Home > Clinical question: How do tailored and non‐tailored internet‐based interventions for smoking cessation in adults compare with active and inactive controls and with each other?

Kavirajan, Harish (2018) Clinical question: How do tailored and non‐tailored internet‐based interventions for smoking cessation in adults compare with active and inactive controls and with each other? Cochrane Clinical Answers,

External website: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cca/doi/10.1002/cc...

Tailored internet‐based interventions slightly improve smoking cessation rates at 6 to 12 months’ follow‐up versus inactive controls according to low‐certainty evidence (on average, 148 vs 129 per 1000 people). Furthermore, tailored web‐based programs may be slightly more effective than non‐tailored internet interventions according to moderate‐certainty evidence, although the analyses did not quite reach statistical significance. Moderate‐certainty evidence indicates that internet‐based interventions do not appear to differ in efficacy from active controls such as non‐internet‐based group therapy and various forms of telephone counseling. Finally, one trial of approximately 1100 people suggests that non‐tailored internet interventions perform no better than inactive controls in promoting cigarette abstinence, but uncertain trial quality and generalizability (88% male Korean‐American sample) enjoin caution in interpreting this result. No studies reported on adverse events. Likewise, few trials reported on patient satisfaction; therefore it is unclear whether interventions differ on this outcome.


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