Rovina 2009.
Methods | Setting: smoking cessation clinic, Greece Recruitment: clinic attenders invited to participate | |
Participants | 205 smokers | |
Interventions | Pharmacotherapy: bupropion 300 mg/day for 19 weeks 1. Control: 15 mins physician counselling 2. Nonspecific group therapy (NSGT), 1‐hour weekly for 1 month, then every 3 weeks until 19 weeks 3. Cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT), same schedule 4. CBGT without bupropion ‐ not used in review |
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Outcomes | Abstinence at 12 months after end of treatment (continuous) Validation: CO ≤ 10 ppm |
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Source of Funding/CoI | No source of funding reported. Authors declared no conflicts of interest. | |
Notes | 2 & 3 vs 1 in primary analysis, same intensity | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Randomised, method not stated, 3:1:1:1 ratio |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details reported |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Biochemically validated |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 90% followed up at 12 months |