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. 2021 May 31;2021(5):CD012932. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932.pub2

Yang 2016.

Methods 3‐arm RCT
Participants Participants: patients with COPD who are nicotine dependent (N = 146).
Age range: not reported
Recruitment: COPD patients undergoing quitting smoking intervention were randomly selected between October 2014 and September 2015 by prospective design.
Country: China
Interventions Intervention: drug (varenicline tartrate) with WeChat group
Controls: drug group (varenicline tartrate) and non‐drug group
Outcomes Health behaviours: 7‐day point withdrawal rates and sustained withdrawal rates
Notes Not in English, very little detail provided on intervention and control group components as well as study methods, no start date reported

BMI: body mass index; MET: metabolic equivalent; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SD: standard deviation.