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. 2019 Dec 6;2019(12):CD011207. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011207.pub2

Adepu 2007.

Methods Design: RT
Groups: intervention group (pharmacist counselling); control group (waiting list control)
Participants Pharmacies: 2
Pharmacy workers: not reported
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Pharmacy users: 70 people with type 2 diabetes
  • mean age: intervention 51.45 ± 12.27 years; control 53.77 ± 10.35 years

  • % female: intervention 25.7%; control 37.1%


Setting: urban
Country: India
Interventions Pharmacy worker‐directed intervention: not reported
Pharmacy worker control: it was unclear whether one pharmacy site acted as a control and the other as the intervention, or whether pharmacists across both sites delivered both counselling to patients receiving the intervention and no treatment to controls
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Pharmacy user‐directed intervention: patients received counselling and an information leaflet about their disease, diet and lifestyle modifications.
  • Delivered by: pharmacists

  • Type: behaviour change and education

  • Mode of delivery: face‐to‐face; written materials

  • TDF: knowledge

  • Duration: not reported

  • Follow‐up: collected at the final follow‐up visit (end of intervention). The duration of intervention delivery was unclear, although the study period was stated as being 6 months.


Pharmacy user control: waiting list
Outcomes Pharmacy worker: not assessed
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Pharmacy user:
  • Clinical: random capillary blood glucose levels

  • Psychological health: not assessed

  • Behavioural: not assessed

  • Quality of life: Audit of Diabetes‐Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQOL‐18) questionnaire

  • Process: disease awareness and management using Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) questionnaire

  • Costs/health‐care utilisation: not assessed

Notes Study/intervention name: none given
Funding source: JS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysore
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Baseline outcome measures similar Unclear risk Not reported
Baseline characteristics similar High risk In the intervention group a higher % of men had a greater range of duration of illness
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Attrition was reported, but it was unclear whether this was accounted for in the analysis. Quote: "Out of 70 patients, two expired, four were hospitalized and four did not respond."
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not reported
Protection against contamination High risk Patients randomised within pharmacy
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All 3 outcomes mentioned in the Methods were reported.
Other bias Unclear risk Not clear whether the 2 participating pharmacies were representative of this area.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported