The Methodological Quality and Effectiveness of Technology-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions for Disadvantaged Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 276-285

  Boland, Veronica C ^a   Stockings, Emily A ^a   Mattick, Richard P ^a   McRobbie, Hayden ^b   Brown, Jamie ^c   Courtney, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TEXT MESSAGING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; ECONOMICS; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CELL PHONE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOFTWARE; TEXT MESSAGING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOBACCO USE CESSATION DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85042566346     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw391     Document Type: Review

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