Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards

Professor in Health Economics

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Founding director of health economics research at Bangor University. Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor University.

In a global analysis of bibliometrics in health economics (1975-2022), Rhiannon was listed among the most important authors in health economics. She was ranked in the top five most collaborative authors, with Bangor University in the top 10 most collaborative institutions in health economics. See: Barbu, L. Global trends in the scientific research of the health economics: a bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022. Health Econ Rev 13, 31 (2023).

Telephone: +44 (0) 1248 383 712

E-mail: r.t.edwards@bangor.ac.uk

Address: Room 103, Ardudwy, Normal Site, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PZ

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  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    How does the EQ-5D perform when measuring quality of life in dementia against two other dementia-specific outcome measures?

    Aguirre, E., Kang, S., Hoare, Z., Edwards, R. & Orrell, M., Jan 2016, In: Quality of Life Research. 25, 1, p. 45-49

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Immediate chest X-ray for patients at risk of lung cancer presenting in primary care: randomised controlled feasibility trial

    Neal, R., Barham, A., Bongard, E., Edwards, R., Fitzgibbon, J., Griffiths, G., Willie, H., Hood, K., Parker, D., Porter, C., Prout, H., Roberts, K., Rogers, T., Thomas-Jones, E., Tod, A., Yeo, S. T. & Hurt, C., 31 Jan 2017, In: British Journal of Cancer. 116, 3, p. 293-302 10 p.

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    Impact of Untimely Access to Formal Care on Costs and Quality of Life in Community Dwelling People with Dementia

    Janssen, N., Handels, R. L., Skoldunger, A., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Edwards, R. T., Orrell, M., Selbaek, G., Rosvik, J., Goncalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M. J., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Meyer, G., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C. A. G., de Vugt, M. E., Verhey, F. R. J., Wimo, A. & Consortium Actifcare, 23 Nov 2018, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 66, 3, p. 1165-1174

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Impact of place of residence on place of death in Wales: An observational study

    Ziwary, S. R., Samad, S., Johnson, C. D. & Edwards, R., 12 Dec 2017, In: BMC Palliative Care. 16, 1, p. 72-77 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Improving quality of life through the routine use of the patient concerns inventory for head and neck cancer patients: baseline results in a cluster preference randomised controlled trial

    Rogers, S. N., Allmark, C., Bekiroglu, F., Edwards, R. T., Fabbroni, G., Flavel, R., Highet, V., Ho, M. W. S., Humphris, G. M., Jones, T. M., Khattak, O., Lancaster, J., Loh, C., Lowe, D., Lowies, C., Macareavy, D., Moor, J., Ong, T. K., Prasai, A., Roland, N., Semple, C., Spencer, L. H., Tandon, S., Thomas, S. J., Schache, A., Shaw, R. J. & Kanatas, A., Dec 2020, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 277, 12, p. 3435-3447 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Incredible Years Parenting Programme: Cost-Effectiveness and Implementation

    Edwards, R. T., Jones, C. L., Berry, V., Charles, J. M., Linck, P., Bywater, T-J. & Hutchings, J. M., 2016, In: Journal of Children’s Services. 11, 1, p. 54-72

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Incredible Years parent training support for foster carers in Wales: A multi-centre feasibility study

    Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J., Linck, P., Whitaker, C. J., Daley, D., Yeo, S. T. & Edwards, R. T., 21 Sept 2010, In: Child: care, health and development. 37, 2, p. 233-243

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Intergenerational Deliberations for Long Term Sustainability

    Spencer, L., Lynch, M., Thomas, G. & Edwards, R. T., 11 Feb 2023, In: Challenges. 14, 1, 16 p., 11.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Intervention Now To Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement.

    Charles, J. M., Williams, N. H., Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R. T., Lyons, M., Noyes, J., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 10 Apr 2014, In: BMJ Open. 4, 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement

    Aslam, R. W., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J. M., Craine, N., Edwards, R. T., Noyes, J., Ntambwe, L. I., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J., Williams, N. & Whitaker, R., 15 Aug 2017, In: BMC Medicine. 15, 1, p. 155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement

    Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Aslam, R., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Noyes, J., Ntambwe, L. I., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 1 Mar 2016, In: Health Technology Assessment. 20, 16

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Lay-therapist-delivered, low-intensity, psychosocial intervention for refugees and asylum seekers (PROSPER): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

    Rawlinson, R., Aslam, R., Burnside, G., Chiumento, A., Eriksson-Lee, M., Humphreys, A., Khan, N., Lawrence, D., McCluskey, R., Mackinnon, A., Orton, L., Rahman, A., Roberts, E., Rosala-Hallas, A., Edwards, R. T., Uwamaliya, P., White, R. G., Winrow, E. & Dowrick, C., 28 Apr 2020, In: Trials. 21, 1, 367.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Long-term effectiveness of a parenting intervention for children at risk of developing conduct disorder.

