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Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention: Change in weight (kg)
Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Weight management… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Weight management education versus no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Weight management… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.04 | 2 studies · 140 participants | Low |
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at 6 months ‐ Weight management education verses no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in mean weight change (kg) at 6 months ‐ Weight management education… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.89 | 2 studies · 81 participants | Low |
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at 12 months ‐ Weight management education versus no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking It is very uncertain whether behavioural weight management interventions changes mean weight change (kg) at 12 months ‐ Weight management education… compared with brief advice or no intervention (very low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.21 | 2 studies · 61 participants | Very low |
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Personalised weight management support versus no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Personalised weight… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 1.11 | 3 studies · 121 participants | Low |
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at 6 months ‐ Personalised weight management support versus no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking It is very uncertain whether behavioural weight management interventions changes mean weight change (kg) at 6 months ‐ Personalised weight management… compared with brief advice or no intervention (very low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.96 | 5 studies · 816 participants | Very low |
Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention Mean weight change (kg) at 12 months ‐ Personalised weight management support versus no weight intervention · People wanting to quit smoking It is very uncertain whether behavioural weight management interventions changes mean weight change (kg) at 12 months ‐ Personalised weight… compared with brief advice or no intervention (very low certainty). Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 0.44 | 4 studies · 530 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation 2021 · 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.