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Table 5 Point estimates of effects on secondary outcomes comparing intervention versus control

From: Effects of a text messaging smoking cessation intervention amongst online help-seekers and primary health care visitors: findings from a randomised controlled trial

 

Available data analysis

Imputed data analysis

Estimatea (95% CI)

Prob.b

OR > 1

p-valuec

Estimatea (95% CI)

Prob.b

OR > 1

p-valuec

Three months post-randomisation (intervention versus control)

 7-day point prevalence of abstinence

2.00 (1.41; 2.86)

> 99.9%

0.0002

1.75 (1.26; 2.43)

> 99.9%

0.0009

 Cigarettes smoked weekly (amongst smokers only)

0.73 (0.62; 0.86)

> 99.9%

0.0002

0.73 (0.60; 0.87)

> 99.9%

0.0005

 Quit attempts since baseline

2.20 (1.69; 2.90)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

1.69 (1.22; 2.30)

99.9%

0.0012

 Use of additional support since baseline

0.93 (0.77; 1.11)

79.8%

0.409

0.91 (0.77; 1.07)

87.6%

0.2416

Six months post-randomisation (intervention versus control)

 7-day point prevalence of abstinence

2.56 (1.73; 3.77)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

2.23 (1.57; 3.17)

> 99.9%

< 0.0001

 Cigarettes smoked weekly (amongst smokers only)

0.78 (0.66; 0.93)

99.7%

0.0032

0.84 (0.71; 0.99)

98.2%

0.0427

 Quit attempts since baseline

1.14 (0.88; 1.49)

84.4%

0.291

1.04 (0.73; 1.45)

58.8%

0.8375

 Use of additional support since baseline

0..88 (0.73; 1.07)

89.1%

0.195

0.90 (0.75; 1.06)

89.9%

0.1994

  1. aThe median of the posterior distribution over odds ratios, with 2.5% and 97.5% percentiles representing a compatibility interval (CoI)
  2. bThe proportion of the posterior distribution over odds ratios which is greater than 1
  3. cP-values are based on maximum likelihood estimation