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My research and clinical activities include:
Primary Care Research
Stroke Prevention Research
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Primary Care Setting Research
Clinical Commissioning
General Practice
Clinical Management of General Practice Federations

Publications from Elements

Journal articles

2024 (Accepted for publication)

  • Modi, R., Mant, J., Griffin, S., Edwards, D., Lund, J., Dymond, A., Brimicombe, J., Williams, K., Hoare, S., Powell, A., Burt, J., Kaptoge, S., Morris, S. and Sutton, S., 2024 (Accepted for publication). Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial. BMJ Open,
  • 2023 (Accepted for publication)

  • Mant, J., Mendonca, SC., Edwards, D., Lund, J. and Saunders, CL., 2023 (Accepted for publication). Progression of stroke risk in patients aged <65 years diagnosed with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study in general practice British Journal of General Practice,
    Doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0568
  • 2023

  • Chen, S., Marshall, T., Jackson, C., Cooper, J., Crowe, F., Nirantharakumar, K., Saunders, CL., Kirk, P., Richardson, S., Edwards, D., Griffin, S., Yau, C. and Barrett, JK., 2023. Sociodemographic characteristics and longitudinal progression of multimorbidity: A multistate modelling analysis of a large primary care records dataset in England. PLoS Med, v. 20
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004310
  • 2022 (Accepted for publication)

  • Yang, Z., Toh, S., Li, X., Edwards, D., Brayne, C. and Mant, J., 2022 (Accepted for publication). Statin use is associated with lower risk of dementia in stroke patients: a community-based cohort study with inverse probability weighted marginal structural model analysis European Journal of Epidemiology,
  • Barrett, J., Richardson, S., Kiddle, S. and Kirk, P., 2022 (Accepted for publication). The optimum algorithms for multimorbidity clustering identified in simulated and health record data Journal of Clinical Epidemiology,
  • Williams, K., Modi, RN., Dymond, A., Hoare, S., Powell, A., Burt, J., Edwards, D., Lund, J., Johnson, R., Lobban, T., Lown, M., Sweeting, M., Thom, H., Kaptoge, S., Fusco, F., Morris, S., Lip, GYH., Armstrong, N., Cowie, MR., Fitzmaurice, D., Freedman, B., Griffin, S., Sutton, S., Hobbs, FDR., McManus, RJ. and Mant, J., 2022 (Accepted for publication). A cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial BMJ Open,
  • 2022

  • Nichols, L., Taverner, T., Crowe, F., Richardson, S., Yau, C., Kiddle, S., Kirk, P., Barrett, J., Nirantharakumar, K., Griffin, S., Edwards, D. and Marshall, T., 2022. In simulated data and health records, latent class analysis was the optimum multimorbidity clustering algorithm. J Clin Epidemiol, v. 152
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.10.011
  • 2021 (Accepted for publication)

  • Lund, J., Saunders, C., Edwards, D. and Mant, J., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Anticoagulation trends in adults aged 65 and over with atrial fibrillation; a cohort study. Open Heart,
  • Deaton, M., Forsyth, F., Brimicombe, J., Cheriyan, J., Edwards, D., Hobbs, FDR., Jalaludeen, N., Mant, J., Pilling, M., Schiff, R., Taylor, CJ. and Zaman, MJ., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Characteristics of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care: Cross-sectional analysis BJGP Open,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0094
  • Deaton, M., Forsyth, F., Brimicombe, J., Cheriyan, J., Edwards, D., Hobbs, R., Jalaludeen, N., Mant, J., Pilling, M., Schiff, R., Taylor, CJ. and Zaman, J., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Diagnosis of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care: cohort study ESC Heart Failure,
  • Yang, Z., Edwards, D., Burgess, S., Brayne, C. and Mant, J., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Association of major blood lipids with post-stroke dementia: a community-based cohort study. European Journal of Neurology,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15219
  • 2021

  • Okoli, GN., Myles, P., Murray-Thomas, T., Shepherd, H., Wong, ICK. and Edwards, D., 2021. Use of Primary Care Data in Research and Pharmacovigilance: Eight Scenarios Where Prescription Data are Absent. Drug Saf, v. 44
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-021-01093-9
  • 2020 (Accepted for publication)

