Cochrane · systematic review · CD006936

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation

Lindson, N, Thompson, TP, Ferrey, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

Tobacco Addiction2 versionsAMSTAR 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

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%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

Current version only

Motivational interviewing compared with no treatment for smoking cessation

Population: tobacco smokers (adolescents, university students, adult primary care patients)

CD006936.PUB4 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months Motivational interviewing vs no treatment	RR 0.84 [0.63, 1.12]	4 studies · 684 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision

Motivational interviewing in addition to other smoking cessation treatment for smoking cessation

Population: tobacco smokers (general population, low income, inpatients and outpatients with mixed diagnoses)

CD006936.PUB4 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months	RR 1.07 [0.85, 1.36]	12 studies · 4167 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias

Motivational interviewing compared with another smoking cessation intervention for smoking cessation

Population: tobacco smokers (general population, adolescents, offenders, homeless, substance users, hospital inpatients, HIV‐positive)

CD006936.PUB4 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months Motivational interviewing vs another smoking cessation intervention	RR 1.24 [0.91, 1.69]	19 studies · 5192 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias

Higher compared with lower intensity motivational interviewing for smoking cessation

Population: tobacco smokers (general population, hospital inpatients with mixed diagnoses)

CD006936.PUB4 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Smoking cessation at ≥ 6 months Higher vs lower intensity motivational interviewing	RR 1.23 [1.11, 1.37]	5 studies · 5620 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias

Motivational Interviewing compared to brief advice/usual care for smoking cessation

Population: adult smokers

CD006936.PUB3 · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Longest duration and strictest definition of tobacco abstinence Motivational Interviewing vs brief advice/usual care	RR 1.26 [1.16, 1.36]	28 studies · 16803 participants	Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias