Aims To estimate the strengths of associations between use of behaviour change
techniques (BCTs) and clusters of BCTs in behavioural smoking cessation interventions and …

Efficacious translational research in health psychology relies on specifying why intervention
strategies change health behaviors and when, for what behaviors, and for whom, do these …

Several interventions have targeted dyads to promote physical activity (PA) or reduce
sedentary behaviour (SB), but the evidence has not been synthesised. Sixty-nine studies …

Background Although non-pharmacological smoking cessation measures have been widely
used among smokers, current research evidence on the effects of smoking cessation is …

A meta‐analysis was performed to evaluate the preoperative smoking and smoke cessation
on wound healing and infection in post‐surgery subjects. A systematic literature search up to …

Smokers are at increased risk for surgical complications. Despite the known benefits of
smoking cessation, many perioperative health care providers do not routinely provide …

We live in an era where people live longer but also suffer from more chronic illnesses. Yet
these two issues present not only significant challenges to healthcare professionals, but also …

For most of the 20th century, the focus of research in surgery was improvements in
intraoperative technique, which led to major technical paradigm shifts exemplified by the …

Objective: We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials designed to
promote smoking cessation among cancer survivors to (a) assess how effective …

Introduction Assisting smokers to quit before surgery reduces surgical site infection (SSI)
risk. The short-term economic benefits of reducing SSIs by embedding tobacco dependence …