The effect of fennel(Foeniculum Vulgar) oral capsules on menopausal symptoms
- Conditions
- menopausal symptoms.Menopausal and female climacteric states
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016050827788N1
- 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
- 90
women aged between 45-60 years; married women; women in the first 1-5 years of their post menopausal period; achieving a minimum score of 9 by women according to Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire ( middle severity of menopausal symptoms); Negative history of physical and psychological diseases; Negative history of hormone therapy and complementary medicine for menopausel symptoms; Negative history of Allergy to herbal medicine; Negative history of sedative and anti depressant drugs usage; Negative history of addiction and smoking; women with at least the ability to read and write.
exclusion criteria: allergy to foeniculum vulgare during the intervention; worsening the disease during the intervention; poor cooperation during the intervention; stop using foeniculum vulgare/placebo for at least 6 days; using of other remedies for menopausal symptoms during the study
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity score of Menopausal Symptoms. Timepoint: Before intervention, at the end of 4th, 8th and 10th week of intervention. Method of measurement: Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity score of physical symptoms, Severity score of psychological symptoms, Severity score of urogenital symptoms. Timepoint: Before intervention, at the end of 4th, 8th and 10th week of intervention. Method of measurement: MRS questionare.