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. 2019 Jun 5;2019(6):CD009670. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009670.pub4

Okuyemi 2013.

Methods Setting: homeless shelters, Minnesota, USA community
Recruitment: homeless adults willing to use nicotine patch
Participants 430 smokers (≥ 1 cpd for last 7 days)
25.3% female, av age 44.4, av cpd 19.3
Therapists: trained counsellors
Interventions Pharmacotherapy: NRT; 21 mg patch for 8 weeks
1. Single session 10 to 15‐min brief advice
2. Motivational interviewing, 6 x 15 to 20‐min sessions, baseline, 1, 2, 4. 6 & 8 weeks Focus on encouraging cessation and NRT adherence
Outcomes Abstinence at 26 weeks (7‐day PP)
Validation: CO < 5 ppm
Source of Funding/CoI National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. No declarations of interest
Notes New for 2019 update
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "At the baseline visit, pre‐assigned randomization numbers prepared by the study statistician determined which study arm the participant would be enrolled."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details given
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Biochemically validated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Overall 25% lost to follow‐up, not significantly different across groups