Tailored Web-Based Smoking Interventions and Reduced Attrition: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing number of internet users presents an opportunity to deliver health interventions to large populations. Despite their potential, many web-based interventions, including those for smoking cessation, face high rates of attrition. Further consideration of how intervention features impact attrition is needed.

Objective

The aim of this systematic review is to investigate whether tailored web-based smoking cessation interventions for smokers are associated with reduced rates of attrition compared with active or passive untailored web-based interventions. The outcomes of interest were dropout attrition at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups.

Methods

Literature searches were conducted in May 2018 and updated in May 2020 on MEDLINE (Medical Literature

SUBMITTER: Shah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605982 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature