Trial reportBMC public health2010
Effectiveness of intensive group and individual interventions for smoking cessation in primary health care settings: a randomized trial.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Korean Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (KSRNT) and National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) on Treatment of Tobacco Use 2024.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Guideline
- What Are the Effective Components of Group-Based Treatment Programs For Smoking Cessation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Pooled it
- Strategies to improve smoking cessation rates in primary care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Smoking cessation interventions for potential use in the lung cancer screening setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2019Pooled it
- Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Individual behavioural counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
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- Physician advice for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Impacto - A single-arm open-label pilot trial of a digital-based integrated smoking cessation program for Spanish-speaking Hispanic individuals who smoke: Development, feasibility, engagement, and clinical outcomes.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Trial
- Clinical trial on the efficacy of exhaled carbon monoxide measurement in smoking cessation in primary health care.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- [Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for harmful tobacco use and tobacco dependency].Der Nervenarzt · 2016Article
- Adherence to treatment to help quit smoking: effects of task performance and coping with withdrawal symptoms.BMC public health · 2014Article
- [Smoking intervention in patients with cardiovascular diseases].Atencion primaria · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrimary: To compare the effectiveness of intensive group and individual interventions for smoking cessation in a primary health care setting; secondary: to identify the variables associated with smoking cessation.
methodsThree-pronged clinical trial with randomisation at the individual level. We performed the following: an intensive individual intervention (III), an intensive group intervention (IGI) and a minimal intervention (MI). Included in the study were smokers who were prepared to quit smoking. Excluded from the study were individuals aged less than 18 years or with severe mental conditions or terminal illnesses. The outcome measure was continued abstinence at 12 months confirmed through CO-oximetry (CO). The analysis was based on intention to treat.
resultsIn total, 287 smokers were recruited: 81 in the III, 111 in the IGI, and 95 in the MI. Continued abstinence at 12 months confirmed through CO was 7.4% in the III, 5.4% in the IGI, and 1% in the MI. No significant differences were noted between III and MI on the one hand, and between IGI and MI on the other [RR 7.04 (0.9-7.2) and RR 5.1 (0.6-41.9), respectively]. No differences were noted between IGI and III [RR 0.7 (0.2-2.2)]. In multivariate analysis, only overall visit length showed a statistically significant association with smoking cessation.
conclusionsThe effectiveness of intensive smoking interventions in this study was lower than expected. No statistically significant differences were found between the results of individual and group interventions. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN32323770.
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