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

Tsuyuki 2016 ‐ RxEACH.

Methods Design: RT
Groups: intervention (CV risk assessment and education); control (usual care)
Participants Pharmacies: 56
Pharmacy worker: 723 (370 intervention; 353 control)
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Pharmacy user: high risk for CVD 723
  • mean age: intervention 61 ± 12 years; control 62 ± 12 years

  • % female: intervention 43%; control 42%


Setting: unclear
Country: Alberta, Canada
Interventions Pharmacy worker‐directed intervention: online modules on case finding, CVD and risk factors, communicating risk, lifestyle behaviours
  • Delivered: online materials as well as access to experts on CVD

  • Type: condition management

  • Mode of delivery: online training and face to face

  • TDF: knowledge, social support

  • Duration: unclear


Pharmacy worker control: it appears all pharmacists had training and saw both intervention and control patients.
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Pharmacy user‐directed intervention: medication therapy management assessment, and education including lifestyle
  • Delivered by: pharmacists

  • Type: condition management

  • Mode of delivery: face‐to‐face

  • TDF: knowledge

  • Duration: seen every 3 to 4 weeks for 3 months

  • Length of follow‐up: 3 months (end of intervention)


Pharmacy user control: usual care with no specific intervention
Outcomes Pharmacy worker: not assessed
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Pharmacy user:
  • Clinical: cardiovascular risk, BP, LDL‐C, HbA1c

  • Psychological health: not assessed

  • Behavioural: smoking cessation

  • Quality of life: not assessed

  • Process: not assessed

  • Costs: not assessed

Notes Study/intervention name: Alberta Vascular Risk Reduction Community Pharmacy Project (RxEACH)
Funding source: Alberta Health, Merck Canada funds for educational materials
Al Hamarneh 2017 and Al Hamarneh 2018 (cited under Tsuyuki 2016 ‐ RxEACH) also refer to this study.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Central randomisation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Central randomisation
Baseline outcome measures similar Low risk Similar
Baseline characteristics similar Low risk Similar
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Accounted for in analysis
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Objective outcome
Protection against contamination High risk Pharmacists delivered both intervention and control
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Not apparent
Other bias Low risk None detected
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Pharmacists not blinded