Siddiqi 2013.
Methods | BUPROPION Cluster randomized trial Setting: health centres, Pakistan Recruitment: patients from participating health centres with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis |
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Participants | 33 health centres covering 1955 adult smokers with suspected tuberculosis (1299 included in arms relevant to this review), smoking ≥ 1cpd or smoking hookah on a daily basis 95%M, av age 41, av cpd 19 (where one hookah counts as 2 cigarettes) |
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Interventions | 1. 7 weeks bupropion (75mg/d first week, 150mg/d thereafter) 2. No pharmacotherapy Both arms: 2 sessions of brief, in‐person behavioural support (Note, third arm received usual care only, not included in this review) |
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Outcomes | Continuous abstinence at 6m Validation: CO ≤ 9 ppm |
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Notes | New for 2013 Reported narratively only due to substantial heterogeneity of program effects across clusters. 275/659 quit intervention vs 254/640 control, adjusted RR 1.1 (0.5–2.3). Funding: International Development Research Centre |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Computer‐generated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Cluster randomized trial. “A researcher who was blinded to center identity” allocated conditions |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | No blinding |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No clinics dropped out post‐randomization. Over 90% of participants followed up at 6m |
Other bias | High risk | Substantial heterogeneity of program effects across clusters. 20% of participants in control arm smoked only hookah (no cigarettes) compared to 4% in intervention arm. |