Evidence map›Paper›PMID 3124203›Full record

Trial reportPublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

A cost-effectiveness analysis of self-help smoking cessation methods for pregnant women.

R A Windsor, K E Warner, G R Cutter

Abstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC
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Trial report in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009
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  8. Economic evaluations of smoking cessation and relapse prevention programs for pregnant women: a systematic review.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
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  9. Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT) methods in Medicaid-supported prenatal care: Trial III.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2011
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  14. Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Interventions That Affect Fertility and Childbearing: How Health Effects Are Measured Matters.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R A WindsorDepartment of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35224.
K E Warner
G R Cutter
University of Alabama · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estimates of the cost effectiveness and cost benefit of health promotion-health education methods for pregnant smokers designed to increase birth weight are not available. This paper presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis from a recently completed randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of self-help smoking cessation methods for pregnant women in public health maternity clinics. The study population--309 pregnant smokers from 3 prenatal clinics--were randomly assigned, during their first clinic visit, to 1 of 3 groups: (a) group 1 received the standard clinic information and advice to quit smoking, (b) group 2 received the standard clinic information and advice to quit plus the manual "Freedom From Smoking in 20 Days" by the American Lung Association, and (c) group 3 received the standard clinic information and advice to quit plus the pregnancy-specific manual "A Pregnant Woman's Self-Help Guide to Quit Smoking." The quit rates by the end of pregnancy were 2 percent for group 1, 6 percent for group 2, and 14 percent for group 3. Analyses also indicated that the method used for group 3 was the most cost effective: group 3 achieved smoking cessation at less than half the cost experienced by the other two groups. Although additional studies are needed concerning the behavioral impact, cost effectiveness, and cost benefit of self-help health education methods for smoking cessation, the methods tested in this trial are promising as solutions to part of the problem of low birth weight among infants of smoking mothers in the United States.

Indexed as

PregnancySmoking PreventionCost-Benefit AnalysisEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHealth PromotionHumansPrenatal CareRandom Allocation

Identifiers

PMID3124203
PMCPMC1477949
OpenAlexW2288791663

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