Choi 2017.

Study characteristics
Methods	Design: pilot randomised controlled trial Duration: 1 year follow‐up Setting: asthma patients who visited outpatient clinics located within a university hospital during the time period of 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016
Participants	Population: 290 in the intervention group vs 303 in the control group Age: not stated
Interventions	Intervention: pharmacist education and teaching, and regular text messages to encourage medication taking Control: usual care
Outcomes	Patients' pulmonary functions; asthma control scores; medication adherence rates; quality of life; healthcare utilisation; lung function
Notes	Type of publication: abstract only
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants do not appear blinded; likely aware of the group allocation
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	No blinding of outcome assessors; likely aware of group allocation and adherence assessed by self‐report and medical records
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	High risk	Details not reported for non‐significant outcomes