Methods | Randomised controlled study of health education and feedback to support women to stop smoking Location and study dates unclear. Assume USA due to author affiliations | |
Participants |
Inclusion criteria: Women enrolling for prenatal care. Exclusion criteria: Not further specified. Recruitment: 49 women randomised (I = 26, C = 23). Baseline characteristics: Not reported (abstract only). |
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Interventions |
Control: Usual prenatal care. Intervention: Education and at least 8 encounters with a program counsellor. Peak flow values and CO levels were obtained at each prenatal visit and shared with intervention group participants only Main intervention strategy and intensity not coded as outcomes not reported |
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Outcomes | Smoking cessation (biochemically validated) was collected but actual figures not reported so unable to include results in this meta-analysis. Peak flow values reported | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors’ judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | States ‘women were randomised into two groups’. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes |
Unclear risk | Data not reported. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | High risk | Actual figures not reported. |
Other bias | Low risk | No other bias detected. |
Biochemical validation of smoking abstinence (detection bias) | Low risk | Biochemical validation of smoking status using urine cotinine and CO (cut-off levels not reported) |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes |
High risk | Participants and personnel unlikely to be blinded to educational intervention |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes |
Unclear risk | Not reported. |
Incomplete implementation | Unclear risk | Not reported. |
Equal baseline characteristics in study arms | Low risk | Groups similar with maternal age, fagerstrom scores, initial peak flow values and initial urine cotinine levels |
Contamination of control group | Unclear risk | Not stated who delivered intervention. |