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. 2021 Mar 9;2021(3):CD013522. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013522.pub2

Saiz Martinez 2016.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: non‐randomised intervention study
Country: Spain
Data collection period: not stated
Registry ID: not reported
Participants Number of participants: N = 81
Sample characteristics (at baseline):
Age (mean): 43.4 years (SD 8.8); Sex (% male): 72.8%
Population category: psychiatric population; Specific population: People with schizophrenia allocated to continue smoking or take varenicline or use NCT patches
Nicotine dependence: not measured; Baseline cigarettes per day: 28 (SD 12.3); Motivation to quit: not selected by motivation to quit
Interventions Behavioural support for smoking cessation: no behavioural support
Pharmacological support for smoking cessation: Varenicline or NCT patches, no further details.
Psychotherapeutic or psychoactive support for mental health or mood: did not receive mood management
Outcomes Definition of cessation used: not reported
Cessation definition used for outcome(s) in this analysis: unclear definition
Measure of biovalidation: not reported
Definition of people who continued to smoke used: not reported
Time point(s) at which follow‐up was conducted: 3 and 6 months
Outcome category: Depression, Mixed Anxiety + Depression, Positive Affect
Outcome measure(s): Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS); Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Funding source None specified
Author conflicts of interest Authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest
Notes Outcome data source: Published data