Stotts 2012.
Methods | Country: USA Setting: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital RCT (3 groups) | |
Participants | Families with a smoker at home; infant in NICU at high respiratory risk | |
Interventions | Motivational interviewing. There were three groups; motivational interviewing, usual care, and usual care‐reduced measurement. The motivational interviewing group had 2 hospital‐based sessions of approximately 40 minutes each, 2 personalised letters, and 2 phone feedback sessions targeting infant ETS reduction. Reduced measurement group refers to reducing follow‐up, as this is thought to affect the behaviour of the control group. | |
Outcomes | Air nicotine monitors Infant end‐tidal carbon monoxide Self‐report measures of home and car smoking bans |
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Type of intervention | Child with health problems (respiratory disorders) | |
Notes | In process of publication, information taken from a report | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | High degree of loss to follow‐up by 6 months (intervention 51/70 completed, usual care 21/34 completed, and usual care reduced measurement 28/40 completed) |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Air nicotine monitors used |