A pilot cluster randomised trial of the Medicinesand Alcohol Consultation (MAC): an intervention to discuss alcohol use in community pharmacy medicine review services

Table 1 Patient recruitment and retention per pharmacy

Site	Trial arm	Approached	Initial invitation accepted		Eligible		Recruited	MUR	NMS	Followed- up
		n	n	%^a	n	%^b	n	n	n	n
1	Intervention	22	22	100	4	18	4	4	0	4
2	Intervention	11	9	82	4	44	4	4	0	4
3	Intervention	16	7	44	2	29	2	2	0	2
4	Intervention	37	37	100	8	22	8	5	3	7
5	Intervention	29	17	59	7	41	6	5	1	6
6	Control	34	17	50	2	12	2	2	0	2
7	Control	31	26	84	6	23	6	6	0	4
8	Control	31	6	19	3	50	1	1	0	1
9	Control	23	14	61	5	36	5	5	0	5
10	Control	26	23	88	13	57	13	11	2	12
Total		260	178	68	54	30	51	45	6	47

Note: ^aProportion of patients approached who accepted the initial invitation; ^bProportion of patients accepting the invitation who were eligible for the trial

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