Therapeutics
Telephone care was more effective than standard care for smoking cessation in daily smokers
An LC, Zhu SH, Nelson DB, et al. Benefits of telephone care over primary care for smoking cessation: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:536–42.
Q In daily smokers, is telephone care more effective than standard care for smoking cessation?
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Key Words: smoking cessation • telephone
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Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
unclear allocation concealment.*
Blinding:
blinded (data collectors).*
Follow up period:
12 months.
Setting:
5 Veteran Affairs medical centres (VAMCs) in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, USA.
Patients:
838 daily smokers (mean age 57 y, 90% men) who were willing to quit within 30 days. Participants who did not have a telephone number, had speech or hearing problems, were unwilling to receive telephone counselling, or were currently taking smoking cessation medications were excluded.
Intervention:
telephone care (n = 418) or standard care (n = 420). Telephone care. Participants received 
7 calls over 2 months from trained counsellors who used a relapse sensitive approach and a protocol from the California Smokers’ Helpline. Participants received counselling for up to 3 quit attempts within 12 months and were encouraged to use pharmacological therapy (eg, nicotine patch, or if unsuccessful, slow release bupropion, nicotine gum, or combination). Standard care
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