Tailoring CONSORT-SPI to improve the reporting of smoking cessation intervention trials: An expert consensus study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Inadequate reporting of smoking cessation intervention trials is common and leads to significant challenges for researchers. The aim of this study was to tailor CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)-SPI (Social and Psychological Interventions) guidelines to improve reporting of trials of behavioural interventions to promote smoking cessation.

Method

Informed by missing data from the IC-SMOKE (Intervention and Comparison group support provided in SMOKing cEssation) systematic review project, this study used a multi-stage Delphi process to examine which items could be added or modified to improve the reporting of smoking cessation trials. The first stage involved an on-line survey of 17 international experts in smoking cessation and trial met

SUBMITTER: Swithenbank Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952324 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature