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. 2007 Apr 18;2007(2):CD004808. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004808.pub3

Brockway 1977

Methods Randomised controlled trial with two groups.
Participants Country: USA. Setting: speciality. Health problem: addictions (smoking). Recruitment: adverts. Participants: adults (n=27).
Interventions Contract features:
  • Form: NA;

  • Parties: patients‐practitioners;

  • Incentives: deposit;

  • Co‐interventions: yes.


Experimental group: smoking cessation programme including contingency contracting (return of deposit based on attendance at meetings and completion of assignments). Control group: waiting list.
Outcomes Mean number of cigarettes smoked.
Notes
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Allocation concealment? Unclear B ‐ Unclear