Research Article

The SIESTA Trial: A Randomized Study Investigating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Acupressure versus Sham Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis

Table 3

Individual scales of TAQ at four weeks.

Individual scales of TAQIntervention ()Control () values

Question  1: acceptability7 6, 76 6, 70.41
Question  2: efficacy6 5, 76 4, 70.90
Question  3: side effects1 1, 11 1, 10.43
Question  4: trust rank of the therapist7 7, 77 7, 70.23

TAQ: treatment acceptability questionnaire.
Note: values are given as median [interquartile range].
For Question  1, 1 represents “very unacceptable” and 7 represents “very acceptable”; for Question  2, 1 represents “very ineffective” and 7 represents “very effective”; for Question  3, 1 represents “very unlikely” and 7 represents “very likely”; for Question  4, 1 represents “very untrustworthy” and 7 represents “very trustworthy.”