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| A A MontgomerySummaryAffiliation: University of Bristol Country: UK Publications
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Diet or diet plus physical activity versus usual care in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: the Early ACTID randomised controlled trialR C Andrews
School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Lancet 378:129-39. 2011..We investigated the effects of diet and physical activity on blood pressure and glucose concentrations...
School-based intervention to improve the mental health of low-income, secondary school students in Santiago, Chile (YPSA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trialRicardo Araya
University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
Trials 12:49. 2011..This proposal aims to evaluate a school-based, universal psychological intervention to reduce depressive symptoms among student's aged 13-14 attending municipal state secondary schools in Santiago, Chile...- Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a school based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) intervention to prevent depression in high risk adolescents (PROMISE)Paul Stallard
Department for Health, University of Bath, UK
Trials 11:114. 2010..Relatively few adolescents with depression are identified and referred for treatment indicating the need to investigate alternative preventive approaches... - Physical activity as a treatment for depression: the TREAD randomised trial protocolHelen Baxter
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
Trials 11:105. 2010..The aim of this paper is to describe the protocol for a randomised, controlled trial (RCT) designed to evaluate an intervention developed to increase physical activity as a treatment for depression within primary care... - Study protocol. ECSSIT - Elective Caesarean Section Syntocinon Infusion Trial. A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of oxytocin (Syntocinon) 5 IU bolus and placebo infusion versus oxytocin 5 IU bolus and 40 IU infusion for the control of blood loss Deirdre J Murphy
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 9:36. 2009..There has been no trial to date comparing the use of an intravenous slow bolus of oxytocin versus an oxytocin bolus and infusion... - 'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trialChris Salisbury
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2AA, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 9:136. 2009..They are invited for face-to-face treatment only when necessary. Although several such services have been developed, there is no robust evidence regarding clinical and cost-effectiveness, nor the acceptability of PhysioDirect... - The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary careRitu Jones
University of Dundee, UK
BMC Fam Pract 10:5. 2009..Our aim was to determine whether published primary care-based RCTs report information about how the study sample is assembled, and whether this is associated with RCT characteristics... - Design, analysis and presentation of factorial randomised controlled trialsAlan A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 3:26. 2003..Factorial trials require special considerations, however, particularly at the design and analysis stages... - A factorial randomised controlled trial of decision analysis and an information video plus leaflet for newly diagnosed hypertensive patientsAlan A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL
Br J Gen Pract 53:446-53. 2003..There is a lack of evidence regarding the value of tools designed to aid decision making in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension... 
The influence of absolute cardiovascular risk, patient utilities, and costs on the decision to treat hypertension: a Markov decision analysisAlan A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, UK
J Hypertens 21:1753-9. 2003..To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of blood pressure-lowering treatment over a lifetime...- Reporting of factorial trials of complex interventions in community settings: a systematic reviewAlan A Montgomery
Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Trials 12:179. 2011..Standards for the reporting of factorial randomised trials remain to be established. We aimed to review the quality of reporting of methodological aspects of published factorial trials of complex interventions in community settings... - Inter-rater agreement in the scoring of abstracts submitted to a primary care research conferenceAlan A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 2:8. 2002..The aim of this study was to investigate agreement on dimensions of a checklist between two referees when evaluating abstracts submitted for a primary care conference... - How do patients' treatment preferences compare with those of clinicians?A A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
Qual Health Care 10:i39-43. 2001..Most of the research to date is cross sectional; longitudinal research is required to investigate whether preferences change over time and are related to treatment choice, adherence to medication if taken, and health outcomes... - Two decision aids for mode of delivery among women with previous caesarean section: randomised controlled trialAlan A Montgomery
Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2AA
BMJ 334:1305. 2007..To determine the effects of two computer based decision aids on decisional conflict and mode of delivery among pregnant women with a previous caesarean section... - Sedentary time, breaks in sedentary time and metabolic variables in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetesA R Cooper
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
Diabetologia 55:589-99. 2012..We investigated whether objectively measured sedentary time and interruptions in sedentary time are associated with metabolic factors in people with type 2 diabetes... - Randomized trial evaluating the framing of cardiovascular risk and its impact on blood pressure control [ISRCTN87597585]T Fahey
Division of Primary Health Care University of Bristol, Cotham House, BS6 6JL, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 1:10. 2001..We sought to investigate the effect of framing cardiovascular risk as two different formats in a randomized trial... - Healthcare professionals' views on two computer-based decision aids for women choosing mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: a qualitative studyK M Rees
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
BJOG 116:906-14. 2009..To explore healthcare professionals' views about decision aids, developed by the DiAMOND study group, for women choosing mode of delivery after a previous caesarean section... - Effects of patients' preferences on the treatment of atrial fibrillation: observational study of patient-based decision analysisJ Protheroe
Division of Primary Health Care, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR UK
West J Med 174:311-5. 2001..Taking account of patients' preferences would lead to fewer prescriptions for warfarin than under published recommendations. Decision analysis as a shared decision-making tool should be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial... - Shared decision making in hypertension: the impact of patient preferences on treatment choiceA A Montgomery
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
Fam Pract 18:309-13. 2001..Further evaluation of this method as a shared decision-making tool is warranted... - Women's experience of decision making about mode of delivery after a previous caesarean section: the role of health professionals and information about health risksC L Emmett
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
BJOG 113:1438-45. 2006..To explore women's experiences of decision making about mode of delivery after previous caesarean section. Design: A qualitative interview study... - Patients' experience and satisfaction in primary care: secondary analysis using multilevel modellingChris Salisbury
University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2AA, UK
BMJ 341:c5004. 2010..To explore whether responses to questions in surveys of patients that purport to assess the performance of general practices or doctors reflect differences between practices, doctors, or the patients themselves... - Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort studyChris Salisbury
Department of Community Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Br J Gen Pract 61:e12-21. 2011..In developed countries, primary health care increasingly involves the care of patients with multiple chronic conditions, referred to as multimorbidity... - How should continuity of care in primary health care be assessed?Chris Salisbury
Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol
Br J Gen Pract 59:e134-41. 2009..It will also give greater clarity to debates about whether new models of primary care reduce continuity... - Three-year follow-up of a factorial randomised controlled trial of two decision aids for newly diagnosed hypertensive patientsClare L Emmett
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol
Br J Gen Pract 55:551-3. 2005..The randomised controlled trial cohort as a whole, irrespective of randomised group, demonstrated substantial reductions in blood pressure and 10-year cardiovascular risk over the follow-up period... - Paracetamol plus ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children (PITCH): randomised controlled trialAlastair D Hay
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2AA
BMJ 337:a1302. 2008..To investigate whether paracetamol (acetaminophen) plus ibuprofen are superior to either drug alone for increasing time without fever and the relief of fever associated discomfort in febrile children managed at home... - Does Advanced Access improve access to primary health care? Questionnaire survey of patientsChris Salisbury
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol
Br J Gen Pract 57:615-21. 2007..General practices in England have been encouraged to introduce Advanced Access, but there is no robust evidence that this is associated with improved access in ways that matter to patients... - Impact of Advanced Access on access, workload, and continuity: controlled before-and-after and simulated-patient studyChris Salisbury
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol
Br J Gen Pract 57:608-14. 2007..Case studies from the US suggest that Advanced Access appointment systems lead to shorter delays for appointments, reduced workload, and increased continuity of care... - Decision-making about mode of delivery after previous caesarean section: development and piloting of two computer-based decision aidsClare L Emmett
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Health Expect 10:161-72. 2007..To develop and pilot two computer-based decision aids to assist women with decision-making about mode of delivery after a previous caesarean section (CS), which could then be evaluated in a randomized-controlled trial... - Decision analysis for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients: a qualitative investigationMarjorie C Weiss
Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK
Patient Educ Couns 53:197-203. 2004..While views on the decision aid were favourable, it was difficult to determine whether this was due to the individualised cardiovascular risk information it provided or the decision analytic process itself... - Paracetamol and ibuprofen for the treatment of fever in children: the PITCH randomised controlled trialA D Hay
Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Health Technol Assess 13:iii-iv, ix-x, 1-163. 2009.... - A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a physical activity intervention as a treatment for depression: the treating depression with physical activity (TREAD) trialM Chalder
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Health Technol Assess 16:1-164, iii-iv. 2012..The TREAting Depression with physical activity (TREAD) study investigated the cost-effectiveness of a physical activity intervention, in addition to usual general practitioner care, as a treatment for people with depression... - Preference-based antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation: implications for clinical decision makingMalcolm Man-Son-Hing
Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute and Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Med Decis Making 25:548-59. 2005..The authors compared the thresholds for antithrombotic treatment from studies that determined or modeled the treatment preferences of patients with atrial fibrillation with recommendations from clinical practice guidelines... - Coronary risk scoresAlan A Montgomery
Lancet 363:572-3. 2004 - Quality of care for elderly residents in nursing homes and elderly people living at home: controlled observational studyTom Fahey
Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Dundee DD2 4AD
BMJ 326:580. 2003..To assess the quality of care given to elderly people and compare the care given to residents in nursing homes with those living in their own homes... - Clinical management of urinary tract infection in women: a prospective cohort studyTom Fahey
Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee DD2 4AD, UK
Fam Pract 20:1-6. 2003..It is unclear how symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) influence clinical management in terms of diagnostic testing and treatment with antibiotics...