Text messaging vs minimal support: Abstinence
Text messaging probably leads to higher long‐term abstinence (all randomised) compared with minimal support (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Text messaging vs minimal support Long‐term abstinence (all randomised) · people who smoke Text messaging probably leads to higher long‐term abstinence (all randomised) compared with minimal support (moderate certainty). Mobile phone text messaging and app‐based interventions for smoking cessation (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.54 [1.19, 2] | 13 studies · 14133 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile phone text messaging and app‐based interventions for smoking cessation 2019 · 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.