children’s (mental) health and health inequalities as well as opportunities for prevention and intervention. Anna is also interested in the impact of chronic health conditions on young people and their families.

Publications

Journal articles

Sabatini S, Martyr A, Hunt A, Gamble LD, Matthews FE, Thom JM, Jones RW, Allan L, Knapp M, Victor C, et al (2024). Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1). Abstract.

Sabatini S, Turner SG, Morris RG, Opdebeeck C, Thom JM, Hunt A, Allan L, Pentecost C, Clare L (2024). Correlates of felt age in caregivers of people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14

Collins R, Martyr A, Hunt A, Quinn C, Pentecost C, Hughes JC, Clare L (2023). Methods and approaches to facilitate inclusion of the views, perspectives and preferences of people with moderate‐to‐severe dementia in research: a narrative systematic review. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(1).

Hunt A, Martyr A, Gamble LD, Morris RG, Thom JM, Pentecost C, Clare L (2023). The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme. BMC Geriatr, 23(1). Abstract. Author URL.

Gamble LD, Parker S, Quinn C, Bennett HQ, Martyr A, Sabatini S, Pentecost C, Collins R, Dawson E, Hunt A, et al (2022). A Comparison of Well-Being of Carers of People with Dementia and Their Ability to Manage Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the IDEAL Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 88(2), 679-692.

Quinn C, Gamble LD, Parker S, Martyr A, Collins R, Victor C, Dawson E, Hunt A, Pentecost C, Allan L, et al (2022). Impact of COVID‐19 on carers of people with dementia in the community: Findings from the British IDEAL cohort. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(5). Abstract.

Collins R, Hunt A, Quinn C, Martyr A, Pentecost C, Clare L (2022). Methods and approaches for enhancing communication with people with moderate-to-severe dementia that can facilitate their inclusion in research and service evaluation: Findings from the IDEAL programme. Dementia, 21(4), 1135-1153. Abstract.

Sabatini S, Bennett HQ, Martyr A, Collins R, Gamble LD, Matthews FE, Pentecost C, Dawson E, Hunt A, Parker S, et al (2022). Minimal Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of People Living with Dementia: Analysis of Matched Longitudinal Data from the IDEAL Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13

Clare L, Martyr A, Gamble LD, Pentecost C, Collins R, Dawson E, Hunt A, Parker S, Allan L, Burns A, et al (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on ‘living well’ with mild-to-moderate dementia in the community: findings from the IDEAL cohort. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Sabatini S, Ukoumunne OC, Martyr A, Ballard C, Lamont RA, Collins R, Pentecost C, Hunt A, Quinn C, Thom JM, et al (2021). Relationship between self-perceptions of aging and ‘living well’ among people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal programme. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 94, 104328-104328.

Dunn BD, Burr L, Bunker-Smith H, Hunt A, Dadgostar D, Dalglish L, Smith S, Attree E, Jell G, Martyn J, et al (2018). Turning gold into lead: Dampening appraisals reduce happiness and pleasantness and increase sadness during anticipation and recall of pleasant activities in the laboratory. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 107, 19-33.

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