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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD001055. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001055.pub3
Methods Ershoff 1989 trial data of relapse prevention in the women who had spontaneously quit smoking in early pregnancy
Participants The pre-pregnancy smokers who had quit spontaneously before the first antenatal contact: 110 + 108, with losses due to termination (5); miscarriage (17) and transfer to alternative prenatal care (25) leaving 87 + 84
Interventions See Ershoff 1989 except that the intervention group received the first 4 booklets at the first interview with booklets 5 to 8 mailed weekly thereafter; control group were congratulated on quitting and given a tip sheet on “staying quit”. Intensity rating: I = 3, C= 2
Outcomes Smoking data validated with urinary cotinine measurement, no perinatal data
Notes Detailed process evaluation and analysis of factors promoting or inhibiting cessation and maintenance of non-smoking
Risk of bias
Item Authors’ judgement Description
Adequate sequence generation? No No information.
Allocation concealment? No See Ershoff 1989 above.
Blinding?
Women and clinical staff
No Neither caregiver nor women were blinded.
Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes
No 22% attrition. No ITT analysis.
Free of selective reporting? Unclear None apparent.
Free of detection bias? Yes Biochemical validation by urinary cotinine levels.