Study period | Screening Visit | Acupuncture treatment period | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visit | v1 | v2 | v3 | v4 | v5 | v6 | v7 | v8 | |
Week | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Patients | |||||||||
Informed Consent | √ | ||||||||
Demographics | √ | ||||||||
Physical examination | √ | ||||||||
History Examination | √ | ||||||||
Dyspepsia History Examination | √ | ||||||||
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria | √ | ||||||||
Serologic test/ Evaluation | √ | ||||||||
BDI | √ | ||||||||
Randomization | √ | ||||||||
Trial evaluation | |||||||||
Investigation of Concomitant medication | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | |
Adverse events | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | |
Outcomes | |||||||||
AR of abdominal pain & discomfort | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | √* | ||
VAS for dyspepsia | √ | √* | √† | ||||||
Expectations for Relief Scale | √* | √* | √* | ||||||
MASS | à | à | à | à | à | à | à | à | |
The CARE measure | à | à | |||||||
IRI | à | à | |||||||
NDI | √* | √† | |||||||
SF-36 | √* | √† | |||||||
STAI | √* | √† | |||||||
PRISM | √* | √† | |||||||
Nutrition drink test | √* | √† | |||||||
Intervention | |||||||||
Acupuncture treatment | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |