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Table 1 Primary and secondary outcome measures for all participants from weeks 0 to 24

From: A randomized controlled longitudinal naturalistic trial testing the effects of automatic self transcending meditation on heart rate variability in late life depression: study protocol

Evaluations

Enrol-ment

Randomisation/Interventions

Follow-ups

 

Week 0

Week 1

Week 4

Week 8

Week 12

Week 24

Assessment of eligibility

✓

     

Informed Consent

✓

     

Heart rate variability, Blood pressure, Respiratory excursion

✓

   

✓

✓

To be completed by examiner:

✓

     

SCID

Suicide risk assessment

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Concomitant medication adherence record

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

CIRS-G

✓

     

HAMD

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

PASE

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

CGI

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

MMSE

✓

     

To be completed by participant:

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

GDS

GAI

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

QOLPSV

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

TSES

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

  1. List of abbreviations:
  2. HAMD-17: 17 item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, CGI: Clinical Global Impression, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, GAI: Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination, PASE: Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, CIRS-G: Clinician Illness Rating Scale-Geriatric version, QOLPSV: Quality of Life Profile: Seniors Version.