Garção 2002.
Methods | Randomised trial | |
Participants | 100 hypertensive patients (intervention: 50; control: 50) 1 community pharmacy Maxial, Portugal Year of study: April 2000 to September 2000. |
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Interventions | Individualised intervention based on health promotion by pharmacist Monthly visits for 6 months | |
Outcomes | Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) at 9 months BP in target range at 6 months |
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Notes | Funding source: Not specified Conflict of interest: None stated |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No randomisation technique described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Allocation not described |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | Unclear risk | Uncear if blinded or consequences of non‐blinding |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | High risk | Study pharmacist was not blinded and took all measures. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Between group attrition < 10%. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All outcomes reported |
Other bias | Low risk | None identified |