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ArticleAvicenna journal of phytomedicine

Ladan Kashani, Sahar Aslzadeh, Kamyar Shokraee, Ahmad Shamabadi, Borna Tadayon Najafabadi, Morteza Jafarinia, Sophia Esalatmanesh, Shahin Akhondzadeh

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Article in Avicenna journal of phytomedicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Ladan KashaniInfertility Ward, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sahar AslzadehPsychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kamyar ShokraeePsychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad ShamabadiPsychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Borna Tadayon NajafabadiDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Morteza JafariniaPsychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sophia EsalatmaneshInfertility Ward, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahin AkhondzadehPsychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: One of the traditional aphrodisiacs used in various cultures is Materials and Methods: This study was a parallel-group, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Participants, who were married women between 18 and 55 years of age suffering from severe sexual dysfunction, were randomized to receive either 15 mg Results: Seventy -four patients were equally randomized to each group, and 34 in each group completed the trial. Participants in both groups experienced improved total scores at each visit. However, a repeated-measures ANOVA revealed that time treatment differed between groups in favor of the saffron group (p=0.050). During the 6 Conclusion: Findings of this study suggest that saffron might be a safe and effective option to ameliorate female sexual dysfunction. Further robust research is warranted.

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Crocus sativusRandomized controlled trial SaffronSexual dysfunction

Identifiers

PMID36186931
PMCPMC9482709

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