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. 2016 Oct 12;2016(10):CD008536. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008536.pub3

Uygur 2005.

Methods Parallel‐group RCT
Participants 80 postmenopausal women (56 years old), married, with spontaneous menopausal status ≥ 1 year with follicle‐stimulating hormone level > 30 mIU/L and no contraindication to use of HRT, without chronic disease. Participants were not selected on the basis of sexual function or dysfunction
Interventions
  • Tibolone 2.5 mg/d (n = 40)

  • 0.625 mg continuous conjugated equine oestrogen and 5 mg medroxyprogesterone acetate (CEE/MPA)/d


Administered for 6 months (n = 40)
Outcomes Vaginal dryness, pain during sexual intercourse as score at baseline and at post treatment
Notes Sexual function measured on a non‐validated questionnaire
Timing: unclear
Trial location: Turkey
Multi‐centre: no; single site
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No blinding of participants and providers. States "not double blind"
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No blinding, with outcomes evaluated through a questionnaire
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk 8/80 dropped out (2 from tibolone group because of bleeding, 6 from CEE/MPA group ‐ 1 for mastalgia, 1 for menorrhagia, 2 for weight gain, 2 for loss to follow‐up)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Study protocol not available
Conflict of interest Unclear risk No information provided