Bock 2014.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Design: Randomized controlled trial Setting: Inner‐city hospital‐based primary care clinics, UK Recruitment: During routine healthcare visits in primary care clinics |
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Participants | 846 adults who smoked randomized to intervention (n = 406) and control (n = 440), 68.7% female, average age 39, cpd of at least 10 | |
Interventions | Intervention: participants received a 45‐minute counseling session with health educators and follow‐up calls at quit date and 2 weeks, in addition to the standard care (described below) Control: Healthcare professionals received training on smoking cessation guidelines and applying the 5 As Participants received brief advice from their physician and 8 weeks of NRT |
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Outcomes | 7‐day PPA at 12m Validation: Expired CO ≤ 5 ppm | |
Funding Source | National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA010860) | |
Author's declarations of interest | Authors declared that they had no conflict of interest. | |
Notes | Strategy: Provider training, adjunctive counseling, cost‐free medication Level: Patient, provider Comparison type: Active vs. active |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Sequence Generation | Low risk | The computer used a random number program to assign participants at random to one of two treatment conditions |
Allocation concealment | Low risk | Computerised system |
Blinding of outcome assessors All outcomes | Low risk | Smoking status was validated by carbon monoxide |
Incomplete outcome data All outcomes | High risk | Follow‐up rate was low overall (< 50%) : Intervention: 47.3%, Control: 41.4% |