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Table 1 Outcome measures to be administered throughout the trial

From: Effect of electroacupuncture on opioid consumption in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Outcome measures

Components measured

Baseline

Treatment period

Follow-up period

  

W1

W5

W10

W14

W18

W22

W26

Questionnaires to assess outcomes of the treatment

Diary

Pain OM use non-OM use

✓ W1 to W4

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Beck Depression Inventory

Mental status

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

SF-36v2

Quality of life

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire

Functionality

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Short Opiate Withdrawal Scale

Withdrawal symptoms

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Survey of patients’ attitude

Changes of attitudes

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Chinese Medicine Chronic Pain Questionnaire

Pain and non-pain signs and symptoms

✓

✓

✓

✓

   

Questionnaires to assess credibility, expectancy and attitude to acupuncture or pain medications

Perception of EA treatment

  

✓(W6)

 

✓

   

Acupuncture Expectancy Scale

  

✓(W5)

     

Knowledge of Acupuncture

 

✓

      

Pain Medication Questionnaire

 

✓

      

Elements of neuropathic pain

S-LANSS

  

✓(W5)

     
  1. OM: opioid medication; EA: electroacupuncture; SF-36v2: 36-item Short-Form Health Survey version 2; S-LANSS: self-report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs; W: week.