Effect of Red Clover on menopausal symptoms.
- Conditions
- Menopausal symptoms.Menopausal and female climacteric states
- Registration Number
- IRCT201112172172N13
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 110
Inclusion criteria : naturally menopausal women, 50-59 years old; Negative history of cancer; Negative history of physical and psychological disease; Negative history of hormone therapy and herbal medicine; Negative history of allergy to Red Clover, Soy bean and other herbal medicine.
Exclusion criteria: Under medication by hormone therapy, antibiotic or anti acid (due to inhibition of herbal medicine absorption); Starting any type of herbal medication more than once a week during the study; Starting vegetarian diet during the study; allergy to Red Clover during the intervention; Poor cooperation during the study Stop using Red Clover/placebo for 6 day in 1 month; Obese women with BMI>38kg/m2
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of Menopausal symptoms scores. Timepoint: Before intervention, at the end of first, second and third of intervention after intervention. Method of measurement: Menopausal Rating Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of physical symptom scores. Timepoint: Before intervention, at the end of first, second and third of intervention after intervention. Method of measurement: Menopausal Rating Scale.;Severity psychological symptome score. Timepoint: Before the intervention,at the end of first, second and third of intervention. Method of measurement: Menopause Rating Scale.;Severity of urogental symptom score. Timepoint: Before the intervention,at the end of first,second and third of intervention. Method of measurement: Menopause Rating Scale.