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ArticleElectronic physician2017

The effect of

Abadian Khadige, Zohre Keshavarz, Faraz Mojab, Hamid Alavi Majd

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Article in Electronic physician, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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

4 authors.

Abadian KhadigeStudent's Research Office, School of Nursing and Midwifery, International Branch Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zohre KeshavarzAssistant Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faraz MojabAssociate Professor, Department of Pharmacogenosy, School of Pharmacology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid Alavi MajdAssociate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Paramedicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of

methodsThis triple-blind, clinical trial study was performed on 70 single female students between 20 and 30 years old, studying at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. They were allocated randomly into two groups: In the

resultsThere were no differences between the two groups at baseline. Comprising the Higham chart showed that: the participants in the

conclusionTeucrium polium, when taken during the first 3 days of menstruation, led to a significantly greater decrease in duration of menstrual bleeding compared to placebo. TRAIL REGISTRATION: The trial was registered at the Thailand Registry of Clinical Trials with the ID TCTR20160818002.

fundingThis research received financial support from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

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BleedingClinical trialMenstrual cycleTeucrium polium

Identifiers

PMID29038702
PMCPMC5633218

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