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. 2018 Sep 4;2018(9):CD013102. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013102

Sookaneknun 2004.

Methods Randomised trial
Participants 235 patients with hypertension (intervention 118; control 117)
 Health professionals: not clear
 Practices: 3
University‐affiliated community pharmacy and 2 primary care units in Thailand (Mahasarakham, Takonyarng village, Kharmrieng village)
 Year of study: Ocotober 2002 to July 2003.
Interventions Pharmacist provided monthly consultation and blood pressure monitoring, vs usual care
 Pharmacist made medication regimen change recommendations to physicians after identifying drug‐related problems
 Length of the intervention: 30 to 50 minutes
 Number of interventions: 6 (monthly) during 6 months
Outcomes Blood pressure
Notes Funding source: Research grant from Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Conflict of interest: Not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "A simple randomization technique was used to assign the patients to a treatment group and a control group."
 Unclear how randomisation occurred
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 Low risk BP measurement has low risk of performance bias.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All Outcomes/Outcome 1 High risk BP measured manually by assessors aware of the participant's allocation.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear how many completed the trial
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All reported
Other bias Low risk None