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. |
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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 |
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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 |