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About 1 in 4 Mental Health Treatment Facilities Offered Services to Quit Smoking
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This report is a spotlight using the 2010 National Mental Health Services Survey (NMHSS). The spotlight highlights the percentage of specialty mental health treatment... -
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Simpson's paradox and calculation of number needed to treat from meta-analysis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Calculation of numbers needed to treat (NNT) is more complex from meta-analysis than from single trials. Treating the data as if it all came from one trial... -
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Pooling data for Number Needed to Treat: no problems for apples
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Objective To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give... -
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Smoking and Mental Illness Among Adults in the United States
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This report uses 2012 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to percentages of past month cigarette use, average number of cigarettes smoked in... -
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Updating a systematic review – what difference did it make? Case study of nicotine replacement therapy
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Aims To examine the effect of updating a systematic review of nicotine replacement therapy on its contents and conclusions. Methods We examined the effects of regular... -
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General Practitioners' views on the provision of nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) and a new drug, bupropion, are licensed in several countries as aids to smoking cessation. General practitioners (GPs)...