Behavioural intervention vs minimal control: Smoking cessation
Behavioural interventions showed no clear difference in individual counselling (in‐person) vs control Smoking cessation compared with minimal control (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioural interventions vs minimal control Individual counselling (in‐person) vs control Smoking cessation · young people Behavioural interventions showed no clear difference in individual counselling (in‐person) vs control Smoking cessation compared with minimal control (low certainty). Tobacco cessation interventions for young people (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.07 [0.83, 1.39] | 7 studies · 2088 participants | Low |
Behavioural interventions vs minimal control Group counselling vs control Smoking cessation · young people Behavioural interventions may leads to higher group counselling vs control Smoking cessation compared with minimal control (low certainty). Tobacco cessation interventions for young people (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.35 [1.03, 1.77] | 9 studies · 1910 participants | Low |
Behavioural interventions vs minimal control Computer‐based interventions vs control Smoking cessation · young people Behavioural interventions showed no clear difference in computer‐based interventions vs control Smoking cessation compared with minimal control (low certainty). Tobacco cessation interventions for young people (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.79 [0.5, 1.24] | 3 studies · 340 participants | Low |
Behavioural interventions vs minimal control Text messaging‐based interventions vs control Smoking cessation · young people Behavioural interventions showed no clear difference in text messaging‐based interventions vs control Smoking cessation compared with minimal control (low certainty). Tobacco cessation interventions for young people (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.18 [0.9, 1.56] | 3 studies · 2985 participants | Low |
Behavioural interventions vs minimal control Interventions with multiple delivery methods vs control Smoking cessation · young people It is very uncertain whether behavioural interventions changes interventions with multiple delivery methods vs control Smoking… compared with minimal control (very low certainty). Tobacco cessation interventions for young people (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.26 [0.95, 1.66] | 8 studies · 2755 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco cessation interventions for young people 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.