Vivian 2002.

Methods	Randomised trial
Participants	56 hypertensive patients (group numbers not stated) The study was conducted at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Year of study: Not stated.
Interventions	Pharmacist‐managed hypertension clinic Patients in the intervention group were scheduled to see the clinical pharmacist once a month at the pharmacist‐managed hypertension clinic. A prescribing pharmacist made appropriate drug therapy changes (in both drug selection and dosage) for blood pressure control in accordance with guidelines. The pharmacist did not make any changes in their patients’ other drugs that may adversely affect blood pressure. Drug counselling, consisting of a discussion about side effects, recommended lifestyle changes, and an assessment of compliance, was provided at each visit. Number of Interventions: 1 a month Duration: 6 months
Outcomes	Systolic BP Diastolic BP Health‐related Quality of Life
Notes	Funding source: Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation. Conflict of interest: Not stated
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "Patients were randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group"
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	No information provided
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Low risk	BP objective. Satisfaction possibly biased
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All Outcomes/Outcome 1	Unclear risk	Quote: "Measurements were obtained by a clinical pharmacist using an auscultatory sphygmomanometer."
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Between group attrition < 10%.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Main results presented
Other bias	Low risk	None