ACUPRESSURE STUDY — OUTCOMES, HARMS AND FOLLOW-UP READING RECORD
Original research-reading aid. Not a validated quality score, clinical advice or a treatment protocol.

MATCH THE STUDY
Paper title, year and identifier:
Registry identifier and version/date checked:
Population and setting:
Pressure method and any combined care:
Actual comparison group:

ONE OUTCOME AT ONE TIME
Exact outcome and primary/secondary/exploratory label:
Instrument, unit and direction of improvement:
Defined threshold, if any, and where it comes from:
Baseline and measurement time:
Assigned participants by group:
Observed participants at this time by group:
Analysed participants and missing-data method:
Between-group estimate and uncertainty:
Absolute difference, denominator and relative difference if appropriate:
What the result means for daily function, and what is unknown:

ADVERSE EVENTS
Event definition and serious/non-serious categories:
How events were collected and reporting threshold:
People affected, people at risk and event counts by group:
Relatedness assessment, if reported:
Observation window per person and calendar study duration:
Missing or unclear reporting:

FOLLOW-UP AND CONCLUSION
Later measurement times and actual observations:
Known dropout reasons and unresolved missing-data questions:
One sentence limited to population, comparison, outcome and time:
Questions for a qualified clinician or research reader:

Fictional examples in the guide are arithmetic exercises, not evidence that acupressure works or is safe.