title: The role of gender in a smoking cessation intervention: a cluster randomized clinical trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The prevalence of smoking in Spain is high in both men and women. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of gender in the effectiveness of a specific smoking cessation intervention conducted in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial in which the randomization unit was the Basic Care Unit (family physician and nurse who care for the same group of patients). The intervention consisted of a six-month period of implementing the recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline. A total of 2,937 current smokers at 82 Primary Care Centers in 13 different regions of Spain were included (2003-2005). The success rate was measured by a six-month continued abstinence rate at the one-year follow-up. A logistic mixed-effects regression model, taking Basic Care Units as random-effect parameter, was performed in order to analyze gender as a predictor of smoking cessation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the one-year follow-up, the six-month continuous abstinence quit rate was 9.4% in men and 8.5% in women (p = 0.400). The logistic mixed-effects regression model showed that women did not have a higher odds of being an ex-smoker than men after the analysis was adjusted for confounders (OR adjusted = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.7-1.2).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender does not appear to be a predictor of smoking cessation at the one-year follow-up in individuals presenting at Primary Care Centers. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV IDENTIFIER: NCT00125905.
authors: IDIAP J Gol, Av, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 587, 08007-Barcelona, Spain. dpuente@idiapjgol.org
authors: Diana
authors: D
authors: Puente
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Cabezas
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Rodriguez-Blanco
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Fernández-Alonso
authors: Tránsito
authors: T
authors: Cebrian
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Torrecilla
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Clemente
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Martín
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