Table 2.
Data collection timeline
| Stages | Enrolment | Pre-test T0 |
4-Week acupressure intervention | Post-test, T1 | Follow-up, T2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time point | Week 0 |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 |
| Recruitment and consent | 4–6 weeks | ||||||||
|
Baseline assessment: - Demographic and clinical data - ActiGraph - PSQI, HADS, OPQOL-Brief |
X | ||||||||
|
Intervention: IG: acupressure + routine care CG: routine care |
X | X | X | X | |||||
|
Post-test outcome assessment: - ActiGraph - PSQI, HADS, OPQOL-Brief |
X | ||||||||
|
Follow-up assessment: - ActiGraph - PSQI, HADS, OPQOL-Brief |
X | ||||||||
CG Control group, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, IG Intervention group, OPQOL-Brief Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire–brief version, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index