Table 1

Time of visits and data collection

	Baseline	Treatment phase			Follow-up phase (end of treatment)
	−1 Week	0 Week	2 Weeks	4 Weeks	1 Month	3 Months
Patients
Informed consent	×
Sign the informed consent		×
Medical history	×
Physical examination	×
Randomisation		×
Intervention
Treatment group (n=18)		20 sessions of moxibustion plus dressing
Comparison
Control group (n=18)		20 sessions of dressing
Outcomes
WSA		×	×	×	×	×
PUHTP		×	×	×	×	×
PUSH Tool		×	×	×	×	×
VAS		×	×	×	×	×
Participant safety
Adverse events		×	×	×	×	×

PUHTP, proportion of ulcers healed within trial period; PUSH Tool, Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing; VAS, visual analogue scale; WSA, wound surface area.