Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-9066193201406012625EN20140601<p>&nbsp;</p><strong><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold;"><font face="Humanist521BT-Bold"><p>A</p></font><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Humanist521BT-Bold; font-size: xx-small;">BSTRACT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><font face="Arial-BoldMT" size="1"><p>Background:&nbsp;</p></font></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">During the menopausal period, sexual desire may decrease. Therefore, restoring the sexual desire may help to&nbsp;</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">improve sexual functioning in this group of women. </span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">The aim of this study was to examine the effect of </span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;">Ginkgo biloba&nbsp; </span></em></span></em></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>extract (GBE) on sexual desire in postmenopausal women.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>&nbsp;</p></span><p>&nbsp;</p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>Materials and Methods:&nbsp;<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">In this triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 80 healthy female volunteers attending three healthcare centers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) were enrolled. The instrument of this study had two main <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">parts. The </span></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">fi</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">rst part covered the personal characteristics of the volunteers and the second part used the Sabbatsberg Sexual Rating Scale (SSRS) to subjectively evaluate sexual desire before and after intervention. The participants received GBE at a <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">dose of 120-240 mg ( </span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;">n </span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">= 40) or received placebo (</span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;">n&nbsp;</span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">= 40) daily for 30 days. The results were analyzed using Mann&ndash;Whitney test. All analyses were performed using SPSS software.</span></span></p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>Results:</p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>Conclusions:&nbsp;</p><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><p>Key words:</p></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">In this study, we found that GBE had a positive effect on sexual desire of menopausal women; thus, these </span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">fi</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">ndings support the positive effect of GBE on the sexual function of menopausal women.</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;">Ginkgo biloba&nbsp;</span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">extract, menopause, sabbatsberg sexual rating scale, sexual desire</span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">The sexual desire was signi</span></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">fi </span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">cantly improved in the GBE group compared to the placebo group (</span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT; font-size: xx-small;">P </span></em></span></em><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: xx-small;">= 0.02).</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/1025http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/1025/746