Wood 2008.
Methods | Country: (multicentre) France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK, Netherlands, Denmark Recruitment setting: hospitals and general practices |
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Participants | 2554 smokers who were patients at participating GP practices (at high risk of developing CHD) or hospitals (with established CHD). Demographics not reported | |
Interventions | 1. Nurse coordinated lifestyle intervention. Includes nurse counselling (at least 8 weekly sessions) covering smoking cessation where participants were self‐reported smokers at baseline 2. Usual care (not specified) |
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Outcomes | Abstinence at 12 m (definition not provided) Validation: CO < 6 ppm |
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Notes | New for 2013 Subset of participants from larger study which included smokers and non‐smokers. N provided above is smokers followed up at 12 m, larger study had 5405 participants. Baseline N smoking not clear, study does not contribute to MA |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Method not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Cluster‐randomized, method of allocation concealment not specified |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not specified for subgroup of smokers at baseline, not clear how smoking status of those smokers lost to follow‐up was reported |