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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computer and other electronic aids for smoking cessation : a systematic review and network meta-analysis
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Chen, Y-F., Madan, Jason, Welton, N., Yahaya, I., Aveyard, P., Bauld, L., Wang, D., Fry-Smith, A. and Munafò, M. R. (2012) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computer and other electronic aids for smoking cessation : a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), Vol.16 (No.38). 1-205, iii. doi:10.3310/hta16380 ISSN 1366-5278.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta16380
Abstract
Our effectiveness review concluded that computer and other electronic aids increase the likelihood of cessation compared with no intervention or generic self-help materials, but the effect is small. The effectiveness does not appear to vary with respect to mode of delivery and concurrent non-electronic co-interventions. Our cost-effectiveness review suggests that making some form of electronic support available to smokers actively seeking to quit is highly likely to be cost-effective. This is true whether the electronic intervention is delivered alongside brief advice or more intensive counselling. The key source of uncertainty is that around the comparative effectiveness of different types of electronic interventions. Our review suggests that further research is needed on the relative benefits of different forms of delivery for electronic aids, the content of delivery, and the acceptability of these technologies for smoking cessation with subpopulations of smokers, particularly disadvantaged groups. More evidence is also required on the relationship between involving users in the design of interventions and the impact this has on effectiveness, and finally on how electronic aids developed and tested in research settings are applied in routine practice and in the community.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) | ||||
Publisher: | National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment | ||||
ISSN: | 1366-5278 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.16 | ||||
Number: | No.38 | ||||
Page Range: | 1-205, iii | ||||
DOI: | 10.3310/hta16380 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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