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Telephone care was more effective than standard care for smoking cessation in daily smokers

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.11.5.137

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    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.
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 Q In daily smokers, is telephone care more effective than standard care for smoking cessation?

    Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★☆☆ Internal medicine ★★★★☆☆☆ Public health ★★★★★☆☆

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    unclear allocation concealment.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (data collectors).*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    12 months.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    5 Veteran Affairs medical centres (VAMCs) in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, USA.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    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.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    telephone care (n = 418) or standard care (n = 420). Telephone care. Participants received ⩾7 calls over 2 months from trained counsellors who …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* See glossary.

    • For correspondence: Dr L An, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. lcan{at}umn.edu

    • Source of funding: Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service.

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