title: The efficacy of computer-delivered treatment for smoking cessation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The current study evaluated the efficacy of an individualized, hand-held computer-delivered treatment (CDT) versus standard treatment (ST) for the maintenance of smoking abstinence following a quit attempt.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 303 adult daily smokers randomized to CDT or ST, plus pharmacotherapy. Abstinence though 1 year was examined using logistic random intercept models, a type of generalized linear mixed model regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results did not support the efficacy of the CDT program through 1 year postquit in analyses adjusted for time and study site (OR = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.55-1.30), or after further adjusting for race/ethnicity, age, gender, education, marital status, and the number of cigarettes smoked per day before quitting (OR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.57-1.39).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CDT did not increase short- or long-term abstinence rates over ST in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings differ from some in the literature and suggest the need for continued research on the use of CDT for smoking cessation.
authors: Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230, USA. lrreitze@mdanderson.org
authors: Lorraine R
authors: LR
authors: Reitzel
authors: Jennifer B
authors: JB
authors: McClure
authors: Ludmila
authors: L
authors: Cofta-Woerpel
authors: Carlos A
authors: CA
authors: Mazas
authors: Yumei
authors: Y
authors: Cao
authors: Paul M
authors: PM
authors: Cinciripini
authors: Jennifer Irvin
authors: JI
authors: Vidrine
authors: Yisheng
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Wetter
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