Kegler 2015.
Methods | Country: USA Setting: community (2‐1‐1 callers) Type: RCT |
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Participants | 498 2‐1‐1 callers who were either smokers living with at least 1 child or other non‐smoker, or non‐smokers living with a smoker, and smoking was allowed in the home. Callers to 2‐1‐1 are disproportionately low income, unemployed, and uninsured, and have received fewer years of education relative to the general population. | |
Interventions |
Intervention: Smoke‐Free Homes intervention consisted of 3 mailings and 1 coaching call, based on a theme of "Some things are better outside", with content focused on 5 steps to create a smoke‐free home. The intervention was delivered over a 6‐week period at 2‐week intervals, first as a mailing, then as a coaching call, and finally as 2 additional mailings. The coaching call used motivational interviewing. Control: measures alone |
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Outcomes | Child exposure: home smoking ban (self‐report), validated with air nicotine levels Target behaviour change: smoking away from home |
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Type of intervention | Community‐based | |
Notes | Conflict of interest: unclear Source of funding: National Cancer Institute's State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initiative (U01CA154282) |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | 'Simple' (not block) randomisation, but method not described in detail |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not specified |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 83.1% completed 3‐month data collection, and 79.1% completed 6‐month data collection. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | University‐based research assistants blinded to study condition collected outcome data at 3 and 6 months post randomisation; objective measure was also used. |