Behavioral interventions for smoking cessation among adolescents: a rapid review and meta-analysis for the Korea Preventive Services Task Force.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral smoking cessation interventions among adolescents.

Methods

MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Embase, CINAHL, KoreaMed, and KMbase were searched from inception to June 2020. Systematic reviews (SRs) or meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were initially searched to perform a rapid SR. After selecting the final SR, RCTs after the publication year of the selected SR were searched. The primary outcome was smoking status after at least 6 months of follow-up, and the secondary outcome was smoking status at 4 weeks. Two reviewers independently assessed the selected studies' quality using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The meta-analysis utilized a Mantel-Haenszel fixed-effect model reporting the relativ

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256302 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature