Publications by authors named "Alexis M Perkins"
Article Synopsis
- Clinical trials, essential for healthcare, also significantly contribute to climate change; researchers have developed a method to calculate their carbon footprint and applied it to 10 UK and international trials.
- Data on trial activities was collected from 10 trial units, evaluated for emission sources, and feedback was gathered on the carbon footprint calculation process.
- The carbon footprints of the trials varied widely, highlighting key areas for emissions reduction, with suggestions to incorporate carbon footprint considerations during the trial design phase.
Introduction: Lung cancer screening presents an important teachable moment to promote smoking cessation, but the most effective strategy to deliver support in this context remains to be established.
Methods: We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of smoking cessation interventions delivered during lung health screening, published prior to 20/07/2022 MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CENTRAL, EMBASE, CINAHL and Scopus databases. Two reviewers screened titles, and abstracts, four reviewed each full text using prespecified criteria, extracted relevant data, assessed risk of bias and confidence in findings using the GRADE criteria.