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. 2018 Jan 31;2018(1):CD001746. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001746.pub4

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."