    Bywater, T. J., Daley, D. M., Hutchings, J. M., Bywater, T., Hutchings, J., Daley, D., Whitaker, C. J., Yeo, S. T., Jones, K., Eames, C. & Edwards, R. T., 1 Sept 2009, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 195, 4, p. 318-324

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Measuring and reducing waiting times: A cross-national comparison of strategies.

    Willcox, S., Seddon, M., Dunn, S., Edwards, R. T., Pearse, J. & Tu, J. V., 1 Jul 2007, In: Health Affairs. 26, 4, p. 1078-1087

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Measuring the health-related quality of life of children with impaired mobility: examining correlation and agreement between children and parent proxies

    Bray, N., Noyes, J., Harris, N. & Edwards, R. T., 10 Aug 2017, In: BMC Research Notes. 10, 1, p. 377

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Methylprednisolone Injections for the Treatment of Morton Neuroma: A Patient-Blinded Randomized Trial

    Thomson, C. E., Beggs, I., Martin, D. J., McMillan, D., Edwards, R. T., Russell, D., Yeo, S. T., Russell, I. T. & Gibson, J. N., 1 May 2013, In: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 95, 9, p. 790-798

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Micro costing of NHS cancer genetic services.

    Griffith, G. L., Edwards, R. T., Gray, J., Butler, R., Wilkinson, C., Turner, J., France, B. & Bennett, P., 17 Jan 2005, In: British Journal of Cancer. 92, 1, p. 60-71

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Micro-Costing in Public Health Economics: Steps Towards a Standardized Framework, Using the Incredible Years Toddler Parenting Program as a Worked Example

    Hutchings, J. M., Charles, J. M., Edwards, R. T., Bywater, T. & Hutchings, J., 1 Aug 2013, In: Prevention Science. 14, 4, p. 377-389

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Micro-costing and a cost-consequence analysis of the ‘Girls Active’ programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Charles, J., Harrington, D., Davies, M., Edwardson, C., Gorely, T., Bodicoat, D., Khunti, K., Sherar, L., Yates, T. & Edwards, R., 16 Aug 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, e0221276.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Mixed experiences of a mindfulness-informed intervention: Voices from people with intellectual disabilities, their supporters, and therapists

    Griffith, G., Hastings, R., Williams, J., Jones, R., Roberts, J., Crane, R., Snowden, H., Bryning, L., Hoare, Z. & Edwards, R., Sept 2019, In: Mindfulness. 10, 9, p. 1828-1841

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Needle-stick injuries in primary care in Wales

    Atenstaedt, R. L., Payne, S., Roberts, R. J., Russell, I. T., Russell, D. & Edwards, R. T., 4 Dec 2007, In: Journal of Public Health. 29, 4, p. 434-440

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer

    Ghaneh, P., Hanson, R., Titman, A., Lancaster, G., Plumpton, C., Lloyd-Williams, H., Yeo, S. T., Edwards, R., Johnson, C., Abu Hilal, M., Higginson, A., Armstrong, T., Smith, A., Scarsbrook, A., McKay, C., Carter, R., Sutcliffe, R., Bramhall, S., Kocher, H., Cunningham, D., Pereira, S., Davidson, B., Chang, D., Khan, S., Zealley, I., Sarker, D., Al Sarireh, B., Charnley, R., Lobo, D., Nicolson, M., Halloran, C., Raraty, M., Sutton, R., Vinjamuri, S., Evans, J., Campbell, F., Deeks, J., Sanghera, B., Wong, W-L. & Neoptolemos, J., 6 Feb 2018, In: Health Technology Assessment. 22, 7, 148 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Paradigms and research programmes: Is it time to move from health care economics to health economics?

    Edwards, R. T., 1 Oct 2001, In: Health Economics. 10, 7, p. 635-649

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Parental depression and child conduct problems: evaluation of parental service use and associated costs after attending the Incredible Years Basic Parenting Programme

    Hutchings, J. M., Charles, J. M., Bywater, T. J., Edwards, R. T., Hutchings, J. & Zou, L., 18 Dec 2013, In: BMC Health Services Research. 2013, 13, p. 523

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

    Daley, D. M., Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J. M., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Daley, D., Gardner, F., Whitaker, C., Jones, K., Eames, C. & Edwards, R. T., 29 Mar 2007, In: British Medical Journal. 334, 7595, p. 678-682

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Parenting interventions: a systematic review of the economic evidence

    Hutchings, J. M., Charles, J. M., Bywater.T., N. V. & Edwards, R. T., 1 Jul 2011, In: Child: care, health and development. 37, 4, p. 462-4745

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Parenting programme for parents of children at risk of developing conduct disorder: cost effectiveness analysis.

    Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J. M., Hughes, D., Edwards, R. T., Ceilleachair, A., Bywater, T., Hughes, D. A. & Hutchings, J., 31 Mar 2007, In: British Medical Journal. 334, 7595, p. 682-685

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Patient preferences and National Health Service costs: a cost-consequences analysis of cancer genetic services.

    Morrison, V. L., Wilkinson, C. E., Griffith, G. L., Edwards, R. T., Williams, J. M., Gray, J., Morrison, V., Wilkinson, C., Turner, J., France, B. & Bennett, P., 1 Dec 2009, In: Familial Cancer. 8, 4, p. 265-275

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Patient understanding and acceptability of an early lung cancer diagnosis trial: a qualitative study

    Prout, H. C., Barham, A., Bongard, E., Edwards, R., Griffiths, G., Hamilton, W., Harrop, E., Hood, K., Hurt, C. N., Nelson, R., Porter, C., Roberts, K., Rogers, T., Thomas-Jones, E., Tod, A., Yeo, S. T., Neal, R. D. & Nelson, A., 4 Aug 2018, In: Trials. 19, 13 p., 419.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Perceptions of the impact of disability and impairment on health, quality of life and capability

    Bray, N., Edwards, R. T., Squires, L. & Morrison, V., 24 May 2019, In: BMC Research Notes. 12, 1, p. 287 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Physical activity self-management and coaching compared to social interaction in Huntington’s disease: Results from the ENGAGE-HD randomized, controlled, pilot feasibility trial

    Busse, M., Quinn, L., Drew, C., Kelson, M., Trubey, R., McEwan, K., Jones, C., Townson, J., Dawes, H., Edwards, R., Rosser, A. & Hood, K., 1 Jun 2017, In: Physical Therapy. p. 625-639

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Portable electronic vision enhancement systems in comparison with optical magnifiers for near vision activities: an economic evaluation alongside a randomized crossover trial

    Bray, N., Brand, A., Taylor, J., Hoare, Z., Dickinson, C. & Edwards, R. T., 11 Jul 2017, In: Acta ophthalmologica. 95, 5, p. e415-e423

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Powered mobility interventions for very young children with mobility limitations to aid participation and positive development: the EMPoWER evidence synthesis

    Bray, N., Kolehmainen, N., McAnuff, J., Tanner, L., Tuersley, L., Beyer, F., Grayston, A., Wilson, D., Edwards, R. T., Noyes, J. & Craig, D., 1 Oct 2020, In: Health Technology Assessment. 24, 50, p. 1-+ 194 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Preference-based measurement of mobility-related quality of life: developing the MobQoL-7D health state classification system

    Bray, N. & Tudor Edwards, R., 5 Jun 2022, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 44, 12, p. 2915-2929 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in congenital mobility impairment: a systematic review of validity and responsiveness

    Bray, N., Spencer, L. H. & Edwards, R. T., 21 Apr 2020, In: Health Economics Review. 10, 1, 9.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Preferences of older patients regarding hip fracture rehabilitation service configuration: A feasibility discrete choice experiment

    Charles, J., Roberts, J., Din, N., Williams, N., Yeo, S. T. & Edwards, R., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 50, 7, p. 636-642

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Preferences of people with diabetes for diabetic retinopathy screening: a discrete choice experiment

    Holmes, E. A., Yeo, S. T., Edwards, R. T., Fargher, E. A., Luzio, S. D., Thomas, R. L. & Owens, D. R., 1 Jul 2012, In: Diabetic Medicine. 29, 7, p. 869-877

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Prevention of Poor Physical and Mental Health through the Green Social Prescribing Opening Doors to the Outdoors Programme: A Social Return on Investment Analysis

    Makanjuola, A., Lynch, M., Hartfiel, N., Cuthbert, A. & Edwards, R. T., 12 Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 12, 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage: Economic evaluation of the novel Butterfly device in a UK setting

    Edwards, R. T., Ezeofor, V., Bryning, L., Anthony, B., Charles, J. & Weeks, A., Apr 2023, In: European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 283, p. 149-157

