Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Pooled result · Abstinence at the time of surgeryResult — go to the resultRelative risk 1.48 95% CI 1.20–1.83Authors' conclusion
Overall, peri-operative tobacco cessation interventions increased successful abstinence both at the time of surgery, risk ratio (95%CI) 1.48 (1.20-1.83), number needed to treat 7; and 12 months after surgery, risk ratio (95%CI) 1.62 (1.29-2.03), number needed to treat 9.
Study context
- Population
- Surgical patients who smoke tobacco26 studies in meta-analysis
- Participants
- 5,969 patients
- Comparison
- Peri-operative tobacco cessation interventions vs control
- Outcome
- Abstinence at the time of surgery
- Follow-up
- Time of surgery
Methodological detailsrandom-effects meta-analysis, subgroup analysis by timing and intensity
- Random-effects meta-analysis
- Subgroup analysis by timing and intensity
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Relative risk
1.48
95% CI 1.20–1.83
Peri-operative tobacco cessation interventions vs control
RR 1.48 (95% CI 1.20–1.83)
Further pooled results
Abstinence at 12 months · 12 months after surgery
| RR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco cessation interventionsNNT 9 | 1.62 (1.29–2.03) | |
| 0.512Relative risk (log scale) |
Original publication
Peri‐operative tobacco cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Anaesthesia. Published 1 September 2023. doi:10.
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