Knack Technique in Post-menopausal Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Urinary Incontinence,Stress
• Interventions: Other: knack technique.; Other: pelvic floor muscle exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05751213
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

To determine the Effects of pelvic floor muscle exercise with and without Knack Technique in post-menopausal women with stress urinary incontinence

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-01
• Study Completion: 2023-08-01
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• Post-menopausal women
• Multiparous women
• Previous history of vaginal deliveries
• Women with mild to moderate stress or mixed incontinence (with predominance of SUI) via the 3 incontinence questions (3IQ)
• Able to have a gynecological examination

Exclusion Criteria

• Symptoms of overactive bladder alone
• Previous participation in a pelvic floor re-education program and/or previous pelvic floor surgery or currently receiving other treatment for urinary incontinence.
• Loss of stools or mucus
• Active urinary or vaginal infection in the past 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
knack technique.	knack technique.	pelvic floor muscle exercises with knack technique.
pelvic floor muscle exercises	pelvic floor muscle exercises	pelvic floor muscle exercises
knack technique.	pelvic floor muscle exercises	pelvic floor muscle exercises with knack technique.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
3 DAY BLADDER DIARY	12th week	It is a validated instrument which assesses day time and night time urine leakage episodes during consecutive 3 days. IN column indicates how much you drink and when you drink. OUT column indicates how much urine you pass when you go to toilet. Every time you leak put a cross in OUT column. When you go to bed put a line on the chart next to time. This can tell how many times you have to get up to pass urine.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
THE INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE (I-QOL)	12th week	The incontinence quality of life questionnaire is a valid instrument for measuring quality of life. The incontinence quality of life questionnaire assesses the impact of stress urinary incontinence on quality of life. The limitations in human behavior, psychosocial impact and social embarrassment is evaluated by I-QOL
PERFECT SCHEME	12th week	The perfect scheme has demonstrated reliability and validity as an assessment tool. Pelvic floor muscles will be assessed by two finger vaginal palpation. The examiner will place fingers at vaginal introitus at about 4cm and the function will be assessed by PERFECT scheme. Modified oxford grading scale (scores of 0-5) will assess the pelvic floor muscle strength.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shalamar Hospital; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan