Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28042397›Full record

ArticleOman medical journal2017

Treatment of Vaginal Atrophy with Vaginal Estrogen Cream in Menopausal Indian Women.

Maitri Shah, Zalak Karena, Sangita V Patel, Niyati Parmar, Pawan K Singh, Atul Sharma

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Oman medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maitri ShahDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Government Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Zalak KarenaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Government Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Sangita V PatelDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Niyati ParmarDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Pawan K SinghPfizer India Ltd. Patel Estate, Jogeshwari (East), Mumbai, India.
Atul SharmaPfizer India Ltd. Patel Estate, Jogeshwari (East), Mumbai, India.
Government Medical College · INPfizer (India) · INSir Sayajirao General Hospital Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo measure the effect of vaginal estrogen cream in the treatment of vaginal atrophy in menopausal Indian women.

methodsA total of 50 menopausal women aged between 40 and 80 years old with symptoms of vaginal atrophy were selected and treated with 0.5 g vaginal estrogen cream, twice weekly for 12 weeks. The women were followed-up monthly where symptom score, Genital Health Clinical Evaluation (GHCE) score, vaginal pH, and vaginal maturation index (VMI) were assessed and compared to baseline data. Any adverse events were recorded.

resultsThere was a significant improvement (

conclusionsVaginal estrogen cream causes symptomatic relief in women of menopausal age in India suffering from vaginal atrophy.

Indexed as

AtrophyEstrogens, ConjugatedPostmenopauseVaginal CreamWomen

Identifiers

PMID28042397
PMCPMC5187400
OpenAlexW2568205773

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.