Methodological Work – Montgomery Research Consulting

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Non-financial Conflict of Interest in Social Intervention Trials and Systematic Reviews: an analysis of the issues with case studies and proposals for management. (2020)

Child and Youth Services Review.
Montgomery, P., & Weisman, C.B.

Implementation Issues in Functional Family Therapy: A Narrative Analysis of the Evidence. (2019)

Research on Social Work Practice. 30: 4, p.p. 460-47
Montgomery, P., & Weisman, C.B.

Considerations of complexity in rating certainty of evidence in systematic reviews: a primer on using the GRADE approach in global health. (2019)

BMJ Global Health. 4:e000848
Montgomery, P., Movsisyan. A., Grant, S., Macdonald, G. & Rehfuess, E.

Does sector matter for the quality of care services? A secondary analysis of care services regulated by the Care Inspectorate in Scotland. (2019)

BMJ Open. 2019;9:e022975
Bach-Mortensen, A., & Montgomery, P.

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for Behavior Disordered Youth Aged 10–18: An Overview of Reviews. (2019)

Research on Social Work Practice. Vol. 29(3) 333-346.
Weisman, C.B. & Montgomery, P.

Response to: A Critical Review and Call for Revision of Weisman and Montgomery’s Review of Functional Family Therapy by Michael S. Robbins, Charles Turner. (2019)

Research on Social Work Practice. Vol. 29 (3). p.p.358-360.
Weisman, C.B. & Montgomery, P.

The CONSORT‐SPI 2018 Extension: A New Guideline for Reporting Social and Psychological Intervention Trials. (2019)

Addiction. Vol. 114(1). p.p.4-8.
Grant., S., et al (on behalf of the CONSORT-SPI Group, including Montgomery, P.).

CONSORT-SPI 2018: announcing an extension for randomised controlled trials of social and psychological interventions. (2018)

BMC Blog Network On Medicine. (31 July 2018).
Montgomery P, Mayo-Wilson E, Grant S.

The prevalence of and factors associated with inclusion of non-English language studies in Campbell systematic reviews: a survey and meta-epidemiological study. Biomed Central. (2018)

Systematic Reviews. Vol. 7:129.
Rasmussen, L. N. & Montgomery, P.

Reporting randomised trials of social and psychological interventions: the CONSORT-SPI 2018 Extension. (2018)

Trials. 19:407. 1-14
Montgomery, P., Grant, S., Mayo-Wilson, E., Macdonald, G., Michie, S., Hopewell, S., Moher, D., on behalf of the CONSORT-SPI Group.

CONSORT-SPI 2018 explanation and elaboration: guidance for reporting social and psychological intervention trials. (2018)

Trials. 19:406. 1-18.
Grant, S., Mayo-Wilson, E., Montgomery, P., Macdonald, G., Michie, S., Hopewell, S., Moher, S. on behalf of the CONSORT SPI Group.

Framework to describe intervention implementation (design, delivery, uptake, and context) in systematic reviews. Rapid response to: Hoffmann, T.C., et al. (2017). Enhancing the usability of systematic reviews by improving the consideration and description of interventions. (2017)

British Medical Journal. 358. 2998.
Mayo Wilson, E., Grant, S. & Montgomery, P.

Risk of bias in overviews of reviews: a scoping review of methodological guidance and four-item checklist. (2017)

Research Synthesis Methods, 8: 92-108.
Ballard, M. & Montgomery, P.

A harmonised guidance is needed on how to “properly” frame review questions to make the best use of all available evidence in the assessment of effectiveness of complex interventions. (2016)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 77:139-141.
Movsisyan, A., Melendez-Torres, G.J. & Montgomery, P.

Outcomes in systematic reviews of complex interventions never reached “high” GRADE ratings when compared to those of simple interventions. (2016)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 78: 22-23.
Movsisyan, A., Melendez-Torres, G.J. & Montgomery, P.

Users identified challenges in applying GRADE to complex interventions and suggested an extension to GRADE. (2016)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology,70: 191-199
Movsisyan, A., Melendez-Torres, G.J. & Montgomery, P.

Implementing quality improvement for psychosocial interventions. (2016)

Journal of American Medical Association, 315(9): 43.
Grant, S., Mayo-Wilson, E. & Montgomery, P.

Supporting people with dementia to walkabout safely outdoors: development of a structured model of assessment. (2016)

Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(4): 473-484
Bantry White, E. & Montgomery, P.

An international perspective on improving the quality and potential of behavioral clinical trials. (2015)

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. 9(1): 1-6.
Bacon, S.L., Lavoie, K.L., Ninot, G., Czajkowski, S., Freedland, K.E., Michie, S., Montgomery, P., Powell, L.H. & Spring, B.

A review of ”wandering” instruments for people with dementia who get lost. (2014)

Research on Social Work Practice, 24(4): 400-413.
Bantry White, E. & Montgomery, P.

Protocol for CONSORT-SPI: an extension for social and psychological interventions. (2013)

Implementation Science, 8: 99.
Montgomery, P., Grant, S., Hopewell, S., Macdonald, G., Moher, D., Michie, S., & Mayo-Wilson, E.

Developing a reporting guideline for social and psychological intervention trials. (2013)

American Journal of Public Health, 103(10):1741-1746.
**Montgomery, P., Mayo-Wilson, E., Hopewell, S., Macdonald, G., Moher, D. & Grant, S.

**This manuscript is co-published in Trials (14: 242, https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-242), British Journal of Psychiatry (203: 250-254, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123745), Research on Social Work Practice (23: 595-602, https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731513498118), Journal of Experimental Criminology (9: 355–367, DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9180-5), and British Journal of Social Work (43(5):1024-1038, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct129).

Letter to the Editor: New guidelines are needed to improve the reporting of trials in addiction sciences (2013)

Addiction, 108(9): 1687-8.
Grant, S., Montgomery, P., Hopewell, S., Macdonald, G., Moher, D. & Mayo-Wilson, E.

Editorial Perspective: new guidelines are needed to improve the reporting of trials in child and adolescent mental health. (2013)

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(7), 810-812.
Gardner, F., Mayo-Wilson, E., Montgomery, P., Hopewell, S., Macdonald, G., Moher, D. & Grant, S.

Reporting quality of complex psychological and social intervention trials: a systematic review of reporting guidelines and trial publications. (2013)

PLoS ONE, 8(5), e65442
Grant, S., Mayo-Wilson, E., Melendez-Torres, G.J. & Montgomery, P.

The Oxford Implementation Index: a new tool for incorporating implementation data into systematic reviews and meta-analyses. (2013)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 66(8): 874-882.
Montgomery, P., Underhill, K., Gardner, F., Operario, D. & Mayo-Wilson E.

Development of a CONSORT extension for interventions in public health and related disciplines. (2012)

Lancet, 380 (Supp. 3): S14.
Grant, S., Montgomery, P., & Mayo-Wilson, E.

Letters: Additional requirements for complex interventions. (2012)

British Medical Journal, 345: e8003.
Spreckelsen, T., Grant, S. P., & Montgomery, P.

Empty reviews: a description and consideration of Cochrane Systematic Reviews with no included studies. (2012)

PLoS One, 7(5): e36626.
Yaffe, J., Montgomery, P., Hopewell, S. & Shepard, L.D.

The role of systematic reviews and the Campbell Collaboration in the realization of evidence-informed practice. (2011)

Clinical Social Work Journal, 39(4), 362-368.
Shlonsky, A., Noonan, E., Littell, J. H., & Montgomery, P.

Maximizing the clinical relevance of sexual abstinence–only program evaluations. (2010)

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 164(7): 679-681.
Underhill, K., Montgomery, P. & Operario, D.

Li T., Swaroop-Vedula S., Chang D., Ervin A., Wieland S., Scherer R., Dickersin, K. & Montgomery P. Perpetuation of inappropriate meta-analysis methods? Analysis of systematic reviews cited by systematic reviews. In: Bero L., Montgomery P., Robinson K., Pigott T., Krause K. Bringing Evidence-Based Decision-Making to New Heights. Abstracts of the 2010 Joint Colloquium of The Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations; 2010 18-22 Oct; Keystone, USA. John Wiley & Sons; 2010. Available here

Reporting deficiencies in trials of abstinence-only programmes for HIV prevention. (2007)

AIDS, 21(2): 266-8.
Underhill, K., Operario, D. & Montgomery, P.

Evaluating implementation fidelity in health information technology interventions. (2007)

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 11: 211-5.
Eisenstein, E.L., Lobach, D.F., Montgomery, P., Kawamoto, K. &Anstrom, K.J.

Niacin skin test response in dyslexia. (2007)

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 77(2): 123–8.
Cyhlarova, E., Montgomery, P., Ross, M.A. & Richardson, A.J.