Patients will be recruited from pharmacies and will be randomly allocated into control group and intervention group (refer to Selection process, randomisation, intervention allocation and blinding section).
A participant flow chart and intervention allocation is shown in Fig. 1.
The revised flow diagram depicts information from four stages of a trial (enrolment, intervention allocation, followup, and analysis).
The revised flow diagram depicts information from 4 stages of a trial (enrollment, intervention allocation, follow-up, and analysis).
A checklist containing all 22 items and a flow diagram were designed, both instruments examining transparent reporting of chronological enrolment, intervention allocation, follow-up and data analysis.
Investigators evaluating the endpoints were blinded to intervention allocation.
Participants and investigators were not blinded to intervention allocation.
The baseline questionnaire was completed prior to subsequent intervention allocation.
Research nurses who input data are blind to intervention allocation.
The data management team will be blinded to intervention allocation.
Each set includes six envelopes, with three containing control allocation, and three containing intervention allocation.
