Krska 2001.

Methods	Randomised trial
Participants	381 elderly patients (intervention 168; control 164; numbers were only given for those that completed the study) Number of participating practices unclear Grampian, Scotland Year of study: Not stated.
Interventions	Pharmacists interviewed patients in their homes for medication use, use of health and social services and to distribute prescribed medicines and a care plan; listing care issues, output, planned actions and pharmacist input. 2 interviews over 3 months.
Outcomes	HbA1c SF‐36
Notes	Funding source: Conflict of interest:
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "Following stratification by number of drugs, number of cardiovascular drugs and the presence of a non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drug other than low‐dose aspirin on the repeat prescription, patients were allocated randomly to intervention or control." Therefore unclear about the actual method of randomisation for each participant. Only states method for practice.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	High risk	No blinding and self‐reported outcome
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	High risk	No blinding and self‐reported outcome
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