Krass 2007.
Methods | Randomised trial | |
Participants | 335 diabetic patients (intervention 176; control 159) 56 pharmacies (intervention 28; control 28) 4 regions of Australia Year of study: March 2004 to September 2004. |
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Interventions | Educated about self‐monitoring and given meter for blood glucose, adherence support, medication review, self‐management and lifestyle. Individual goal‐setting and homework sheets to be completed by next visit 5 visits over 6 months |
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Outcomes | Diastolic and systolic blood pressure HbA1C |
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Notes | Funding source: The Pharmacy Diabetes Care Program was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the Third Community Pharmacy Agreement. Precision Link software from Abbott Diagnostics supported training and individual pharmacists in this study Conflict of interest: None reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | States using Excel but does not say how |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear how allocation concealment was conducted |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | Unclear risk | No blinding. Unclear if it may have influenced performance |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1 | Low risk | HbA1c unlikely to be biased by non‐blinding |
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 |