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

Chrischilles 2014.

Methods Randomised trial
Participants 294 participants with acute coronary syndrome (intervention (1) 97; intervention (2) 100; control 97
A community health facility, a community hospital, and a local Arc (a national community‐based organization advocating for and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
Iowa, USA
Year of study: Not stated.
Interventions Intervention was self‐management/health promotion workshops led by a trained facilitator and pharmacist‐led medication management compared with a 3rd arm (usual care). The intervention programme consisted of 8 weekly 2‐hour workshops. For the purpose of this review, we included only the self‐management/health promotion workshops led by a trained facilitator and pharmacist‐led medication management.
Outcomes Mean symptoms
Notes Funding source: This publication was supported by Grant Number 5R01DD000107 from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conflict of interest: None stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk 3 people were randomised at a time using sealed envelopes that contained the assignment order that had been randomly pre‐assigned by computer. The envelopes were prepared by an individual not involved in the interventions or data collection.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk 3 people were randomised at a time using sealed envelopes that contained the assignment order that had been randomly pre‐assigned by computer. The envelopes were prepared by an individual not involved in the interventions or data collection.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 High risk Unblinded and allocation may have influenced the subjective outcome, mean symptoms.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 High risk Unblinded and subjective outcome of mean symptoms reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Between group attrition > 25%, however, complete data available for 96% participants.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Major results reported. Some post hoc analysis
Other bias Low risk None