Table 1

Effect size of digital health, biomarker feedback and nurse or midwife-led counselling interventions to assist pregnant smokers achieve point prevalence and continuous abstinence in late pregnancy and at postpartum

InterventionEffect size
Late pregnancyPostpartum
RR*95% CI†I2‡ (%)RR95% CII2 (%)
Point prevalence abstinence
Digital health1.370.90 to 2.07471.46§1.05 to 2.0211
Biomarker feedback1.320.75 to 2.3264No estimateNo estimateNo estimate
Nurse or midwife-led counselling1.54§1.16 to 2.06611.79§1.14 to 2.8340
Continuous abstinence
Digital health1.98§1.08 to 3.6444No estimateNo estimateNo estimate
Biomarker feedbackNo estimateNo estimateNo estimate1.050.84 to 1.3074
Nurse of midwife-led counselling2.060.90–4.7101.430.84 to 2.4555
  • *Relative risk.

  • †CI.

  • ‡Statistical heterogeneity.

  • §Statistically significant pooled estimates are bolded.