Methods | Setting: mailed intervention, USA Recruitment: via state telephone quitlines |
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Participants | 577 smokers (> 24 hour abstinence), 286 intervention and 291 control 27% male, average age 37, average cigs/day: 10 to 20 |
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Interventions | Relapse prevention: 'Smoke‐free Kids' mailed parenting program Control: no treatment |
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Outcomes | 30‐day point prevalence at 3 years Validation: self‐report only |
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Notes | Funding: "National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Grant No. R01CA148634." Declaration of interests: "The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article." |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear how randomisation performed |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Allocation unclear |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Blinding unclear |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Self‐reported outcome only, but no face‐to‐face contact, hence differential misreport judged unlikely |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Quote: "Attrition status was not associated significantly with study group at either follow‐up point." |