TY - JOUR
T1 - The efficacy of computer-delivered treatment for smoking cessation
AU - Reitzel, Lorraine R.
AU - McClure, Jennifer B.
AU - Cofta-Woerpel, Ludmila
AU - Mazas, Carlos A.
AU - Cao, Yumei
AU - Cinciripini, Paul M.
AU - Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin
AU - Li, Yisheng
AU - Wetter, David W.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0390
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0390
M3 - Article
C2 - 21613389
AN - SCOPUS:79960080611
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 20
SP - 1555
EP - 1557
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
IS - 7
ER -