Lichtenstein 2008.
Methods | Setting: community, USA Recruitment: via electric utility mailing with offer of radon test kit to identify households with smokers | |
Participants | 1364 households with 1821 smokers, ˜ 18 cpd | |
Interventions | Factorial design crossing ± brief phone counselling with video self‐help materials All households given A Citizen's Guide to Radon and a letter tailored to results of radon level test ∙ Video (15 minutes) explaining risk of smoking and radon combination, encouraging quitting and/or household smoking bans ∙ No video |
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Outcomes | Abstinence at 12 months, sustained at 3 months and 12 months Validation: none | |
Notes | Analyses accounting for clustering of multiple smokers in households reported to yield results generally consistent with simple analyses We were unable to obtain data for arms with and without phone counselling, so the collapsed data contribute to comparisons 1.1.2 and 2.1.2 |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Responding households sequentially randomised to 4 conditions subject to stratification on radon test status; no true randomisation sequence used |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details given |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Self‐reported outcomes from participants not blinded to treatment condition, but all received phone counselling and some self‐help, so performance and detection bias judged to be unlikely |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 83% of households completed 12 months' assessment; 76% completed both 3 months' and 12 months' assessment |