Cochrane · systematic review · CD003440

Workplace interventions for smoking cessation

Cahill, K, Lancaster, T · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · 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 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 4 · 66.7%High 2 · 33.3%

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

Smoking cessation interventions for the workplace

Population: Employees who smoke
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Group therapy
OR 1.71 [1.05, 2.8]8 studies · 1309 participantsModerate
Downgraded: publication bias
Individual counselling
OR 1.96 [1.51, 2.54]8 studies · 3516 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias
Self‐help interventions
OR 1.16 [0.74, 1.82]6 studies · 1906 participantsHigh
Pharmacological interventions
OR 1.98 [1.26, 3.11]5 studies · 1092 participantsHigh
Incentives
OR 1.6 [1.12, 2.3]5 studies · 1928 participantsModerate
Downgraded: publication bias
Multiple interventions
OR 1.55 [1.13, 2.13]6 studies · 5018 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias