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 |
Administered for 6 months (n = 40) |
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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 |
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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 |