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. 2019 May 2;2019(5):CD002850. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002850.pub4

McBride 2004.

Methods Setting: Army Medical Centre, USA
 Recruitment: Pregnant women at first prenatal visit
Participants 583 pregnant current smokers and recent quitters (390 in relevant arms); av. age 24
Interventions 1. Usual care: provider advice and S‐H guide
 2. As 1, plus 6 proactive TC calls, 3 in pregnancy, 3 postpartum within 4 m + late pregnancy relapse prevention kit
 3. Partner‐assisted intervention, not used in this review
Outcomes Abstinence at 12 m postpartum (7‐day PP at all 4 follow‐ups)
 Validation: Saliva cotinine request, incomplete return, rates based on self‐report
Notes Effect of TC as adjunct to brief advice
 Effect at 6 m not sustained longer term. Mean number of calls received was 5
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomised, method not described, stratified by smoking status
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details given
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Biochemical validation conducted but not used in outcome data.
Quote: "Saliva return rates did not differ by condition at either follow‐up" but rates of return low and level of misreport not specified
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Loss to follow‐up higher in Intervention (22%) than Control (16%). Losses included as smokers