On motivating patients: a picture, even if worth a thousand words, is not enough.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Assessment of compliance with U.S. Public Health Service clinical practice guideline for tobacco by primary care physicians.Harm reduction journal · 2015
   Article
2. The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2014
   Review
3. How do we improve patient compliance and adherence to long-term statin therapy?Current atherosclerosis reports · 2013
   Review

Corrections and comments

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  Impact of carotid plaque screening on smoking cessation and other cardiovascular risk factors: a randomized controlled trial.2012
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  A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect intervention and medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans.2012
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  Increasing physical activity in patients with asthma through positive affect and self-affirmation: a randomized trial.2012

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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