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Prioritising wheelchair services for children: a pilot discrete choice experiment to understand how child wheelchair users and their parents prioritise different attributes of wheelchair services

    Bray, N., Yeo, S. T., Noyes, J., Harris, N. & Edwards, R. T., 19 Jul 2016, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2, 32, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial

    Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., Brand, A., Wardt, V. V. D., Booth, V., Lorito, C. D., Hoare, Z., Hancox, J., Bajwa, R., Burgon, C., Howe, L., Cowley, A., Bramley, T., Long, A., Lock, J., Tucker, R., Adams, E. J., O’Brien, R., Kearney, F., Kowalewska, K., Godfrey, M., Dunlop, M., Junaid, K., Thacker, S., Duff, C., Welsh, T., Haddon-Silver, A., Gladman, J., Logan, P., Pollock, K., Vedhara, K., Hood, V., Nair, R. D., Smith, H., Tudor-Edwards, R., Hartfiel, N., Ezeofor, V., Vickers, R., Orrell, M. & Masud, T., 29 Aug 2023, In: BMJ. 382, e074787.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Prospects and Aspirations for Workforce Training and Education in Social Prescribing.

    Makanjuola, A., Lynch, M., Spencer, L. & Edwards, R. T., 9 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 16, 12 p., 6549.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Protocol for a definitive randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a community-based rehabilitation programme following hip fracture: fracture in the elderly multidisciplinary rehabilitation-phase III (FEMuR III)

    Williams, N., Dodd, S., Hardwick, B., Clayton, D., Edwards, R. T., Charles, J. M., Logan, P., Busse, M., Lewis, R., Smith, T. O., Sackley, C., Morrison, V., Lemmey, A., Masterson-Algar, P., Howard, L., Hennessy, S., Soady, C., Ralph, P., Dobson, S. & Dorkenoo, S., 16 Oct 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 10, p. e039791

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an exercise referral setting: the PACERS study.

    Hawkings, J., Edwards, M., Charles, J., Jago, R., Kelson, M., Morgan, K., Murphy, S., Oliver, E., Simpson, S., Edwards, R. & Moore, G., 12 Dec 2017, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 3, 51, 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Protocol for a feasibility study incorporating a randomised pilot trial with an embedded process evaluation and feasibility economic analysis of ThinkCancer!: a primary care intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis in Wales

    Disbeschl, S., Surgey, A., Roberts, J. L., Hendry, A., Lewis, R., Goulden, N., Hoare, Z., Williams, N., Anthony, B. F., Edwards, R. T., Law, R-J., Hiscock, J., Carson-Stevens, A., Neal, R. D. & Wilkinson, C., 2021, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7, 1, 100.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Protocol for the Rare Dementia Support Impact Study: RDS Impact

    Brotherhood, E., Stott, J., Windle, G., Barker, S., Culley, S., Harding, E., Camic, P. M., Caulfield, M., Ezeofor, V., Hoare, Z., McKee-Jackson, R., Roberts, J., Sharp, R., Suarez-Gonzalez, A., Sullivan, M. P., Edwards, R. T., Walton, J., Waddington, C., Winrow, E. & Crutch, S. J., Aug 2020, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 35, 8, p. 833-841 9 p.

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  48. Published

    Psychological Factors Associated with Emotional Responses to Receiving Genetic Risk Information

    Bennett, P., Wilkinson, C., Turner, J., Brain, K., Edwards, R. T., Griffith, G., France, B. & Gray, J., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Genetic Counseling. 17, 3, p. 234-241

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Psychological Morbidity of Farmers and Non-farming Population: Results from a UK Survey

    Hounsome, B., Edwards, R. T., Hounsome, N. & Edwards-Jones, G., 1 Aug 2012, In: Community Mental Health Journal. 48, 4, p. 503-510

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Public health economics: a systematic review of guidance for the economic evaluation of public health interventions and discussion of key methodological issues

    Edwards, R. T., Charles, J. M. & Lloyd-Williams, H., 24 Oct 2013, In: BMC Public Health. 13, p. 1001

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Putting Life in Years (PLINY): a randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation of a telephone friendship intervention to improve mental well-being in independently living older people

    Hind, D., Mountain, G., Gossage-Worrall, R., Walters, S., Duncan, R., Newbould, L., Rex, S., Jones, C. L., Bowling, A., Cattan, M., Cairns, A., Cooper, C., Goyder, E. & Edwards, R. T., 1 Dec 2014, In: Public Health Research. 2, 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review