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ArticleElectronic physician2018

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Fatemeh Mahjoub, Roshanak Salari, Mahdi Yousefi, Masoud Mohebbi, Azadeh Saki, Kambiz Akhavan Rezayat

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Article in Electronic physician, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dietary Interventions for Gastroparesis: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022
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  6. Starving for a Cure.Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatemeh MahjoubM.D., Ph.D. Candidate of Persian Medicine, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Roshanak SalariPh.D. of Drug Control, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahdi YousefiM.D., Ph.D. of Persian Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Masoud MohebbiM.D., Assistant Professor, Endocrine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Azadeh SakiPh.D. of Biostatistics, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Kambiz Akhavan RezayatM.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastroparesis is a recognized problem of type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus that is defined by delayed gastric emptying. Due to insufficient satisfaction of current treatments, the use of complementary and alternative medicine in this field seems essential. According to Persian medicine,

objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the effect of

methodsA triple-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial on subjects with diabetic gastroparesis was conducted at the clinic of Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad city in Iran, from November 2016 to May 2017. Fifty-four patients (16.7% males and 83.3% females) enrolled in the 8-week study and were randomly divided into two groups of intervention

resultsAll gastroparesis symptoms of patients (14.6% diabetes type 1 and 85.4% diabetes type 2) including nausea/vomiting, postprandial fullness/early satiety, and bloating were significantly declined in each group during study (p<0.0001).

conclusionThis study showed that daily consumption of

trial registrationThe trial was registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (http://www.irct.ir) with the code of IRCT2016110630739N1.

fundingThis study was supported by funding (grant no.: 950153) from the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Research Council, Mashhad, Iran.

Indexed as

Diabetes mellitusGastroparesisPersian medicinePistacia atlantica

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PMID30128090
PMCPMC6092141
OpenAlexW2885142707

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