NCT00578669.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Study design: RCT Country: USA Setting and recuirment method not specified |
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Participants | Participants had elevated depression symptoms. 206 participants randomized; 48% female; average age 44; average cigarettes per day 21; mean FTND 5.7 |
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Interventions |
Common components: nicotine patch as well as "standard smoking cessation treatment" |
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Outcomes |
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Funding Source | None specified | |
Author conflicts of interest | None specified | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No relevant information given |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No relevant information given |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Placebo controlled, but no further information on blinding provided |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Clinical trial registry implies 100%, but not explicitly, so we concluded there was not sufficient information given |