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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

Theses / dissertations

2023 (No publication date)

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

    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)

  • 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
  • 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,
  • 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)

  • 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,
  • 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,
  • 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)

  • 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,
  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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