Bricker 2014.
Methods | Setting: South Carolina, USA Recruitment: Staff advertised the study to the quitline callers | |
Participants | 121 uninsured callers to the South Carolina State Quitline who wanted to quit in the following 30 days | |
Interventions | 1. Telephone counselling (CBT) + NRT 2. Telephone counselling (ACT) + NRT 5 weekly calls, 30‐min first session and 15‐min subsequently, were offered. All participants received standard 2‐week NRT (patch or gum) of choice |
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Outcomes | Self‐reported abstinence at 6 m (30‐day PP) Validation: none |
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Notes | New for 2018 update Funding: "This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (T32MH082709 to RV, K23DA026517 to JLH, R21DA030646 to JB) and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center." Declarations of interest: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "Randomized study arm assignments were computer generated" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "Randomized study arm assignments were [...] concealed" |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Abstinence not biochemically validated, but same level of personal contact in different study arms |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Proportion of individuals lost to follow‐up was greater in CBT than in ACT arm (39% and 27%, respectively) but less than 50% overall |