Treatment Recommendations: Counseling
Meta-analysis (2000): Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for interventions delivered by different types of clinicians (n =29 studies)
| Type of clinician |
Number of arms |
Estimated odds ratio (95% C.I.) |
Estimated abstinence rate (95% C.I.) |
| No clinician |
16 |
1.0 |
10.2 |
| Self-help |
47 |
1.1 (0.9, 1.3) |
10.9 (9.1, 12.7) |
| Nonphysician clinician |
39 |
1.7 (1.3, 2.1) |
15.8 (12.8, 18.8) |
| Physician clinician |
11 |
2.2 (1.5, 3.2) |
19.9 (13.7, 26.2) |
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