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

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
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