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Trial reportPsychology, health & medicine2017

Quality of life after quitting smoking and initiating aerobic exercise.

Erika Litvin Bloom, Haruka Minami, Richard A Brown, David R Strong, Deborah Riebe, Ana M Abrantes

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Trial report in Psychology, health & medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  2. Smoking cessation for improving mental health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Erika Litvin Blooma Butler Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.
Haruka Minamia Butler Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.
Richard A Brownd University of Texas at Austin , Austin , TX , USA.
David R Stronge Department of Family Medicine and Public Health , University of California , San Diego , CA , USA.
Deborah Riebef Department of Kinesiology , University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI , USA.
Ana M Abrantesa Butler Hospital , Providence , RI , USA.
Butler Hospital · USBrown University · USThe University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Rhode Island · US

Funding

Behavioral Exercise Intervention for Smoking CessationK23DA019950 · NIDA · BUTLER HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI ABRANTES, ANA M · 2006 to 2010
$925k
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA019950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quitting smoking and aerobic exercise each improve health. Although smokers may be concerned that quitting smoking will reduce their quality of life (QOL), recent research has shown that cessation is associated with QOL benefits. Elements of smoking cessation interventions, such as exercise, may contribute to changes in QOL. However, it is unknown whether initiating exercise in the context of smoking cessation is associated with greater or different effects on QOL than smoking cessation alone. The current study is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized trial (n = 61) of an exercise intervention for smoking cessation. We hypothesized that smoking abstinence and engagement in exercise would have positive, additive effects on QOL at end-of-treatment, 6- and, 12-month follow-ups. Sedentary adult smokers were randomized to the exercise intervention or a health education control (HEC) group. Additionally, all participants received smoking cessation counseling and nicotine patches. Data were analyzed using actual engagement in exercise, rather than group assignment as a proxy for exercise engagement, because some HEC participants also began exercising. Abstinence was positively associated with higher total and physical health QOL at follow-up. Exercise was not associated with total QOL and only marginally associated with physical health QOL, but was positively related to overall sense of well-being. Emphasizing that smoking cessation is associated with higher QOL may help motivate smokers to initiate quit attempts.

Indexed as

Tobacco Use Cessation DevicesAdultExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSmoking Cessationexercisephysical activityquality of lifeSmoking cessationtobacco cessation

Identifiers

PMID28103704
PMCPMC5624525
OpenAlexW2575689152

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