Smoking cessation interventions for adults aged 50 or older: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The older population size has increased substantially, and a considerable proportion of older adults are cigarette smokers. Quitting smoking is associated with reduced health risk. This review is among the first to quantitatively assess the relative efficacy of types of cessation interventions for smokers aged ≥50 years.

Methods

We conducted searches of the Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO to identify smoking cessation studies on adults aged ≥50 years. Twenty-nine randomized clinical trials met the inclusion criteria. Three main types of interventions were identified. We analyzed relative cessation rates or Risk Ratios (RRs) between the type of intervention groups and the control group by fixed- and random-effects meta-analyses at the study level. W

SUBMITTER: Chen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536122 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature