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. 2023 Aug 29;13(9):717. doi: 10.3390/bs13090717

Table 1.

Outline of study procedures.

Procedures Telephone
Call
Baseline Visit First Visit Visit 2–Visit 17 Final Visit 6-Month Follow-Up
Eligibility Assessment ✓ 
Informed consent ✓ 
Blood Tests: Full blood count, Urea and electrolytes, Liver function tests, HbA1c (if diabetic)
Demographics: Age, Gender, Marital status, Employment status, Educational level, Ethnicity ✓ 
Medical History: Chronic pain symptom duration, Co-morbidities, Medications ✓  ✓ 
Measurements: Height, Weight, BMI, Blood pressure, Heart rate, Oxygen saturations ✓  ✓ ✓
Participant-reported outcomes measures (PROMs):
      Brief Pain Inventory
      Widespread Pain Index/Symptom Severity Score
      Fatigue Severity Scale
      Jenkins Sleep Questionnaire
      Patient Global Impression of Change
      Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
      Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 

✓ 
✓ 

✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 





✓ 
✓ 
Performance-based outcome measures (PBOMs):
      Tender Point Count
      Stroop Test

✓ 
✓ 

✓ 
✓ 
Treatment ✓ ✓ ✓  ✓ 
Weekly Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)
Participant-reported experience measure (PREM)
✓ 
✓ 
✓ ✓
Audio-recorded qualitative interviews (optional) ✓  ✓  ✓ ✓