Kritikos 2007.

Methods	Randomised trial
Participants	48 participants with asthma (intervention (1) 16; intervention (2) 16; control 16) 6 community pharmacies Sydney, Australia Year of study: January 2005 to July 2005
Interventions	Pharmacists delivered a single interactive Asthma Education Programme of 150 minutes to small groups of participants (5 – 8), focusing on asthma management, asthma medication, inhaler use. Relevant written information was also provided. Detailed programme guidelines, (which included the use of an educational resource kit Talk in A Box provided by the Asthma Foundation of New South Wales), were prepared to guide pharmacists through each session and enable standardised delivery of the programme. Duration: Single session
Outcomes	Proportion with severe asthma, asthma quality of life
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: "Three pharmacies were randomly selected"; no more info on randomisation and "subjects were not randomly selected".
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear if allocation concealed
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Low risk	No overlap in intervention delivery staff
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	High risk	Asthma severity is subjective and unclear about blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	All participants completed the trial.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All reported
Other bias	Low risk	None