  • Martins Mendonca, S., Saunders, CL., Lund, J., Mant, J. and Edwards, D., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Temporal trends in incidence of atrial fibrillation in primary care records: a population-based cohort study BMJ Open,
  • Zhu, Y., Edwards, D., Mant, J., Payne, RA. and Kiddle, S., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Characteristics, service use, and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study BMC Medicine,
  • Yang, Z., Edwards, D., Burgess, S., Brayne, C. and Mant, J., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Association of prior atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with dementia after stroke: a retrospective cohort study Journal of Alzheimer's Disease,
  • 2020

  • Yang, Z., Wang, H., Edwards, D., Ding, C., Yan, L., Brayne, C. and Mant, J., 2020. Association of blood lipids, atherosclerosis and statin use with dementia and cognitive impairment after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Res Rev, v. 57
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2019.100962
  • 2019 (Accepted for publication)

  • Deaton, M., Forsyth, F., Mant, J., Edwards, D., Taylor, C., Hobbs, R., Hossain, M., Chew-Graham, C., Blakeman, T. and Sowden, E., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (OPTIMISE-HFpEF): Rationale and Protocol for a Multi-Method Study British Journal of General Practice Open,
  • Payne, R., Martins Mendonca, S., Elliott, M., Saunders, C., Edwards, D., Marshall, M. and Roland, M., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Development and validation of the Cambridge Multimorbidity Score CMAJ,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190757
  • Yang, Z., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Statin use and high-dose statin use after ischemic stroke in the UK: a retrospective cohort study Dove Medical Press,
  • Edwards, D., Turner, G., Virdee, SK. and Mant, J., 2019 (Accepted for publication). The role of the GP in managing suspected transient ischaemic attack: a qualitative study BMC Family Practice,
  • 2019

  • Corbalan, R., Bassand, J-P., Illingworth, L., Ambrosio, G., Camm, AJ., Fitzmaurice, DA., Fox, KAA., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Haas, S., Kayani, G., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Pieper, KS., Turpie, AGG., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2019. Analysis of Outcomes in Ischemic vs Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report From the GARFIELD-AF Registry. JAMA Cardiol, v. 4
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4729
  • Jerjes-Sanchez, C., Corbalan, R., Barretto, ACP., Luciardi, HL., Allu, J., Illingworth, L., Pieper, KS., Kayani, G. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2019. Stroke prevention in patients from Latin American countries with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry. Clin Cardiol, v. 42
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/clc.23176
  • Goto, S., Angchaisuksiri, P., Bassand, J-P., Camm, AJ., Dominguez, H., Illingworth, L., Gibbs, H., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Jing, Z-C., Haas, S., Kayani, G., Koretsune, Y., Lim, TW., Oh, S., Sawhney, JPS., Turpie, AGG., van Eickels, M., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD‐AF Investigators, , 2019. Management and 1-Year Outcomes of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results From the Prospective GARFIELD - AF Registry. J Am Heart Assoc, v. 8
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010510
  • Haas, S., Camm, AJ., Bassand, J-P., Angchaisuksiri, P., Cools, F., Corbalan, R., Gibbs, H., Jacobson, B., Koretsune, Y., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Panchenko, E., Ragy, HI., Stepinska, J., Turpie, AG., Sawhney, JP., Steffel, J., Lim, TW., Pieper, KS., Virdone, S., Verheugt, FW., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2019. Predictors of NOAC versus VKA use for stroke prevention in patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: Results from GARFIELD-AF. Am Heart J, v. 213
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.03.013
  • 2018 (Accepted for publication)

