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Table 1 Schedule for treatment and outcome measurements

From: Electroacupuncture plus moxibustion therapy for patients with major depressive disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Period

S

T

Follow-up

Visit

 

1

2

3

4–12

13

14

15–18

19

20

21

22

Week

 

1

1

1

2–4

5

5

6–7

8

8

9

13

Informed consent

           

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

           

Laboratory testa

         

 

Vital signs

Demographic characteristics

           

Medical history/BMI

           

SRRS

           

SDTS

    

    

 

Random allocation

 

b

          

Change of history

 

Treatment

 

  

HAM-D

b

   

b

    

BDI

 

b

   

b

    

EQ-5D

 

b

   

b

    

ISI

 

b

   

b

    

STAI

 

b

   

b

    

MYMOP2

 

b

   

b

    

EEG

 

b

   

b

    

Pattern identification

 

b

          

Safety assessment

 

Blinding test

 

       

  
  1. S screening period, T treatment period, BMI Body Mass Index, SRRS Social Readjustment of Rating Scale, SDTS Screening for Depression and Thoughts of Suicide, HAM-D Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, BDI Beck’s Depression Inventory, EQ-5D EuroQol-5 Dimension Index, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, MYMOP2 Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile version 2, EEG electroencephalography
  2. aComplete blood count and differential count, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total bilirubin, albumin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, thyroid-stimulating hormone, free thyroxine, human chorionic gonadotropin urine test (only for women in their childbearing years)
  3. bBefore treatment