Period | S | T | F | ||||||||
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Visit | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||||
Informed consent | ● | ||||||||||
Inclusion/exclusion criteria | ● | ||||||||||
Random allocation | ● | ||||||||||
Auricular acupuncture treatment | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
BP before and after auricular acupuncture treatment | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||
24-h ABPM | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
Laboratory examination | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
BMI | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
EQ-5D | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
Heart rate variability | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
Safety assessment | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● |