Table 3.

Overview of the schedule of procedures and variable collection

	Visit
	Screening	Randomisation	Phone Follow-up	Phone Follow-up	Follow-up	End
Activity	0	Within 30 days	1–3 days	15±3	30±3	90±3
Written consent	✔
Demographics	✔
Medical history	✔	✔			✔	✔
Medications	✔	✔			✔	✔
Physical exam	✔	✔			✔
NIH Stroke Scale	✔	✔			✔	✔
Hachinski ischaemic score	✔
MoCA	✔	✔			✔	✔
Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale	✔	✔			✔	✔
AD8 Informant Questionnaire	✔
IQCODE	✔
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria	✔
RIC device provision	✔
RIC device training	✔	✔	✔	✔
Subject diary provision	✔
Subject diary review		✔			✔
Adherence (device print out)		✔			✔
Randomisation		✔
Cognitive tests		✔			✔	✔
MBI checklist		✔			✔	✔
Blood draw	✔	✔			✔	✔
MRI		✔			✔	✔

MBI checklist, mild behavioural impairment checklist; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NIH, National Institutes of Health; RIC, remote ischaemic conditioning.