Andrea is a Research Fellow who joined the NMAHP Research Unit (now CHeCR) in 2015. Andrea is an experienced researcher with a strong background in health research, specialising in perinatal mental health and healthcare services research. He is currently working for the PROSPERH project, a large, Horizon-funded EU project developing an intervention to improve physical and mental health in the workplace. He has previously been a Co-Applicant on the MAP study (), a NIHR-funded research project investigating the most effective and acceptable screening tool for perinatal anxiety. He was awarded his PhD from the 我要吃瓜 in 2019 for the development and psychometric validation of a screening scale for antenatal anxiety. The PhD was funded by a Chief Scientist Office Doctoral Training Fellowship.
Andrea has previously obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment and qualified as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner while working for Oxford Health NHS Trust within the Oxfordshire IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service from 2012 to 2014. He moved to the UK in 2009, initially to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Child Development & Learning at Oxford Brookes University, which he completed in 2010. Andrea is originally from Italy, where he graduated with a “Diploma di Laurea” in Psychology (equivalent to a BSc + MSc) in 2006 and subsequently worked as a Research Assistant within the Department of Social and Community Psychology in an Italian university.
Methods of assessing perinatal anxiety: The acceptability, effectiveness and feasibility of different approaches
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Improving Maternal Mental Health in South East Asia through assets based approaches
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Prevalence and treatment of perinatal anxiety: diagnostic interview study
Ayers S, Sinesi A, Meade R, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Best C, McNicol S, Williams LR, Hutton U, Howard G, Shakespeare J, Alderdice F, Jomeen J & the MAP Study Team (2025) Prevalence and treatment of perinatal anxiety: diagnostic interview study. BJPsych Open, 11 (1), Art. No.: e5. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.823
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Yuill C, Sinesi A, Meades R, Williams LR, Delicate A, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Shakespeare J, Alderdice F, Leonard R, Ayers S & The MAP Study Team (2024) Women's experiences and views of routine assessment for anxiety in pregnancy and after birth: A qualitative study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 29 (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12740
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Socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal anxiety: an observational cohort study
Best C, Ayers S, Sinesi A, Meades R, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Mcnicol S, Williams LR, Alderdice F, Jomeen J, Shakespeare J & MAP Study Team (2024) Socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal anxiety: an observational cohort study. BMC Public Helath, 24, Art. No.: 3183. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20608-4
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Meades R, Moran PM, Hutton U, Khan R, Maxwell M, Cheyne H, Delicate A, Shakespeare J, Hollins K, Pisavadia K, Doungsong P, Edwards RT, Sinesi A & Ayers S (2024) Acceptability of identification and management of perinatal anxiety: a qualitative interview study with postnatal women. Front. Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466150
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Evaluation of perinatal anxiety assessment measures: a cognitive interview study
Meades R, Sinesi A, Williams LR, Delicate A, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Alderdice F, Jomeen J, Shakespeare J, Yuill C, Ayers S & Studt Team M (2024) Evaluation of perinatal anxiety assessment measures: a cognitive interview study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24, Art. No.: 507. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06641-6
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When is the best time to screen for perinatal anxiety? A longitudinal cohort study
Ayers S, Sinesi A, Coates R, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Best C, McNicol S, Williams LR, Uddin N, Shakespeare J & Alderdice F (2024) When is the best time to screen for perinatal anxiety? A longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 103, Art. No.: 102841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102841
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Assessment of perinatal anxiety: diagnostic accuracy of five measures
Ayers S, Coates R, Sinesi A, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Best C, McNicol S, Williams LR, Uddin N, Hutton U, Howard G, Shakespeare J, Walker JJ, Alderdice F & Jomeen J (2024) Assessment of perinatal anxiety: diagnostic accuracy of five measures. The British Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.174
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Meta-review of the barriers and facilitators to women accessing perinatal mental healthcare
Webb R, Uddin N, Constantinou G, Ford E, Easter A, Shakespeare J, Hann A, Roberts N, Alderdice F, Sinesi A, Coates R, Hogg S & Ayers S (2023) Meta-review of the barriers and facilitators to women accessing perinatal mental healthcare. BMJ Open, 13 (7), Art. No.: e066703. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066703
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The Stirling Antenatal Anxiety Scale (SAAS): development and initial psychometric validation
Sinesi A, Cheyne H, Maxwell M & O'Carroll R (2022) The Stirling Antenatal Anxiety Scale (SAAS): development and initial psychometric validation. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 8, Art. No.: 100333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100333
Book Chapter
Review of current scales and their psychometric properties
Sinesi A (2021) Review of current scales and their psychometric properties. In: Dryer R & Brunton R (eds.) Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Theory, Research, and Practice. First edition ed. London: Routledge, pp. 161-176. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003014003/pregnancy-related-anxiety-rachel-dryer-robyn-brunton?refId=5b340c8d-95d1-4d84-934c-8ac38c4f45e2; https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014003
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Anxiety scales used in pregnancy: systematic review
Sinesi A, Maxwell M, O'Carroll R & Cheyne H (2019) Anxiety scales used in pregnancy: systematic review. BJPsych Open, 5 (1), Art. No.: e5. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.75