(1) N.S, but at 2 months of follow-up: (d) (A) > (2) at 1 month: (A) > /at 2, 3 months, at 1 month of follow-up: (A) > /at 2 months of follow-up: N.S (3) at 1, 2, 3 months, at 1 month of follow-up: (A) > /at 2 months of follow-up: N.S (4) at 1 month of follow-up: (A) > /at 1, 2, 3 months, at 2 months of follow-up: N.S
AA: auricular acupressure; ADL: activities of daily living; CCMD: Chinese classification of mental disorders; CSDD: Cornell scale for depression in dementia; DSM: diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; HDS: Hierarchic Dementia Scale; HIS: Hachinski Ischemic Scale; HM: herbal medicine; ICD: international classification of diseases; MCI: mild cognitive impairment; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NINDS-AIREN: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Association-Internationale pour la Recherché et l'Enseignement Neurosciences; NR: not recorded; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine; VCIND: vascular cognitive impairment, no dementia; VD: vascular dementia; WM: Western medication; ;; tests were not performed; N.S: not significant between interventions.