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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Open Access J Clin Trials. 2016 Dec 22;9:1–10. doi: 10.2147/OAJCT.S105010

Table 4.

Results from acceptability questionnaire administered to 13 healthy women after using intravaginal curcumin for 2 weeks, overall and by curcumin dose

Questionnaire responses Overall 500 mg 1,000 mg 1,500 mg 2,000 mg

n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Noticed curcumin powder after insertion 11/13 (84.6%) 2/3 (66.7%) 3/3 (100%) 3/3 (100%) 3/4 (75.0%)
Noticed curcumin powder after sex 3/13 (23.1%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Had problems with the product 3/13 (23.1%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Curcumin powder gave symptoms of irritation 4/13 (30.8%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 2/3 (66.7%) 0/4 (0.0%)
Could smell the curcumin powder 2/13 (15.4%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Describe the smell of the curcumin powder
 Neutral 12/13 (92.3%) 3/3 (100%) 3/3 (100%) 3/3 (100%) 3/4 (75.0%)
 Unpleasant 1/13 (7.75) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Rate the curcumin powder’s color
 Neutral 2/13 (15.4%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Disliked 4/13 (30.85) 2/3 (66.75) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Disliked a lot 7/13 (53.9%) 1/3 (33.3%) 3/3 (100%) 1/3 (33.3%) 2/4 (50.0%)
Curcumin stained my underwear
 Strongly agree 9/13 (69.2%) 3/3 (100%) 3/3 (100%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Somewhat agree 4/13 (30.8%) 2/3 (66.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
I am comfortable using curcumin powder
 Strongly agree 4/13 (30.9%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 2/3 (66.7%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Somewhat agree 5/13 (38.5%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 2/4 (50.0%)
 Neutral 2/13 (15.4%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/4 (0.0%)
 Somewhat disagree 2/13 (15.4%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Rate the ease of insertion of the curcumin gelatin capsules
 Very easy 3/13 (23.1%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Easy 4/13 (30.8%) 0/3 (0.0%) 2/3 (66.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 2/4 (50.0%)
 Neutral 4/13 (30.8%) 2/3 (66.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Difficult 2/13 (15.4%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/3 (33.3%) 0/4 (0.0%)
The curcumin powder was too messy
 Strongly agree 6/13 (46.2%) 1/3 (33.%) 3/3 (100%) 0/3 (0.0%) 2/4 (50.0%)
 Somewhat agree 5/13 (38.5%) 2/3 (66.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 3/3 (100%) 0/4 (0.0%)
 Somewhat disagree 1/13 (7.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Strongly disagree 1/13 (7.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)
I felt the curcumin powder increased my sexual pleasure
 Neutral 7/13 (53.9%) 1/3 (33.3%) 2/3 (66.7%) 2/3 (66.7%) 2/4 (50.0%)
 Somewhat disagree 5/13 (38.5%) 2/3 (66.7%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/3 (33.3%) 1/4 (25.0%)
 Strongly disagree 1/13 (7.7%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 0/3 (0.0%) 1/4 (25.0%)