Cochrane · systematic review · CD009164
Interventions to increase adherence to medications for tobacco dependence
Hollands, GJ, Naughton, F, Farley, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library
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Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 66.7%Moderate 1 · 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
Show all 2 versionsInterventions to increase adherence compared to standard care for improving adherence to medications for tobacco dependence and abstinence from smoking
Population: adult smokers
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Adherence to medications for tobacco dependence Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care | SMD 0.1 [0.03, 0.18] | 10 studies · 3655 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Short‐term abstinence from smoking (< 6 months) Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care | RR 1.08 [0.96, 1.21] | 5 studies · 1795 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Long‐term abstinence from smoking (≥ 6 months) Interventions to increase adherence vs standard care | RR 1.16 [0.96, 1.4] | 5 studies · 3593 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |