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. 2016 Mar 24;2016(3):CD008286. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008286.pub3

Hickman 2015.

Methods Setting: psychiatric units, urban public hospital, USA
Recruitment: inpatients, not selected for motivation
Participants 100 smokers (≥5 cpd prior to hospitalisation), 35% F, av. age 40, av. cpd 19
Provider: specialists (study staff)
Interventions 1. Usual care, NRT available on ward to manage withdrawal
2. Transtheoretical model (TTM)‐tailored, computer‐assisted intervention with printed report at baseline, 3 & 6 m, stage matched manual, individual counselling during hospitalisation (1 x 15‐30 min session), NRT available for 10 w post discharge
Outcomes Abstinence at 12 m (7‐day PP)
Validation: CO < 10 ppm (collateral reports only for 31.6% of people reporting abstinence at 12m)
Notes New for 2015 update. Found via author search for reports of ongoing studies. Described as a replication and extension of Prochaska 2014, with same NCT number. Participants recruited in 2009/2010
2 deaths in intervention, 1 in control, all after end of intervention
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk 'computer‐generated random assignment program stratified by baseline cigarettes per day (>15) and stage of change'
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk 'Research staff blinded to the randomization schedule.'
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Loss to follow‐up 10% (5) I, 4% (2) C. 3 deaths (2 I, 1 C) excluded from randomized denominators