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

González‐Martin 2003.

Methods Randomised trial
Participants 21 patients with asthma (intervention 11; control 10)
 Professional (delivering intervention): not clear
 Practice: 1
Outpatient paediatric clinic affiliated with Catholic University
 Chile
 Year of study: Not stated.
Interventions Pharmacist educated patients on medication therapy and inhaler use using asthma explanatory booklet and prescribed medications brochure, vs usual care.
 Length of the intervention: 30 minutes
 Number of interventions: 3 during 9 weeks
Outcomes Paediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire (PAQLQ) score: emotions, activities, symptoms domains
 Spirometry testing: Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1)
Notes Funding source: Not specified
Conflict of interest: Not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "the child was assigned at random to one of the two groups of the study"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation procedure not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 Unclear risk Same unblinded personnel administered both intervention and control arms
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 Unclear risk Assessors were not blinded.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participants completed the trial.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Few outcomes, all reported
Other bias Low risk None