Convenience sampling was adopted from April 20 to July 1, 2021, to recruit community-dwelling family caregivers of frail older adults from the physical examination center of a grade III–level hospital, which receives 1.72 million annual outpatient visits in Henan province, China. Caregivers were included if they were (1) aged ≥18 years and could understand Chinese, (2) the primary family caregiver of frail older adults (≥60 years) with frailty (a score on the simple frailty questionnaire [FRAIL] of ≥3), (3) providing unpaid caregiving (helping frail older adults with activities of daily life) for at least 14 hours per week [33 (link)], and (4) using WeChat and able to study on mobile phones. Caregivers were excluded if they (1) had contraindications to acupressure or MM (eg, suspected fractures, tumors, tuberculosis, severe heart and lung disease, pregnancy, and infected skin and wounds in the selected region); (2) had an acute psychological problem; and (3) had participated in interventional studies involving acupressure, acupuncture, MM, or other MBI (eg, Tai chi and yoga) within the past 6 months.
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