Okuyemi 2013.
Methods | Setting: homeless shelters, Minnesota, USA community Recruitment: homeless adults willing to use nicotine patch |
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Participants | 430 smokers (≥ 1 cpd for last 7 days) 25.3% female, av age 44.4, av cpd 19.3 Therapists: trained counsellors |
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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 |
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Outcomes | Abstinence at 26 weeks (7‐day PP) Validation: CO < 5 ppm |
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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 |