Marcus 1995.
Methods | Country: USA Randomisation: Method not stated | |
Participants | 20 women, mean age 38, mean CPD 23, exercise < once a week | |
Interventions | (a) CV equipment: group, facility, 30 ‐ 40 mins, 60% ‐ 85% HR reserve, (3 times/week for 15 weeks) + CP (once a week for 12 weeks) (b) CP as (a) + health education 3 times/week for 15 weeks Exercise began before quit date | |
Outcomes | 7‐day PPA Validation: saliva cotinine < 10 ng/ml Follow‐up: 1, 3, 12 months | |
Notes | Contact time balanced between (a) and (b) Funding: not reported Conflcts of interest: Not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Blinding of smoking assessments not stated, but as self‐reports of smoking were validated objectively by expired CO and saliva cotinine risk is considered as low |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | All participants were followed up and included in the analysis for the primary outcome |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Smoking outcomes reported as described in Methods |