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ArticleIranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR

Evaluating the Effects of

Farzaneh Dastan, Jamshid Salamzadeh, Jalal Heshmatnia, Reza Mahmoudian

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Article in Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Farzaneh DastanDepartment of Pharmacy, Monash Health Center, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-4333
Jamshid SalamzadehDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-5210
Jalal HeshmatniaChronic 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/0000-0003-2966-4380
Reza MahmoudianDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3603-335X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex and debilitating disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that cannot be explained by any underlying medical condition. Chronic fatigue syndrome significantly impacts the daily lives of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Currently, there is no definitive treatment for CFS. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effects of Methods: This study was conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with CFS were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group using block randomization generated by the Sealed Envelope online tool. Data were coded to ensure that both researchers and analysts were blinded to group assignments. Participants in the intervention group (n = 37) received 30 mg of dry saffron extract capsules twice daily for eight weeks, while those in the control group (n = 34) received a placebo. The primary outcome was the effect of Results: Based on mixed repeated measures ANOVA models, the effect of Conclusions: The findings indicate that

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Chronic Fatigue SyndromeChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Crocus sativusFatigueSaffron

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PMID41477128
PMCPMC12749208

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