A Randomized Controlled Trial of Electrical Stimulation to Treat Pelvic Floor Disorder
- Conditions
- IncontinencePelvic Organ Prolapse
- Interventions
- Device: Electrical StimulationOther: Pelvic Floor TrainingDevice: Biofeedback
- Registration Number
- NCT02185235
- Lead Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Female pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) include urinary incontinence,pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and fecal incontinence-which often occur together.
Pelvic floor disorders impair multiple aspects of the life quality, including the sexual function of women.
Surgery became the first choice of treatment, however, and not until 1980s was the renewed interest in conservative therapies.
This may be because of higher awareness among women and cost of and morbidity after surgery.
The conservative treatment included pelvic floor muscle training, electrical stimulation, vaginal cones, and biofeedback.
The outcome was up to 35\~70 % improved rate as the literature before. Current guidelines recommended conservative management as a first-line therapy. However, there was no consistent consensus on this issue due to variations in stimulation parameters、adjuvant concurrent modality or duration of treatment course, and insufficient result about large and long term follow up of randomized- controlled studies.
Therefore, the investigators try to conduct one randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of conservative treatment for Pelvic floor disorder (Pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, chronic pelvic pain etc.).
At the aspect of Quality of life, our studies tried to focus on the different domains of pelvic disorder and sexual quality by means of validated questionnaire more objectively.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
- Patients suffering from pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence and/or fecal incontinence.
- Patient is pregnant The patient had any major medical or psychiatric disease The patient with Metabolic medical device
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Biofeedback & Electrical Stimulation Electrical Stimulation Twice a week, 20 minutes for each time. One course includes 18 times treatment. Biofeedback & Pelvic Floor Training Pelvic Floor Training Pelvic floor training every 20 minutes for each time, twice a week. and total for 18 times. Biofeedback & Electrical Stimulation Biofeedback Twice a week, 20 minutes for each time. One course includes 18 times treatment. Biofeedback & Pelvic Floor Training Biofeedback Pelvic floor training every 20 minutes for each time, twice a week. and total for 18 times.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1-Hour Pad test of urine leakage amount (gm) Total 18 times of treatment, for 3 months A pad test is a tool to used to measure urine leakage amount . Pad testing can be done over a period of time to one hour.
A sanitary napkin is weighed and then worn for sixty minutes, during which time the individual is asked to perform certain activities which may include:
* Walking briskly for three minutes
* Sitting and then standing ten to twenty times
* Walking up and down stairs for one to two minutes
* Picking up objects from the floor five to ten times
* Coughing twelve times (at various strengths; may be repeated)
* Running in place for one minute (may be repeated) The pad is then removed and weighed again to calculate the amount of urine voided.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life (score) Total 18 times of treatment, for 3 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Taiwan, Taipei, Mackay Memorial hospital
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan