Ralston 2013.
Methods | Country: USA Setting: hospital RCT |
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Participants | Tobacco smoking caregiver over 18 years of age with a hospitalised child | |
Interventions | Intervention: brief intervention recommending tobacco cessation followed by referral to the state tobacco quit line and receipt of a smoking cessation brochure produced by the American Cancer Society. Both groups received an age‐appropriate injury prevention brochure. | |
Outcomes |
Primary outcome: Self‐reported quit status (defined as self‐reported abstinence for at least 1 week) Secondary outcomes: Decrease in cigarettes smoked per day; increase in importance of quitting on a 1 to 10 scale; report of any contact with state quit line |
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Type of intervention | Child with health problems (ill‐child health care) | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Random numbers computer generated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Sequential sealed envelopes used |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | High level of loss to follow‐up (N = 19/60; 32%). However, ITT analysis was performed, and those lost to follow‐up were treated as ongoing smokers. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Telephone interviewers were not always blinded (but did have a script). |