Community-applied research of a traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation scheme on Broca’s aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Trial processes chart

Items		Before enrolment (weeks) -2 to (-1)	Intervention period (weeks) 1 to 2	End of 2-week treatment (weeks) 3	Intervention period (weeks) 3 to 4	End of 4-week treatment (weeks) 5	Follow-up (weeks) 5 to 10	End of 6-week follow-up (weeks) 11	Follow-up (weeks) 11 to16	End of 12-week follow-up (weeks) 17
Recruitment		×
Enrolment		×
Inclusion criteria		×
Exclusion criteria		×
Informed consent		×
Basic characteristic variables		×
Randomization and allocation concealment		×
Primary outcomes	Speech function	×		×		×		×		×
	Severity of aphasia	×		×		×		×		×
Secondary outcomes	Activities of daily life	×		×		×		×		×
	Quality of life	×		×		×		×		×
	Functional condition of the brain	×				×
Adverse events recorded			×		×		×		×
Self-reported drug therapy			×		×		×		×
Cost sheet of rehabilitation therapy			×		×		×		×

ISSN: 1745-6215