Acupuncture for functional dyspepsia: study protocol for a two-center, randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Study schedule for data collection

Measures	Baseline	1-week		2-week		3-week		4-week		5-week		6-week		7-week		8-week*
Sociodemographic data	✔
Adequate relief^† for the acupuncture group		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Adequate relief^§ for the waitlist group		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Visual analogue scale for dyspepsia	✔								✔							✔
Nepean Dyspepsia Index – Korean		✔							✔							✔
Functional Dyspepsia-Related Quality of Life		✔							✔							✔
EuroQol-5 Dimensions		✔							✔							✔
Functional Dyspepsia-related costs		✔							✔							✔
Beck’s Depression Inventory		✔							✔							✔
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory		✔							✔							✔
Blood collection for ghrelin analysis		✔							✔
Adverse events investigation^‡		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Concomitant therapy evaluation		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

± 1 day interval was allowed for each visit.
*8-week indicates 4 weeks after the 4-week acupuncture treatment.
^†Adequate relief data will be collected by a telephone interview from 5 to 7 weeks for the acupuncture group.
^§Adequate relief data will be collected by a telephone interview from 1 to 4 weeks for the waitlist group.
^‡Adverse event data for the waitlist group will be collected from 5 to 8 weeks.

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