Mahwi 2013.

Methods	Randomised trial
Participants	130 participants (intervention 65; control 65) Diabetic Centre Sulaimany, Iraq Year of study: September 2010 to January 2011.
Interventions	Pharmaceutical care. The intervention group was followed up for 3 visits. The interval between each visit ranged from 5 to 6 weeks with continuous weekly telephone calls for the follow‐up. Duration: 15 ‐ 18 weeks Number of Interventions: 3 visits, every 5 ‐ 6 weeks
Outcomes	Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) HbA1c
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: "In this study, patients were divided into two groups by simple randomization technique" Unclear how this actually happened
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "In this study, patients were divided into two groups by simple randomization technique" Unclear if selection bias an issue
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Low risk	Not stated but objective outcomes
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Low risk	Not stated but objective outcomes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Between group attrition < 10%.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All reported
Other bias	Low risk	None