Jamrozik 1984.
Methods | Setting: 6 general practices, the UK Recruitment: clinic, first visit Selected: outpatients | |
Participants | 2110 smokers (defined as a person admitting to smoking cigarettes) out of 6052 screened. 1040 in relevant arms 61% female, no detailed patient characteristics given. Significant difference of social classes between groups Therapist: physician | |
Interventions |
Intervention: demonstration of participant exhaled CO plus verbal advice plus booklet
Control: verbal advice plus booklet 2 study arms were not relevant to this review |
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Outcomes | Definition of abstinence: point prevalence Duration of follow‐up: 12 months Biochemical validation of non‐smokers: urinary cotinine in a sample (41%) of self‐reported non‐smokers | |
Identification | ||
Notes | Outcome based on unvalidated data. Between 24% and 40% may have misrepresented smoking status, but no evidence of differential misreporting between groups. Sources of funding: Nuffield Dominions Trust and the Health Education Council. National Institute on Drug Abuse, DA 2507, D A0007 for cotinine assays. Helen Van Vunakis is the recipient of a US Public Health Service Career Award 5K6/A 12372. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Randomised according to day of attendance, balanced over 4 weeks |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | High risk | Allocation known at enrolment, possibility of selection bias |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Outcome based on unvalidated data. Between 24% and 40% may have misrepresented smoking status, but no evidence of differential misreporting between groups. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | 28% lost to follow‐up across all 4 arms, treated as smokers. No information on differential loss |