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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2024

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Zeinab Shaki, Farzaneh Ghaffari, Fatemeh Alijaniha, Mohammad Kamalinejad, Anoshiravan Kazemnejad, Babak Daneshfard, Mohsen Naseri, Mohammad Reza Heidari

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

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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

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Zeinab ShakiDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Farzaneh GhaffariSchool of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5424-4348
Fatemeh AlijanihaTraditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad KamalinejadSchool of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-4913
Anoshiravan KazemnejadDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-9635
Babak DaneshfardChronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-9113
Mohsen NaseriTraditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9239-768X
Mohammad Reza HeidariDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-1338

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Methods: In the current clinical trial, the participants were randomly assigned to one of these groups: topical AG preparation, sesame oil, or a control group receiving no treatment. The study was double-blind and placebo-controlled. The topical treatment was applied twice a day for one month to areas of the skin affected by pruritus. The outcome measures included the severity of skin dryness, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Duo's Uremic Pruritus Severity Scale, and the Itchy QoL questionnaire. Results: This study involved 106 hemodialysis patients, and after intervention for one month, the medication group had a significantly lower mean score of sleep quality (3.24 ± 2.41) than the placebo (4.54 ± 3.11) and control (5.05 ± 3.21) groups ( Conclusion: Topical

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PMID38264189
PMCPMC10805558

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