Wiggers 2006.

Study characteristics
Methods	Study design: secondary analysis of RCT Country: Netherlands Data collection period: not stated Registry ID: not reported
Participants	Number of participants: N = 344 Sample characteristics (at baseline): Age (mean): 59 years (SD 12); Sex (% male): 63.4% (218/344) Population category: chronic physical condition; Specific population: people recruited from vascular surgery, cardiology and vascular medicine outpatient departments Nicotine dependence: FTND low‐dependency (≤ 5) 59.6% and high‐dependency (≥ 6) 40.4%; Baseline cigarettes per day: not measured; Motivation to quit: selected by motivation to quit
Interventions	Behavioural support for smoking cessation: minimal Intervention Strategy for Cardiology Patients (C‐MIS), a brief form of behavioural counselling to promote smoking cessation – provided to intervention group only Pharmacological support for smoking cessation: NRT in both control and intervention group Psychotherapeutic or psychoactive support for mental health or mood: did not receive mood management
Outcomes	Definition of cessation used: self‐reported 7‐day point‐prevalence abstinence at all 4 measurement occasions (baseline, 2, 6 and 12 months post‐intervention) Cessation definition used for outcome(s) in this analysis: point‐prevalence abstinence Measure of biovalidation: not bioverified Definition of people who continued smoking used: reported smoking in the last 7 days i.e. ‘failed quitters’ Time point(s) at which follow‐up was conducted: at 2, 6 and 12 months (T2, T3, T4 respectively) Outcome category: Psychological Quality of Life (QoL) Outcome measure(s): Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Status Questionnaire (SF‐36): generic mental QoL
Funding source	Financial support for the present study was provided entirely by a grant from the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2000/B216)
Author conflicts of interest	None specified
Notes	Outcome data source: Published data