PICOT Question: In cigarette smokers older than 17 years (P), does nicotine replacement therapy (I), versus using other smoking cessation therapies (C), affect smoking cessation outcomes (O) over a period of three months (T)?
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Buller, D., Halperin, A., Severson, H., Borland, R., Slater, M., Bettinghaus, E., Tinkelman, D., Cutter, G. & Woodall, G.
J Public Health Manag Pract., 20(2), E7-E15 doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a0b8c7 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966563/) |
Metrik, J., Spillane, N., Leventhal, A. & Kahler, G.
Drug Alcohol Depend., 119(3), 194-200 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.06.004 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199036/) |
Rath, J., Villanti, A., Abrams, D. & Vallone, D.
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 679134 doi: 10.1155/2012/679134 (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2012/679134/citations/) |
Thurgood, S., McNeill, A., Clark-Carter, D. & Brose, L.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18(5), 993-1001. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv127 (https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/18/5/993/2510055) |
| Article Title and Year Published | Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Quitting by Young Adults in a Trial Comparing Cessation Services.
2014 |
Marijuana Use and Tobacco Smoking Cessation Among Heavy Alcohol Drinkers.
2011 |
Patterns of Tobacco Use and Dual Use in US Young Adults: The Missing Link between Youth Prevention and Adult Cessation.
2012 |
A Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery
2015 |
| Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study | Research question (implied): How useful and effective is nicotine patch in smoking cessation interventions?
Aim of the study: Use and effectiveness of nicotine patch was explored in a randomized trial evaluating smoking cessation interventions with this population. |
Research question (implied): How does marijuana use affect nicotine smoking cessation efforts for alcohol drinkers?
NRS 490 – Literature Evaluation Table & PICOT Question. Aim of the study: To determine whether marijuana use affects smoking cessation outcomes and whether smoking cessation treatment leads to changes in marijuana smoking among alcohol drinkers. |
Research question (implied): What is the prevalence of cigarette, other tobacco products, and dual use in a USA nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18–34.
Aim of the study: To determine nicotine use prevalence among young adults in the USA |
Research questions: (1) what is the effectiveness of different smoking cessation interventions for patients with substance use disorders?
(2) what is the impact of smoking cessation treatment on substance use outcomes? Aim of the study: to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for patients with substance use disorders. |
| Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative) | Quantitative design that included a pretest and posttest trial with the participants randomized. | Quantitative design that applied a randomized control trial | Quantitative study using online panel data | Qualitative study that relied on literature review of peer-reviewed publications |
| Setting/Sample | Sample comprised of 3,094 smokers aged 18-30 | Sample comprised 236 heavy drinkers of which 57 currently smoked marijuana | Sample comprised 4,201 young adults aged between 18 and 34 | Randomized controlled trails published between 1990 and 2014 |
| Methods: Intervention/Instruments
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The intervention entails subjecting the treatment group to a two-week nicotine replacement therapy. | < Order a similar paper