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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2011 Jul;20(7):1555-7.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0390. Epub 2011 May 25.

The efficacy of computer-delivered treatment for smoking cessation

Lorraine R Reitzel  1 , Jennifer B McClure, Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Carlos A Mazas, Yumei Cao, Paul M Cinciripini, Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, Yisheng Li, David W Wetter
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The efficacy of computer-delivered treatment for smoking cessation

Lorraine R Reitzel et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Background: The current study evaluated the efficacy of an individualized, hand-held computer-delivered treatment (CDT) versus standard treatment (ST) for the maintenance of smoking abstinence following a quit attempt.

Methods: Participants were 303 adult daily smokers randomized to CDT or ST, plus pharmacotherapy. Abstinence though 1 year was examined using logistic random intercept models, a type of generalized linear mixed model regression.

Results: Results did not support the efficacy of the CDT program through 1 year postquit in analyses adjusted for time and study site (OR = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.55-1.30), or after further adjusting for race/ethnicity, age, gender, education, marital status, and the number of cigarettes smoked per day before quitting (OR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.57-1.39).

Conclusions: CDT did not increase short- or long-term abstinence rates over ST in this study.

Impact: Findings differ from some in the literature and suggest the need for continued research on the use of CDT for smoking cessation.

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