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Trial reportThorax2003

Can a self-management programme delivered by a community pharmacist improve asthma control? A randomised trial.

D Barbanel, S Eldridge, C Griffiths

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Trial report in Thorax, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Pharmacist services for non-hospitalised patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  7. Home telemonitoring and remote feedback between clinic visits for asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  8. Remote versus face-to-face check-ups for asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  9. Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  10. Interventions for enhancing medication adherence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  11. Telehealthcare for asthma: a Cochrane review.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2011
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  12. Telehealthcare for asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010
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  16. Patient and phaRmacist telephonic encounters (PARTE) in an underserved rural patient population with asthma: results of a pilot study.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D BarbanelInstitute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 4NS, UK.
S Eldridge
C Griffiths
Queen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNo randomised studies have addressed whether self-management for asthma can be successfully delivered by community pharmacists. Most randomised trials of asthma self-management have recruited participants from secondary care; there is uncertainty regarding its effectiveness in primary care. A randomised controlled study was undertaken to determine whether a community pharmacist could improve asthma control using self-management advice for individuals recruited during attendance at a community pharmacy.

methodsTwenty four adults attending a community pharmacy in Tower Hamlets, east London for routine asthma medication were randomised into two groups: the intervention group received self-management advice from the pharmacist with weekly telephone follow up for 3 months and the control group received no input from the pharmacist. Participants self-completed the North of England asthma symptom scale at baseline and 3 months later.

resultsThe groups were well matched at baseline for demographic characteristics and mean (SD) symptom scores (26.3 (4.8) and 27.8 (3.7) in the intervention and control groups, respectively). Symptom scores improved in the intervention group and marginally worsened in the control group to 20.3 (4.2) and 28.1 (3.5), respectively (p<0.001; difference adjusted for baseline scores=7.0 (95% CI 4.4 to 9.5).

conclusionsA self-management programme delivered by a community pharmacist can improve asthma control in individuals recruited at a community pharmacy. Further studies should attempt to confirm these findings using larger samples and a wider range of outcome measures.

Indexed as

PharmacistsAdministration, InhalationAdolescentAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAgedAsthmaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLondonMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicPeak Expiratory Flow RatePharmaciesAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID14514935
PMCPMC1746491
OpenAlexW2141601684

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