Ratner 2001.
Methods | Country: Canada Setting: community Type: RCT | |
Participants | 251 mothers who had quit smoking during pregnancy | |
Interventions | Intervention: Mothers received nurse‐delivered telephone support, relapse prevention training, and information resources. Control: usual care | |
Outcomes | Self‐report of smoking status Biological verification with exhaled CO | |
Type of intervention | Well‐child (peripartum) | |
Notes | Retention: 238/251 (95%) | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "Identification numbers randomly assigned to 2 groups, in blocks of 50, via a computer software package." |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details provided |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Similar rates of follow‐up in both groups at 12 months and 95% retention (238/251) |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Biochemical validation used at in‐person follow‐ups (89% of participants) "Only 1.4% of the self‐reports of abstinence were contradicted by CO readings of ≥ 10 ppm; these women were classified as smokers." |