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Effects of intervention on nicotine withdrawal symptoms and urges to smoke |
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| Intervention Mean (SD) |
Control Mean (SD) |
Difference (95%CI) intervention minus control1 |
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| Withdrawal symptoms |
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| MPSS-M baseline |
8.9 (3.3) |
10.9 (4.0) |
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| MPSS-M week 1 |
10.1 (3.3) |
10.4 (2.5) |
-0.6 (-3.4 to 2.9) |
| MPSS-M week 2 |
9.4 (3.1) |
10.6 (3.6) |
-0.1 (-2.6 to 2.4) |
| MPSS-M week 3 |
8.5 (2.1) |
10.6 (2.9) |
-1.8 (-5.3 to 1.8) |
| MPSS-M week 4 |
8.6 (2.7) |
10.8 (3.4) |
-1.1 (-4.5 to 2.3) |
| Urges to smoke |
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| MPSS-C week 1 |
7.1 (1.8) |
7.0 (2.2) |
0.1 (-1.6 to 1.8) |
| MPSS-C week 2 |
7.6 (1.8) |
7.2 (2.6) |
0.4 (-1.6 to 2.3) |
| MPSS-C week 3 |
7.0 (1.4) |
6.3 (2.8) |
0.7 (-2.0 to 3.5) |
| MPSS-C week 4 |
8.3 (2.0) |
7.3 (2.5) |
1.0 (-1.4 to 3.4) |
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1 Adjusted for baseline for MPSS-M values but not MPSS-C in accord with instructions for the scale | |||
Al-Chalabi et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:349 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-349 |
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