Pharmacotherapy plus counselling vs no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling: Quit at longest
Pharmacotherapy plus counselling leads to higher quit at longest compared with no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacotherapy plus counselling vs no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling Quit at longest · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients Pharmacotherapy plus counselling leads to higher quit at longest compared with no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling (high certainty). Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients (2024) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.33 [1.05, 1.67] | 8 studies · 3838 participants | High |
Pharmacotherapy plus counselling vs no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling Quit at longest · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients Pharmacotherapy plus counselling showed no clear difference in quit at longest compared with no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling (low certainty). Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients (2024) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.11 [0.86, 1.43] | 4 studies · 872 participants | Low |
Pharmacotherapy plus counselling vs no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling Quit at longest · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients Pharmacotherapy plus counselling showed no clear difference in quit at longest compared with no pharmacotherapy or placebo plus counselling (moderate certainty). Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients (2024) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.29 [0.96, 1.75] | 4 studies · 829 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients 2024 · 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.