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Table 1 Trial process chart of each study cycle

From: Acupressure for agitation in nursing home residents with dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Treatment phase

Follow-up phase

Tasks

Week -2

Week 0

Week 3

Week 5

Week 8

Participants/next-of-kin

     

Informed consent

x

    

Sign the proxy consent

x

    

Obtain participant’s assent

x

    

Access medical record

x

    

Physical examination

x

    

Intervention

     

Acupressure group (n =33)

 

x

   

Control

     

Sham-acupressure group (n =33)

 

x

   

Usual-care group (n =33)

 

x

   

Outcomes

     

Agitation (CMAI)

 

x

x

x

x

Stress (salivary cortisol)

 

x

x

x

x

Monitoring

     

Compliance with the intervention

 

x

   

Reasons for withdrawal

 

x

x

x

x

Adverse events/safety

 

x

x

x

x

  1. CMAI, Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory.