Lasser 2017.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Design: Randomized controlled trial Setting: Boston Medical Center’s adult primary care, USA Recruitment: Calls and letters to potentially eligible identified from electronic medical record, and recruited from waiting rooms |
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Participants | 352 participants, av.age 50, 54% F, 15 cpd | |
Interventions | Intervention: participants received a low literacy smoking cessation brochure and a list of hospital and community resources for smoking cessation. In addition, they received up to 4 hours of patient navigation delivered over 6 months, and financial incentives for biochemically‐confirmed smoking cessation at 6 and 12 months following enrolment Control: participants received assessment of their smoking status, brief cessation counseling, a low‐literacy smoking cessation brochure and a list of hospital and community resources for smoking cessation |
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Outcomes | 7‐day PPA at 12m Validation: Salivary cotinine > 10 ng/mL or urinary anabasine > 3 ng/mL |
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Funding Source | This study was supported by American Cancer Society (grant No. 125785‐RSG‐14‐034‐01CPPB) | |
Author's declarations of interest | QUOTE: "Dr Quintiliani was a consultant on a research grant to Partners HealthCare Inc. unrelated to the work presented in this article. No other conflicts are reported" | |
Notes | Strategy: Adjunctive counseling + Financial incentive Level: Patient Comparison type: Multicomponent vs. standard care |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Sequence Generation | Low risk | Random‐number generator |
Allocation concealment | Low risk | Sealed envelopes |
Blinding of outcome assessors All outcomes | Low risk | Smoking status biochemically validated |
Incomplete outcome data All outcomes | Low risk | The overall loss to follow‐up was 28.7% (n = 101/352); 27.1% (n = 48/177) in the intervention group and 30.3% (n = 53/175) in the control group were lost to follow‐up at 12 months |