Clark 2004.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial Location: USA Funding: Grant from the National Cancer Institute Recruitment: current smokers undergoing low‐dose fast spiral chest CT (SCTS) for lung cancer. Participants were recruited at the first annual follow‐up visit |
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Participants | 171 current cigarette smokers (85 intervention group, 86 control group), had access to a computer with Internet service. Average age 57.4 years, 50% female, 60% of participants were smoking < 20 CPD | |
Interventions | Intervention: Hand‐out with a list of 10 Internet sites related to stopping smoking and a brief description of each site Control: received a copy of a publication of the National Cancer Institute |
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Outcomes | Long‐term abstinence: 7‐day PPA at 12‐months Short‐term abstinence: 7‐day PPA at 30 days Validation: CO measurement at 12‐month follow‐up Other reported outcomes: readiness to quit if not stopped, other tobacco use, number of quit attempts in previous year, other smokers in household, utilisation of intervention materials at 30‐day follow‐up | |
Notes | Not included in any analyses, as intervention extremely low intensity and similar to control arms of other trials (self help). | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Randomised, method not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details given in the paper |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No dropouts, as all study participants attended their annual review which corresponded with the 1‐year follow‐up assessment |