  • Lown, M., Garrard, J., Irving, G., Edwards, D., Hobbs, FR. and Mant, J., 2018 (Accepted for publication). Should we screen for atrial fibrillation? British Journal of General Practice, v. 67
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X691613
  • Cassell, A., Edwards, D., Harshfield, A., Rhodes, KM., Brimicombe, J., Payne, R. and Griffin, S., 2018 (Accepted for publication). The Epidemiology of Multimorbidity in Primary Care British Journal of General Practice,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X695465
  • Deaton, MC., Edwards, D., Malyon, A. and Zaman, MJ., 2018 (Accepted for publication). The Tip of the Iceberg: Finding Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care British Journal of General Practice,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101606
  • 2018

  • Edwards, DA., Kontopantelis, E., Stevens, R., Helms, P., Doran, T. and Ashcroft, D., 2018. Spatial distribution of clinical computer systems in primary care in England in 2016 and implications for primary care electronic medical record databases BMJ Open,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020738
  • Sawhney, JP., Kothiwale, VA., Bisne, V., Durgaprasad, R., Jadhav, P., Chopda, M., Vanajakshamma, V., Meena, R., Vijayaraghavan, G., Chawla, K., Allu, J., Pieper, KS., John Camm, A., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2018. Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry. Indian Heart J, v. 70
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.09.001
  • Bassand, J-P., Accetta, G., Al Mahmeed, W., Corbalan, R., Eikelboom, J., Fitzmaurice, DA., Fox, KAA., Gao, H., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Haas, S., Kayani, G., Pieper, K., Turpie, AGG., van Eickels, M., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2018. Risk factors for death, stroke, and bleeding in 28,628 patients from the GARFIELD-AF registry: Rationale for comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation. PLoS One, v. 13
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191592
  • 2017

  • Browne, J., Edwards, DA., Rhodes, KM., Brimicombe, DJ. and Payne, RA., 2017. Association of comorbidity and health service usage among patients with dementia in the UK: a population-based study BMJ Open, v. 7
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012546
  • Fox, KAA., Lucas, JE., Pieper, KS., Bassand, J-P., Camm, AJ., Fitzmaurice, DA., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Haas, S., Hacke, W., Kayani, G., Oto, A., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Piccini, JP., Turpie, AGG., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2017. Improved risk stratification of patients with atrial fibrillation: an integrated GARFIELD-AF tool for the prediction of mortality, stroke and bleed in patients with and without anticoagulation. BMJ Open, v. 7
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017157
  • Camm, AJ., Accetta, G., Al Mahmeed, W., Ambrosio, G., Goldhaber, SZ., Haas, S., Jansky, P., Kayani, G., Misselwitz, F., Oh, S., Oto, A., Raatikainen, P., Steffel, J., van Eickels, M., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2017. Impact of gender on event rates at 1 year in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation: contemporary perspective from the GARFIELD-AF registry. BMJ Open, v. 7
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014579
  • Camm, AJ., Accetta, G., Ambrosio, G., Atar, D., Bassand, J-P., Berge, E., Cools, F., Fitzmaurice, DA., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Haas, S., Kayani, G., Koretsune, Y., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Oh, S., Turpie, AGG., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2017. Evolving antithrombotic treatment patterns for patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation. Heart, v. 103
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309832
  • 2016

  • Fitzmaurice, DA., Accetta, G., Haas, S., Kayani, G., Lucas Luciardi, H., Misselwitz, F., Pieper, K., Ten Cate, H., Turpie, AGG., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2016. Comparison of international normalized ratio audit parameters in patients enrolled in GARFIELD-AF and treated with vitamin K antagonists. Br J Haematol, v. 174
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14084
  • Haas, S., Ten Cate, H., Accetta, G., Angchaisuksiri, P., Bassand, J-P., Camm, AJ., Corbalan, R., Darius, H., Fitzmaurice, DA., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Jacobson, B., Kayani, G., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Pieper, K., Schellong, SM., Stepinska, J., Turpie, AGG., van Eickels, M., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2016. Quality of Vitamin K Antagonist Control and 1-Year Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Global Perspective from the GARFIELD-AF Registry. PLoS One, v. 11
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164076
  • Bassand, J-P., Accetta, G., Camm, AJ., Cools, F., Fitzmaurice, DA., Fox, KAA., Goldhaber, SZ., Goto, S., Haas, S., Hacke, W., Kayani, G., Mantovani, LG., Misselwitz, F., Ten Cate, H., Turpie, AGG., Verheugt, FWA., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2016. Two-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: results from GARFIELD-AF. Eur Heart J, v. 37
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw233
  • 2015

