Profile
I am a postdoctoral researcher, and my research interests are frailty and multiple long-term conditions, end of life and palliative care, and health inequalities.
During my NIHR SPCR funded PhD “Frailty and end of life care: a study in Primary Care”, I investigated the potential for an electronic frailty index (eFI) to support recognition of the dying phase in people age 75 and over, and I developed skills in modelling longitudinal data.
I have experience of working with large datasets (including routine clinical data from primary care electronic health records, the GP Patient Survey, and ELSA) and using a variety of analytical techniques including quantile regression, multiple imputation, weighting of survey data, and structural equation modelling in Mplus.
I have been awarded funding by the NIHR as part of the Infrastructure Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (SPARC), held a launching fellowship with the School for Primary Care Research (SPCR), and attended the Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research in Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) program in 2020.
Publications
- Stow D, Hanratty B, Matthews FE. The relationship between deprivation and frailty trajectories over 1 year and at the end of life: a case–control study. Journal of Public Health 2021, (ePub ahead of Print).
- Stow D, Barker RO, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. National Early Warning Scores and COVID-19 deaths in care homes: an ecological time-series study. BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e045579.
- Little B, Alshabrawy O, Stow D, Ferrier IN, McNaney R, Jackson DG, Ladha K, Ladha C, Ploetz T, Bacardit J, Olivier P, Gallagher P, OBrien JT. Deep learning-based automated speech detection as a marker of social functioning in late-life depression. Psychological Medicine 2021, 51(9), 1441-1450.
- Chawla K, Kunonga TP, Stow D, Barker R, Craig D, Hanratty B. Prevalence of loneliness amongst older people in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2021, 16(7), e0255088.
- Spiers GF, Liddle J, Kunonga TP, Whitehead IO, Beyer F, Stow D, Welsh C, Ramsay SE, Craig D, Hanratty B. What are the consequences of caring for older people and what interventions are effective for supporting unpaid carers? A rapid review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e046187.
- Jarvis H, Craig D, Barker R, Spiers G, Stow D, Anstee QM, Hanratty B. Metabolic risk factors and incident advanced liver disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of population based observational studies. PLoS Medicine 2020, 17(4), e1003100.
- Stow D, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England. British Journal of General Practice 2020, 70(701), e874-e879.
- Spiers G, Matthews FE, Moffatt S, Barker R, Jarvis H, Stow D, Kingston A, Hanratty B. Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence. Health & Social Care in the Community 2019, 27(5), e651-e662.
- Spiers G, Matthews FE, Moffatt S, Barker R, Jarvis H, Stow D, Kingston A, Hanratty B. Impact of social care supply on healthcare utilisation by older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing 2019, 48(1), 57-66.
- Stow D, Spiers G, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. What is the evidence that people with frailty have needs for palliative care at the end of life? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Palliative Medicine 2019, 33(4), 399-414.
- Stow D, Matthews FE, Barclay S, Iliffe S, Clegg A, De Biase S, Robinson L, Hanratty B. Evaluating frailty scores to predict mortality in older adults using data from population based electronic health records: case control study. Age and Ageing 2018, 47(4), 564-569.
- Stow D, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. Frailty trajectories to identify end of life: a longitudinal population based study. BMC Medicine 2018, 16(171), 1-7.
- Hanratty B, Stow D, Collingridge Moore D, Valtorta NK, Matthews FE. Loneliness as a risk factor for care home admission in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and Ageing 2018, 47(6), 896-900.
- Valtorta NK, Collingridge Moore D, Barron L, Stow D, Hanratty B. Older Adults’ Social Relationships and Health Care Utilization: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health 2018, 108(4), e1-e10.
- O'Brien JT, Gallagher P, Stow D, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Firbank M, Ladha C, Ladha K, Jackson D, McNaney R, Ferrier IN, Olivier P. A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression. Psychological Medicine 2017, 47(1), 93-102.
- Green I, Stow D, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. Changes over time in the health and functioning of older people moving into care homes: Analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and Ageing 2017, 46(4), 693-696.
- Hodgetts S, Gallagher P, Stow D, Ferrier IN, O'Brien JT. The impact and measurement of social dysfunction in late-life depression: an evaluation of current methods with a focus on wearable technology. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2017, 32(3), 247-255.
Outstanding Publications:
Stow D, Spiers G, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. What is the evidence that people with frailty have needs for palliative care at the end of life? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Palliative Medicine 2019, 33(4), 399-414.
Stow D, Matthews FE, Barclay S, Iliffe S, Clegg A, De Biase S, Robinson L, Hanratty B. Evaluating frailty scores to predict mortality in older adults using data from population based electronic health records: case control study. Age and Ageing 2018, 47(4), 564-569.
Stow D, Matthews FE, Hanratty B. Frailty trajectories to identify end of life: a longitudinal population based study. BMC Medicine 2018, 16(171), 1-7.
