Within-person associations between psychological and contextual factors and lapse incidence in smokers attempting to quit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Ecological Momentary Assessment studies

Olga Perski* (Corresponding Author), Dominika Kwasnicka, Dimitra Kale, Verena Schneider, Dorothy Szinay, Gill ten Hoor, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Peter Verboon, Daniel Powell, Felix Naughton, Jan Keller

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Abstract Background and Aims When attempting to stop smoking, discrete smoking events (?lapses?) are strongly associated with a return to regular smoking (?relapse?). No study has yet pooled the psychological and contextual antecedents of lapse incidence, captured in Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) studies. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesise within-person psychological and contextual predictor-lapse associations in smokers attempting to quit. Methods We searched Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science. A narrative synthesis and multilevel, random-effects meta-analyses were conducted, focusing on studies of adult, non-clinical populations attempting to stop smoking, with no restrictions on setting. Outcomes were the association between a psychological (e.g., stress, cravings) or contextual (e.g., cigarette availability) antecedent and smoking lapse incidence; definitions of ?lapse? and ?relapse?; the theoretical underpinning of EMA study designs; and the proportion of studies with pre-registered study protocols/analysis plans and open data. Results We included 61 studies, with 19 studies contributing ≥1 effect size(s) to the meta-analyses. We found positive relationships between lapse incidence and ?environmental and social cues? (k = 12, odds ratio [OR] = 4.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.02, 10.16, p = 0.001) and ?cravings? (k = 10, OR = 1.71, 95% CI = 1.34, 2.18, p
Original languageEnglish
JournalAddiction
Early online date20 Feb 2023
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 20 Feb 2023

Keywords

  • ambulatory assessment
  • Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • smoking cessation
  • smoking lapse
  • systematic review
  • meta-analysis

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