Chisholm 2002.
Methods | Randomised trial | |
Participants | 26 participants with renal transplants (intervention 14; control 12) Tertiary teaching hospital clinics USA Year of study: Not stated. |
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Interventions | Intervention patients received input from a clinical pharmacist including medication review focused on controlling blood pressure, and (potential/actual) medication‐related problems. Recommendations for change communicated to nephrologists. For patients more than 8 months post‐transplant, there were pharmacist‐led monthly telephone follow‐ups. Duration 12 months |
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Outcomes | Systolic Blood Pressure, compliance rate | |
Notes | Funding source: Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust Conflict of interest: Not stated |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear. No description, although "prospectively randomised" was stated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | Low risk | Unblinded, but with objective outcomes |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | Low risk | The clinic nurse was blinded as to which patients were in the intervention or control group |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | 3 dropouts. Between group attrition < 10%. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Main results reported |
Other bias | Low risk | None |