  • Lip, GYH., Rushton-Smith, SK., Goldhaber, SZ., Fitzmaurice, DA., Mantovani, LG., Goto, S., Haas, S., Bassand, J-P., Camm, AJ., Ambrosio, G., Janský, P., Al Mahmeed, W., Oh, S., van Eickels, M., Raatikainen, P., Steffel, J., Oto, A., Kayani, G., Accetta, G., Kakkar, AK. and GARFIELD-AF Investigators, , 2015. Does sex affect anticoagulant use for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation? The prospective global anticoagulant registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, v. 8
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001556
  • 2014

  • Rashid, MA., Edwards, D., Walter, FM. and Mant, J., 2014. Medication taking in coronary artery disease: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Ann Fam Med, v. 12
    Doi: 10.1370/afm.1620
  • 2013

  • Edwards, D., Fletcher, K., Deller, R., McManus, R., Lasserson, D., Giles, M., Sims, D., Norrie, J., McGuire, G., Cohn, S., Whittle, F., Hobbs, V., Weir, C. and Mant, J., 2013. RApid Primary care Initiation of Drug treatment for Transient Ischaemic Attack (RAPID-TIA): study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, v. 14
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-194
  • 2012 (Published online)

  • Edwards, D., 2012 (Published online). Management of patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke: current treatment options Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology,
    Doi: 10.2147/rrcc.s16754
  • 2012

  • Harris, K., Edwards, D. and Mant, J., 2012. How can we best detect atrial fibrillation? J R Coll Physicians Edinb, v. 42 Suppl 18
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2012.S02
  • Edwards, D., Cohn, SR., Mavaddat, N., Virdee, SK., Lasserson, D., Milner, S., Giles, M., McManus, R. and Mant, J., 2012. Varying uses of the ABCD2 scoring system in primary and secondary care: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, v. 2
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001501
  • 2011

  • Edwards, D. and Barr, DA., 2011. Entitlement to hospital treatment in the NHS BRIT J HOSP MED, v. 72
  • 2010

  • Mant, J. and Edwards, D., 2010. Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: putting the guidelines into practice. Drugs Aging, v. 27
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.2165/11538620-000000000-00000
  • Edwards, D., 2010. Dabigatran v warfarin: Compare with higher standard BMJ (Online), v. 341
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c5984
  • Edwards, D. and Marcus, R., 2010. Eligibility for Free Health Care InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice, v. 3
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/innovait/inq093
  • 2008

  • Edwards, DAH., 2008. Impractical and unjust BMJ, v. 336
  • Edwards, DAH., 2008. Refused asylum seekers: Impractical and unjust. BMJ, v. 336
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39520.564792.3A
  • 2004

  • Barr, D., Fenton, L. and Edwards, D., 2004. Politics and health. QJM, v. 97
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hch015
  • Theses / dissertations

    2023 (No publication date)

  • Edwards, D., 2023 (No publication date). Factors associated with variation in secondary prevention medication use after stroke
  • Conference proceedings

    2020

  • Deaton, C., Forsyth, F., Mant, J., Edwards, D., Hobbs, R., Taylor, C., Aziz, A., Schiff, R., Odone, J. and Zaman, J., 2020. Characteristics and health status of patients with and without confirmed HFpEF EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, v. 41
  • 2019

  • Zhu, Y., Edwards, D., Payne, RA. and Kiddle, S., 2019. Characteristics, service use, and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study LANCET, v. 394
  • Zhu, Y., Edwards, D., Kiddle, S. and Payne, R., 2019. Characteristics and outcomes of clusters of multimorbid patients in UK general practice EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, v. 29
  • 2009

  • Dolan, E., Edwards, D., Myers, M. and O'Brien, E., 2009. WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION AND RISK OF STROKE: DUBLIN OUTCOME STUDY JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, v. 27