Cochrane · systematic review · CD000214
Training health professionals in smoking cessation
Carson, KV, Verbiest, MEA, Crone, MR, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · Cochrane Library
Tobacco AddictionAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 33.3%Low 2 · 33.3%Moderate 2 · 33.3%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Training health professionals for smoking cessation
Population: Smokers treated by health professionals
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Point prevalence of smoking cessation self‐report and some biologically validated | OR 1.41 [1.13, 1.77] | 14 studies · 13459 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Continuous smoking abstinence self‐report and some biologically validated | OR 1.6 [1.26, 2.03] | 8 studies · 9443 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Number of smokers counselled self‐report | OR 2.28 [1.58, 3.27] | 14 studies · 8531 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Patients asked to make a | OR 3.34 [1.52, 7.3] | 7 studies · 3114 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Number of smokers receiving self‐help material self‐report | OR 3.51 [1.9, 6.47] | 9 studies · 4925 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Number of smokers receiving nicotine gum/replacement therapy self‐report | OR 1.57 [0.87, 2.84] | 9 studies · 5073 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |