Interventions to increase adherence vs usual care: Adherence to medications for tobacco dependence
Interventions to increase adherence probably leads to higher adherence to medications for tobacco dependence compared with standard care (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care Adherence to medications for tobacco dependence · adult smokers Interventions to increase adherence probably leads to higher adherence to medications for tobacco dependence compared with standard care (moderate certainty). Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | SMD 0.1 [0.03, 0.18] | 10 studies · 3655 participants | Moderate |
Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care Adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (dichotomous outcomes) · Adult smokers Interventions to increase adherence probably leads to higher adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (dichotomous outcomes) compared with standard care (moderate certainty). Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD009164.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.14 [1.02, 1.28] | 5 studies · 1630 participants | Moderate |
Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care Adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (continuous outcomes) · Adult smokers Interventions to increase adherence showed no clear difference in adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (continuous outcomes) compared with standard care (low certainty). Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD009164.PUB2, superseded | SMD 0.07 | 4 studies · 1529 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence 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.