Effectiveness and Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture in Postmenopausal Women with Overactive Bladder; A Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Diseases of the genitourinary system
- Registration Number
- KCT0007892
- Lead Sponsor
- Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 20
• Women over 40 years old who were not pregnant.
• Those with amenorrhea for at least one year and no history of hormone replacement therapy in the last six months.
• Those with frequent and urgent urination lasting more than three months.
• Those who met the diagnostic criteria for OAB and had a total score of three or more in the Korean version of OABSS (Overactive Bladder Symptom Score).
• Those with an average urinary frequency of eight or more times a day and urinary urgency as defined by the URS (Urgency Rating Scale) as two or more points in the bladder diary or UUI (Urgent Urinary Incontinence) in a three-day bladder diary over a one-week screening period, or both.
• Those who agreed with this clinical study after sufficient explanation.
• Those diagnosed with UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) by a urine examination.
• Those with stress urinary incontinence without OAB symptoms.
• Those suspected of urinary dysfunction due to neurological damage.
• Those with a history of cystocele, uterine prolapse or similar diseases.
• Those with a history of obstructive uropathy conditions, such as urolithiasis or urinary tract tumors.
• Those with a history of surgery in urethra or bladder.
• Those with a history of urinary tract malignancies.
• Those with a history of neurological or psychiatric disease.
• Those with an artificial pacemaker or ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator) in the chest.
• Those having experienced hypersensitivity or any other side effects after acupuncture treatment.
• Those having been involved in other clinical trials in the last three months.
• Those having taken a treatment drug that may affect bladder function within one month after the commencement of this trial.
• Those with insufficient literacy to write study documents.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the number of micturitions per 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the daytime and nocturnal micturitions per 24 hours, the total number of urinary urgency for three days, and the total number of UUI for three days, OABSS, KHQ