Hammad 2011.

Methods	Randomised trial
Participants	199 patients with metabolic syndrome (intervention 112; control 90) 6 family medicine clinics at 1 university hospital Amman, Jordan Year of study: March 2009 to September 2009.
Interventions	Met with both pharmacist and physician. Pharmacists provided medication counselling, answered questions on self‐monitoring, lifestyle choices, compliance with drug therapy. Education materials were distributed discussing metabolic syndrome and increased risks. Monthly visits across 3 months
Outcomes	Systolic and diastolic blood pressure at 6 months Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
Notes	Funding source: Not specified Conflict of interest: Not stated
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Coin‐toss method
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear if the recruiter knew the allocation status of the participant during the consent process
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Unclear risk	Unblinded participants and personnel
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Low risk	Blood pressure was measured monthly by assistant nurses who were blinded to the patient’s study arm assignment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Between group attrition < 10%. Overall completion rate >80%
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All outcomes reported
Other bias	Low risk	None identified