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. 2018 Sep 4;2018(9):CD013102. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013102

Brook 2003.

Methods Randomised trial
Participants Patients with depression: 135 (intervention 64; control 71)
 Health professional (delivering intervention): 19
 Practice: not clear
Community pharmacy
The Netherlands
Year of study: April 2000 to April 2001.
Interventions Pharmacist coaching patients and take‐home video, vs usual care
 Length of the intervention: not clear
 Number of interventions: 3 during 6 months
Outcomes Disease control assessed by self‐rating 90‐item (Hopkins) Symptom Checklist (SCL‐90)
Notes Required 75 patients in arm to detect 13% difference in depression at significance level of 0.05. No useable quantitative data.
Funding source: Organon unconditionally sponsors International Health Foundation. The study received an unconditional grant from GlaxoSmithKline
Conflict of interest: The study was carried out without interference of either of the companies.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomisation occurred at patient level and with a 1:1 ratio, using block randomisation to ensure equal numbers of intervention and control patients by pharmacy.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Randomisation used "block randomization". The whole sample was randomised before delivery to the pharmacies. These forms were precoded and delivered in sealed envelopes.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 High risk Quote: "Neither patients, nor pharmacists were blinded for group assignment"
 Unclear if this influenced intervention. Same pharmacists delivered both arms, therefore potential for contamination
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 High risk Subjective outcome in an unblinded trial
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Between group attrition < 10%.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk 1 outcome, appropriately reported
Other bias Low risk None